Adia slept on the way there and woke up just a few blocks from Auntie Colie's house. It would haven't been too bad, but Adia's been waking up coughing which is followed by puking. This time was no different. We were lucky that is was mostly mucous, but it still smelled.
Adia was super excited to see all her relatives, especially Papa. It made her forget DiDi leaving. She played the longest time with Papa and Unky Eck, sliding across the floor on Auntie Colie's big stuffed bear.
When it was time to eat, Adia was more than ready. She claimed her seat and was ready to go. She ate some of the pork and mashed potatoes, but decided she'd rather play instead. She got down and climbed into the chair in the living room. All was fine until she put too much weight on one side and went head over heels, the top of the chair (that's not connected to the base) falling on top of her. There was a collective gasp from everyone at the table followed by an alarmed, "Mommy?!" from Adia. She was perfectly fine, landing on a bunch of pillows and nothing hard.
She played hard with Papa after dinner, ate some M&M caramel apples and had lots of fun. No trip can be without incident though. I tossed the bear at her, catching her off balance and she flat on her face. She got right back up to her feet and started saying, "my nose?" Her nose was bleeding! It bled quite a bit, but not for long. She continued to play, running in circles through the kitchen, dining room, living room and hall. When it was time to leave, Adia was exhausted. She was asleep in no time and stayed that way after getting home.
On Tuesday, Daddy decided he wanted to go to the beach. Trips with Adia always end up being adventures so I knew I needed to pack wisely. I loaded the picnic basket, packed some extra clothes for Adia and we bought some food at the store. Adia fell asleep pretty fast in the car. When we were halfway to Florence, Adia started coughing. I knew what that meant. I was getting prepared for the ensuing vomit that follows her coughing fits. She coughed and coughed and coughed and sure enough, started to gag. I caught the first few heaves, but then my hands were full and I had nothing to wipe them on. Daddy found a place to pull over and just in time. I was dumping the contents of my hands out the door when Adia full on puked. It was everywhere. All over her and her car seat. She puked a couple more times and couldn't breathe while she was. She looked terrified. We finally cleaned her up enough so Daddy could get her out of the seat. There she was, standing on the side of the road, while I mopped up her seat and Daddy took off her shirt. When her shirt was off, Adia started saying, "It's cold." Luckily, she hadn't been wearing her sweatshirt at the time and she wore that until we could get to Gamma's and give her a bath, along with the car seat.
Adia didn't want back in the seat and I don't blame her. It was stinky and she was worried she'd puke again. She didn't have a choice though. We got to Gamma's and Scott put her in the tub. I had the job of removing the car seat from the car, taking it apart and scrubbing it. I had to remove the shoulder pads and keep them off. They're going to take a lot of work to get the smell out of. The seat was really easy to take apart and put back together. The puke had made it all they way to the hard shell. I put it back together and back in the car. I'm going to have to scrub it again though because it still smelled this morning.
We were finally ready to hit the beach. Our only problem now was no exact change for the day use fee. The place Daddy wanted to go didn't have a change machine. We drove all over the park trying to find someone who could make change, but no one could. We ended up leaving and stopping at the Myrtlewood Factory. Every time we stopped the car, Adia would cheer, but when she realized she wasn't getting out, she'd get upset again. This time Daddy jumped out of the car, ran in, bought a small car for Adia and got back in. We finally had $5. Adia also liked the car.
It was chilly at the beach because of the wind, but still nice. I've been there on much colder days. Daddy carried her up the sand dune while we slowly followed. When they made it to the top of the hill, Adia yelled, "OCEAN!" She was so excited.
This time she was even more excited about the sand and liked running from the waves. We tried to get her to eat some lunch, but she wanted to play instead.
She ended up walking up the beach with Gamma, collecting shells and dodging waves. She now has a whole pocket full of shells and rocks.
Adia didn't want to leave, but we lucked out. Just as we were coming over the hill, Papa pulled up! She was so happy to see him. She'd been yelling for him since we pulled into their driveway. She especially liked the lights on the top of his truck.
After chatting with Papa, we went for our hike. Adia loved that too. She saw a salamander almost immediately. She liked staring into the water and listening to the birds. She walked for the longest time before wanting to be picked up. She let Daddy carry her for a long time and then only wanting me.
I carried her for the longest time, but when I was just too tired, Gamma took over. Adia was happy up there and we headed back to the car. It was getting dark already.
Adia destroyed Gamma and Papa's house. There were toys everywhere. Then she took out the tuperware too. She jumped up and down when Papa came home. She also chased the cat a bit. DiDi came for dinner and Adia was excited to see her too. After dinner Adia played with Papa and Daddy slept on the couch.
Adia was exhausted when we left. She fell asleep before we even got the highway. She was fine until we reached our street. She woke coughing. We had an awful night. She was awake off and on all night long, coughing and puked around 4am. She finally got up around 5am to be with Daddy. She seemed tired all morning and in the middle of Walmart, she fell asleep on me. She's now been asleep for over a hour.
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