Chelsae Lund

I decided to put together a list of some of my favorite family friendly restaurants in Tampa. I love that Goody Goody is in Hyde Park so Olivia can get out her energy before eating, by walking around. I love that there is a large area of grass for Olivia to run around in as we enjoy our food and drinks. Sparkman Wharf is made up of Tampa’s favorite local restaurants all in one space serving their unique menus.

I always love shopping for Olivia, especially when it comes to swim suits. Jessica Simpson has some adorable toddler swim suits. The zipper is perfect for toddler swim wear, they have matching mommy and me suits and the prices are affordable. Have you found any toddler swim suits that you love this season?

We decided for our anniversary we wanted to take a day trip to the Space Coast because we wanted to explore somewhere that we haven’t been able to explore. We got to enjoy great good, live music, and spectacular views. We weren’t able to relax on the beach like we wanted, we didn’t get there early enough and we knew we wanted to be to Grills by 3:45. Before heading home we made a pit stop at the Florida Beer Company, just a 5 minute drive from Grills, we felt like we had to.

But as I sat down to write about this I realized that while all of the bad things come and go, so do the good things. Now, some things didn’t go away as quickly as I would have hoped (the sleepless nights and hating of the car stuck around for what felt like many seasons). When Olivia would only walk holding my hand, I didn’t remind myself that her hand holding was one day going to end and to soak in those moment. Because I already don’t remember the best phases from Liv’s baby phase and I often catch myself looking at videos to give myself that reminder.