Our morning in the ER..

Blah.. I will start by saying she is fine BUT.. what a night!

On Saturday maddie stayed at my Mom's. About 11:30 she called and said Maddie threw up, felt hot and had been crying for about an hour. We go get her.. I take her temp and it's 101.3. I assume it's due to teething and all is well. We get her home and she sleeps on and off until 8:30am. She seemed fine all morning. She was a little crabby but again.. I assumed teething. 

After her nap she felt burning hot. Her temp was 102.7 and I started to get worried. I gave her a cool bath. She is also refusing to eat and drink anything. She went to bed at 6:30.. about 2:15am she wakes up screaming. She is REALLY hot and throws up on me when I take her out of the crib. Her temp is 103.9. I decide it's time to take her to the ER. (look at me using my Mommy instincts)

The ER is the worst experience of my entire life. They had to give her a catheter, IV, chest X-ray and draw blood. Just thinking about it gives me chillbumps. She was sooo tired and just over it at this point BUT.. she's a trooper. All the tests came back negative. The Dr. said it was most likely a viral infection. She had red rashes all over her legs, cheeks and ears.

Right before the hospital discharged us the nurse brought in a little teddy bear. She had a bottle of pedialyte that she was trying to feed the bear. It was the CUTEST thing EVER! She also kept giving the bear hugs. 

She seems to be better now. No fever, just SUPER needy and tired. We have been watching cartoons all morning and rocking in her room. It's kinda sad but having her lay on me is so sweet. I know she feels icky but it's so cute to know her Momma can make it all better. 

She's sleeping now. I hope she takes a LONG nap. She really needs it.

The Kool-Aid Mom does it again!

Today was cuteness overload! We had the girls and the kiddos over for a Halloween party. We had a potluck and had everything from chili served in a pumpkin to pumpkin cheesecake. It's one thing my Mom's group knows how to do and that's cook! Here are a few pictures from the festivities...

From left to right.. Elle (you can see her feet), Luca (cheerleader), Katelyn (cheerleader), Mady (ballerina... she did NOT want to wear that tu-tu), Caleb (bear), Maddie (Alien), Lily (bee), Kristen (monkey), Timothy (he was a chili pepper but he was not happy), Noah (lion), David (lion)

 We still do not know how she slept through all the noise!
 Luca!
 Noah!

 gotta show at least one meltdown!

Lily and Caleb playing

The best part of the day was trying to get the group photo. The ages range from 1 month to almost 2 years so you can imagine the multiple meltdowns, paci stealing and sippy cup swapping. We all have AMAZING kids.. really we do! They are all well behaved and get along great. I just LOVE seeing them interact together and it's nice to gossip with the Mom's! 

 

Lots to catch up on!

Where has this year gone? The last two months have just flown by! We have been really really busy but that's no excuse not to update the blog. Sorry everyone! I know you sit on pins and needles waiting for an entry. hehehe.

At the end of August we flew back to RI for our friends wedding. It was BEAUTIFUL! We are so so so so happy for Mike and Robin. Everything was perfect! Right down to the rock candy on the tables. Unfortunately, we do not have one single picture from that trip. I guess we don't really view going to RI as a vacation so it's easy to forget to take pictures. Oops! 

Of course the big event was Madison's first birthday. Now that...I have a TON of pictures from! Here are a few of my favorites.

Playing with her school bus. Thanks Aunt B!
Opening gifts.. this took forever!

She loves riding on Rocket!

Dinner on her actual birthday. Yep, she's one! Smart girl!

Birthday cake! She's so dainty.. no smashing for her!

It was a really great day. Filled with love, laughs and cake. You can't beat that! Matt's parents and brother came out from RI. I was so happy they could make it! It really made the day special. All of my friends and Maddie's "cousins" came too! I just love having a house full of kiddos. 

The weekend after that I threw a birthday part for Matt. He knew people were coming over to celebrate but he had no idea what kind of party I was planning. A few weeks before I found a company that rents out poker tables. Complete with dealer, cards.. the whole nine yards. I was so stoked! I knew this would be a great party for him. I think Matt was pretty surprised when I told him what was going on. The bigger surprise came when Matt saw the dec of cards we were playing with. It had this picture on the back...

Matt's friend Pat took this in Vegas. When he showed it to me, I knew I had to use it for something! I mean, come on, you don't get handed a gold nugget and just throw it away! It was a huge hit at the party. I would like to thank shutterfly.com for making that possible. ; )