4th of July Beach Trip

I know I am a little late with this post but here are some pictures from our beach trip on the 4th of July.
Ella Kate helping LeLe making muffins for breakfast one morning. She really enjoys baking. I think here favorite part is adding the eggs. She always wants to add extra eggs.
As you can see she really likes to use the "whisk" too.

Ella Kate and LeLe out for a ride on the boat.

Sweet Ella Kate fell fast asleep on the boat ride.

Time to hop off the boat and go for a swim and look for sea shells at Shell Island.

She is not a big fan of the sand but the beach shoes that LeLe bought her really helped.

Miss Prissy pants.

Ready to search for some sea shells.

Smelling the flowers outside of Papa and LeLe's condo.

Our sweet little girl sporting her Red, White, and Blue.

At dinner on the 4th of July - thrilled that the waitress gave her a lollipop. She loves lollipops and always asks for a blue one.

Being silly with LeLe at dinner.

Ella Kate loves her LeLe, Papa, and Nana and is so very lucky to have them all.

There is no telling what she is planning in this picture :) Her little head is always full of ideas.

A special thanks to Aunt Ann, Wendy, and Wanda for this precious american flag smocked dress. They gave it to her for her 2nd birthday and we just love love love it!!!

We were lucky enough to watch the fireworks at the Boatyard. As you can see we had a close view which everyone loved except Ella Kate thought we were a bit to close.

Ella Kate stayed in my lap and had me cover her little ears with her favorite pink blanket the whole time.

Dave and I took her to play put put golf one night and she had the time of her life. She loved chasing after the balls.

Daddy trying to show Ella Kate the proper golf swing.

Her favorite part - chasing the balls.

After a round of golf we of course had to stop by the arcade - Ella Kate always wants to "Help Daddy Win."

The three of us went on a little fishing excursion and Ella Kate was very serious while fishing on the boat with Daddy. She kept saying, "Let's catch a big fish Daddy." She wanted to sit by him, drive the boat, and copy everything that he was doing. I definitely played second fiddle on this fishing trip.

Very serious about catching her big fish.

Dave was loving every minute of having his little girl enjoying fishing with him so much!

Helping Daddy.

Dave's little shadow. When Dave picked up a net to scoop up some bait fish - Ella Kate picked up a net and started copying him. It was so cute!

I just could not get over how serious she was when fishing with Daddy.

She liked catching the little bait fish the best. They were just her size.

We celebrated my 30th birthday dinner at Angelo's steakhouse. However turning 30 while 6+ months pregnant is not exactly ideal - therefore I will be having a 30.5 birthday party in January :)

We could not leave Panama City Beach with out making a stop by dear old Goofy Golf. My sister and I have pictures of us playing here when we were Ella Kate's age. The sign says it has been on the beach for 50 years.