Let me first preface this post by saying that we had a great time at the beach. Despite some of the details that follow, it was wonderful to get away, spend time with my mom (a.k.a. Nana) and Madie and eat some really good fried oysters.
Our trip went as follows:
DAY 1/Sunday: Beautiful weather--couldn't have asked for a better travel day. Arrived at Gulf Shores around 3pm. Got our last minute supplies and got things settled and decided to head out to the beach for a walk. We quickly realized that Madie didn't like standing in the sand. She would only stand or walk in wet packed sand or we had to carry her.
Here is my beach babe
notice how windy it is...it almost blows her away.
Day 2/Monday: We went to the beach Mid-morning. Madie still didn't want to stand in the loose sand so we went for a walk on the shore line so she could be on packed sand. We looked for shells and gathered them in Madie's beach bucket and were having a great time. The waves were huge--A wave came on shore and barely covered my feet and I got stung by a jellyfish. Later that night on the news I learned that there was a double red flag (no one goes in the water) and purple flag (marine pest-a.k.a jellyfish) warning for the next two days.
That afternoon we went to the outlets to do some shopping and it clouded up and sprinkled rain and the temp dropped dramatically. We decided to eat at Sea n' suds (one of my favorite places to eat down there) and about froze to death waiting for our table.
Day 3/Tuesday: Cloudy- So we decided to do some more shopping at a new mall. That afternoon the sun came out but it was still extremely windy. We went out on the beach and Madie decides that it is time for her to go in and take her nap---(no sun for me). We took her to the indoor pool later that afternoon so she could go swimming.
Then IT happened!!!! 12 o'clock midnight---I hear a sound from the monitor that lets me know something is not right. Something is wrong with Madie. So I jump up, go to the room she is staying in and smell "that" smell. I turn on the light and she had thrown up everywhere. We got her cleaned up and her bed clothes in the wash, along with her Miss Kitty, which she can not sleep with out. From then on every 15 minutes she was sick until around 7am. We were all able to get some much needed sleep for about 2 hours until it kicked in again. I have to give a big thanks to Nana. I know I couldn't have made it through that night without her. I felt so helpless by not being able to do anything to make my lovebug feel better.
Day 4/Wednesday: Day 4 was much of the same. It was rainy outside and we decided, especially since Madie was sick, that we would stay in for the day. With the exception of going to Walgreens to get pedalite (that stuff tastes terrible-how could it make you feel better?) Gatorade, ginger ale, more bottled water and saltine crackers. My biggest fear was that she would get dehydrated--and we were 5 hours away from her Dr. This night, however, was better that the previous night. We were only up a few times and we were able to get some much needed rest. Well, as much rest as you can get with a little head in your side while you sleep.
Day 5/Thursday: Madie was feeling a little better--other than one incident in the morning she was vomit free. We packed our things and got ready to head home. The wind had died down and the waves were back to normal and the red flags we taken down and the sun was out and shining bright and it was time for us to head home. Another beautiful travel day. Madie seemed as if she was feeling better. She wanted to drink and eat a little and was able to keep in down and I thought she was doing better.
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We get home and she sleeps through the night and the next morning (Friday) she throws up again--So here we go to the Dr. She has a bug that's going around that will hopefully be gone in the next day or two.
In a nutshell- this was our trip. I left some things out just to save typing time. It's late, I have a sick child, and I need all the sleep I can get. All in all, we really did have a good time on our trip. We hated seeing Madie feel so bad but we tried to make the best of it when we could. We were blessed to be able to go and spend time with each other and create these memories.
Thanks mom for inviting us!
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