Weekend ReCap

This weekend was a fun one! Until Charlotte got sick of course...

Friday evening my Mother in law arrived for a weekend visit on her way up to Northern Virginia to stay with my sister in law while she recovers from ankle surgery. She arrived right at quitting time when Adam was getting home from work as well. So I wrapped up work and we all jumped in the car to go pick up Charlotte from day care. Debbie hasn't seen Charlotte since around Christmas so I know she was really excited to see her! We then went out to dinner at a nice little Italian restaurant - it was delish! We spent the rest of the evening at home relaxing, catching up, and playing. It was nice for Charlotte and her Grammy to be able to spend some quality time together! Charlotte LOVED meeting the dogs and proceeded to give them tons of kisses throughout the night.
 

Saturday morning we had planned on heading to downtown Roanoke for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Un)fortunately the weather wasn't looking the best - it was rainy and chilly - and Adam still had a yucky cold he had been fighting all week so we decided to stay in our pj's until noon and hang out at home some more with Grammy! It was a very nice relaxing morning at home. But, eventually we did get ourselves moving and headed over to our friends house for their sons' second birthday party! I still can't believe he's two already! Time just flies when you're having fun right?!

Here's a picture of Charlotte and her friend Jake at his big brother Nathan's birthday party. Charlotte and Jake are about 5 weeks apart in age.

Sunday morning Grammy hit the road for NoVa and we spent the day doing nothing. Gosh, we sound lazy! I feel like the week really takes it out of us that by the time the weekend rolls around we are just exhausted and ready to rest and charge up for the next week. Anyone else feel that way? I never appreciated the weekend more than I do now!

Recently I ordered Charlotte and I matching shirts with our monograms and we wore them for our all day laze fest - I look kind of crazy here - which is probably an accurate portrayal of me - but Charlotte looks super cute - which is a true portrayal of her too!

As we were laying around Sunday binging through last seasons Game of Thrones I noticed Charlotte was extra cuddly, she actually fell asleep sitting up...should have been my first sign that she wasn't feeling well. After her nap she had a full on breakdown and we realized that our sweet little baby has her first cold, and it's so heartbreaking! Gah. Her little coughs and sneezes are so cute and so scary at the same time! She's got so much snot all stuffed up in her little head! I'm sure I'm being an overly worried new mom thinking that she's going to either A. stop breathing entirely while she's sleeping or napping because it's just too hard to breath or B. choke on all the snot running down her throat. I'm insane, I know. A true testament to her personality though is that she has continued to be all smiles - my little ray of sunshine!

So we stayed home sick together on Monday. It was a day full of lots of snuggles, lots of snot, and a few naps....she's starting to feel better but we're not in the clear yet. I hope that it goes away soon! We unfortunately didn't get a very good picture of her in her St. Patrick's Day outfit but here is a cute one of her on the way to the birthday party Saturday.

Over the past week my Grandmother (Charlotte's name sake) has been in and out of the hospital. She's not feeling well and I wish that we lived closer to her so that we could visit and shower her with hugs and love. Please send prayers, friends, for a quick recovery for Grandma! We love her so much!