7 Months and Hand Foot Mouth?

We woke up Saturday night to Kate laying in her crib and just moaning.  No cries... just a constant little moan.  We went to check on her and the girl was burning up.  104 degree fever.  After a slight panic and middle of the night phone call to the nurse on call, we gave her more Tylenol and put her back to bed.  She still had a fever in the morning and then we noticed this...

Poor baby.  Her mouth was covered in these little blisters.  I called our pediatrician again and what do you know?  Hand Foot Mouth Disease.  Seriously? What in the world.  

 This poor little princess, if there is a sickness she can catch, she is catching it! Well apparently this is contagious... like you can't go to daycare for a week contagious.. And its a virus, so you just have to wait.. and give tylenol.... and wait... and snuggle.  A lot of snuggling.

So that is how we celebrated Kate's 7 month bday...

Needless to say.. We haven't had our 7 month photo shoot.  Hopefully it is coming very soon.

For now, DiDi to the rescue to keep Kate for the week and continue her medicine of lots of snuggles.  

Twilight Weekend

This weekend was Twilight.  One of my favorite weekends of the year in Athens.  Everyone flocks downtown to eat good food, drink outside, watch the bike race, and just enjoy our beautiful city.  Our Twilight experience was a little different this year with a baby in tow, but it was still fabulous!  We went downtown with Jesica, Matthew, and baby Will.  We found a good spot to post up outside and had fun running into old college friends and enjoying time outside with our sweet babes.  

We had a bit of a reality check that our life has changed when we had to get home at 630 to feed the babes and get them ready for bed!  Look at these dads on a mission... 

We got a babysitter once the kids were in bed and enjoyed a night on the town!  Felt like old times..

Sunday was spent with lots of sleeping/snuggles.  Doesn't get much better than this.

Easter Weekend

We had the best weekend.  We left at Kate's bedtime on Thursday night and drove up to Charlotte where we got to have a few fun filled hours with Joanna and Will (didn't take any pictures! dern..)  Then we left first thing Friday am and finished the drive up to Charlottesville.  Kate was an angel in the car.  Drank her bottle in her seat and slept the whole time.. Not one peep.

Friday night we went to the UVA baseball game... This girl has MRG wrapped around her finger, especially in her Virginia gear!

She was also loving Miss Beth, but the real apple of her eye was Carlton. (No pictures, but trust me..)

A lot of the weekend was spent lounging and enjoying being together.. I love all these peeps.

Easter Sunday we went to church and then spent the day at home with lots of family and yummy food. 

Look at this girl... beautiful in her handmade dress from DiDi

                                       

Kate's first Easter basket... She loved it!

 And one more of these sweet heiney pics... This girl is too much.

It was a fabulous weekend that went way too fast as always.  Being in Charlottesville with all my people is truly my happy place.  If only we could still be in Athens but be closer to all of them... 

My Sweet Easter Bunny

A little preview of our sweet bunny this weekend...

Can you even stand it?

More to come... just couldn't wait to post these.

School Pictures

They had "school picture day" at daycare a few weeks ago which I thought was a little funny/ridiculous at first.  Then I got the proofs back.....

Ok, I'll buy 1000.

It Comes in 3's?

Now she has Thrush... This little gal can't catch a break.

This sick little chick is seriously breaking my heart....

Saturday with the Donges Crew

We had a special treat this weekend!  The Donges crew trekked to Athens and we got to enjoy the beautiful weather at Terrapin Brewery and then some yummy mexican food for dinner.  We had a sleepover and Uncle Ben obviously built a fort for all the kiddos to sleep in.  It was a blast.  Love having our people here.  

 Little miss mohawk blowing in the breeze at Terrapin

Cheeky Cheeky!

This girl loves her Aunt Kate.. She also got her first taste of this applesauce pouch... and she was definitely a fan!  Cried every time she pulled it away!

Only pic I got of little Ben.. I swear he had more fun than it looks!

                                             

Who Knows?

 Clearly, cornhole is way more fun as a slide!

All my girls... Didn't really get any pics of the boys, probably because they were constantly having to stand in line!

Kate and her boy cousins... Just hanging out on Sunday am.  Love these babies

Thanks for coming to hang with us Donges family.  We love you so much!