Roller Coaster Weekend

We have been on a crazy roller coaster ride this weekend. First, I have to say that I am stoked about Sarah Palin! I really like all I have read and heard about her. I do not wish to discuss politics and will not if you bring it up, just know I like her. :)

Saturday Austin, Owen and I went to SeeWee Restaurant in Awendaw to eat lunch. It was pretty good. I love the atmosphere of the restaurant. It looks like a hole in the wall place, but when you go inside it is decorated like you are sitting on somebodies porch. The walls have local and beachy pictures on them. The tables have small vases of flowers. It is not fancy at all, but I like it. We had to sit by the door and the bathrooms were outside the building, so those were downfalls. The food was pretty good. On our way out the door Owen decided to jump off the top step. I was holding his hand and wasn't ready. I am glad he landed on the second step (of four). I told him we had to walk down the steps, but as soon as I began to step again, he said "jump" and then he did. When we left, we went to SeWee Educational Center in the Francis Marion National Forest. It was nice and quiet. We walked a little ways on a trail that started as a boardwalk and then turned into a path through the woods. The mosquitoes were bad, so we turned around. Inside the center was a small exhibition hall. Owen enjoyed looking at the animals and of course, everything was a dog... The deer, bobcat, otter, squirrel and all other animals displayed were dogs. We watched a little movie on the SeWee Indians and Owen ran through the theater, but that was okay because we were the only ones there. He had fun hiding in the aisles and climbing on the seats. I did learn that it will be a VERY LONG time before we take him to see a movie. Saturday was a good day.

Sunday he woke up feeling fine. We got dressed and took him to church. My grandma stayed in the nursery and told me that he was fussy and that he cried for me. He just doesn't do that. When we picked him up he was acting normal. We went to Red Lobster for lunch and he played. He fell asleep in the car and slept from 1:30 until I woke him up at 4:00. I just thought he was tired. He went down for his nap late and I thought he was sleeping a little longer because of it. At 4:15 he vomited everything in his little stomach. We cleaned him up and I tried to give him ginger ale. He would not drink it. He got settled down and then played like nothing was wrong. He would not eat supper. I did get him to eat applesauce at 7:00 and at 7:15ish he was running through the kitchen, threw-up, keep running, slipped and fell flat of his back in his pile of puke. This was not pretty. We picked him up and he rubbed the back of his head and said "boo-boo." Austin gave him his bath and put him to bed. He slept through the night and was fine today. I gave him Jello and Pedialyte this morning and then rice for lunch. He kept it all down fine. He has laughed and played. He took a good nap (2 hours) and went to bed fine.

I am watching the storm. I know that we will feel the effects, but pray that it doesn't make landfall close to home. Right now, it looks like it will make landfall at Hilton Head, which is south of us, but hurricanes are very unpredictable. Austin is currently on standby.

We have been up and down this weekend, but I am looking forward to a good week and keeping my eye on Hanna!