Part 2 Gulf Shores and Finally...Nashville

We are now back from our wonderful vacation! (We actually have been back for about a week...however I took a class this past week, and my sister was up visiting/watching Brayden for me...so we have been a little busy!) But here is a look at the rest of our vacation. Gulf Shores was absolutely wonderful! I had my doubts at first---Alabama for vacation!?!?!---but I take it all back...it was amazing there! We lucked out and had sunny weather the whole week! And...I am ready to go back!!
More beach time...

We decided to go on a dolphin cruise...we thought, Brayden will love being on a boat and seeing the dolphins jump out of the water...boy, we could not have been MORE WRONG!!! He was a TERROR on the boat...so much so that Aaron and I were both ready to jump ship...but here are some pics from the dolphin cruise. The first few are us still on land...he had fun there...then next ones are the only happy ones that I could weed out of this adventure. All in all...we still got to see a lot of dolphins...however, we will wait to do this again for a long time (or just go without kids!)






The Jefford family...we were so lucky to see Aunt Dibby and Teresa while we were there. They came to our condo one night and brought us the most delicious steamed gulf shrimp...so many that we got to enjoy them two nights!!

A quick trip to the park...one morning the guys went golfing, so Grandma and I took Brayden to the park...he loved it...although it was MUCH TOO HOT to stay too long!


A trip to Lulu's....this place was fabulous! It is owned by Jimmy's Buffet's sister....it is a restaurant and a kid's dream play place all in one...the wait was over an hour....but Brayden could not have cared less...he loved every second of the water and sand fun! If all restaurants could just be this kid friendly!




The Shark Store...this was Aaron's favorite store as a kid...so we had to go in!

Soaking up the sun and water as much as we can...







Our last breakfast on the beach...

NASHVILLE!!!! Since Nashville was about halfway between Gulf Shores and Chicago, we decided to stop there for the afternoon/night. We had fun walking around downtown and listening to some country tunes! Brayden loved all the "horses"...he blew kisses at them all!







What a great town!!!