Well, this week Jackson woke up Tuesday in the middle of the night with a really high fever. He was burning up – we gave him some medicine, but he wouldn’t go back to sleep and he still had all of his energy – he was running around like crazy and constantly trying to get us off the couch to play with him. I decided to take him to the doctor in the morning and we found out that he had hand, foot and mouth. He didn’t have any of the rash, but he had a sore throat that looked like strep. Anyway, we hardly took naps that day and that night he decided he didn’t want to sleep either. I was so tired, but he just wanted his mommy! Finally about 3:00 AM he was climbing on to the couch and fell asleep half way up. I didn’t dare move him, because I was sure he would wake up, so I just put my hand on his back to keep him from falling off and he slept until 8:00! Hooray! The next night he slept pretty well, and its just been up from there. What a relief – I didn’t know if I could do another night without sleep! Anyway, he is back to his normal self now and I am so happy to have my healthy little guy!
We were glad he was healthy again because some of his cousins were coming to visit from AZ this weekend and we wanted to hang out with them. We’ve had such a blast with them and we are going to miss having so many cousins to keep us company!