The Petersen Clan : Recovery . . .

So I ended up going to Urgent Care the next morning after my middle of the night blog post. And I did indeed have the adult version of Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt). Not fun! My hands were so painful that I was crying just trying to make a bottle for Quade. My poor sister-in-law, had to deal with me and help me do everything with the kids. Including changing poopy diapers. She's a saint. The only thing the doctor could do was give me some really strong pain pills for comfort measures. I was just amazing at the horrible symptoms that came along with that disease and especially knowing the kids went through it and acted like nothing was going on. I asked the doctor about that and he said that when adults get it the symptoms are extremely escalated compared to the child version. Of course it is. Lucky me! So now, my finger tips are all peeling and cracking because of the rash I had. It is almost as painful as the Hand, Foot, and Mouth. I'm thinking by the weekend my hands will be back to normal. And in the mean time, I got a bladder infection. I swear when it rains, it pours with me. I'm just waiting for my third strike. But the kids are all better, besides the typical seasonal runny nose here and there. Needless to say, I'm ready to start using my hands without it being painful.
This is the last weekend for Lone Pine. Austyn and I will miss it, but I know my family will be glad it's done. They are all so exhausted. Time for a few months of down time! I'm not sure what we will do with all of our time now. I'm sure we won't have an troubles finding something to do.
Jordan is getting ramped up for Elk Hunting. He is leaving after we go Trick-or-Treating and driving all night with a buddy. I guess it takes 10 hours to get where they are going. It's a new spot, so hopefully everything goes good. I think he will be gone for 5-7 days. Not too bad. He is also off work until the 15th of November. So it's been amazing having him home everyday. I'm loving it so much. Wish it didn't have to end.
Nothing new with me. Kids are great. Quade has started to roll now. And he is thinking about crawling and pulling up on things. Won't be too long. He has become such a Mama's boy it's pathetic. It's me or nothing. He will only eat a bottle for my Mom and Jordan. But he won't let anyone feed him food, or give him a bath without crying the whole time. I know it's irritating to people and me too sometimes, but what can you expect when it's been him and I his whole little life. Since he was born Jordan and my parents have been so busy with working and Jordan building our house that they haven't been able to spend the time they did with Austyn when she was that age. But I'm not saying at all I don't like it :) Austyn is doing great in school, she loves it. We got to go on her first field trip to guess where... Lone Pine! We rode the bus and everything. She had a blast with all her buddies. She was the tour guide through the whole thing.
We took our first ever family pictures the other day. I'm soooooo excited to see them. I can't wait to hang them up on our blank walls (that are driving Jordan nuts).
Hope everyone is happy and healthy as we start heading into the Holidays. My favorite time of year. I'll keep the posts coming.