When Daddy is away, the kids will play!

Todd is away at a conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina, so my mom has come up to visit and help with the kids.  It couldn't have come at a better time, because both kids are sick.  Natalie has had a crazy cough since her birthday (you do the math there).  She is doing pretty well but the cough sounds nasty.  I judge Natalie's illnesses by her crankiness, and she's been mildly cranky.  She has definitely been worse. 

Grant on the other hand, has hand, foot and mouth disease, we think.  Or the doctor thinks.  He had the spots in the back of his throat, but it looked like they were just starting to sprout, so to speak.  So she couldn't be 100% sure.  His fever was up to 103.   And H, F & M is a summer sickness.  And he's too little to get strep throat.  I think that kids usually can't get that until they're about 18 months old.  So they were pretty confident that he had H, F & M.  We had to take the kids to the urgent care on Saturday, which is in Framingham, and happens to be in the same entrance as the emergency room at the hospital.  I still don't get what the difference is- they are suppose to "fast track" you if you tell them you're there for urgent care.  We were still there for over 2 hours!  The cutest thing happened- when the doctor was looking at the back of Grant's throat, he was crying, and it upset Natalie, so she started crying too.  Such a loving big sister.  So Nana is here and we are having fun, but we miss Daddy and can't wait for him to come back on Friday!!!

Grant's top teeth are coming in and he has the biggest gap between his two front teeth!  It's hilarious!  I think his frenulum is attached to his gum line (like, really low) so I probably should talk to a dentist about that, but he's so funny with this big space between his teeth!!!

Very rarely does Natalie smile normal... she looks so pretty and sweet in this picture.

What 'chu talkin' 'bout Willis???  Silly boy...