The Collins Family: Good Times

We have had an eventful week, and we are all exhausted and ready for the weekend. Every time I start catching up...oh well. :-) I had something going on every night this week (dentist, Gowey Craft Nite, soccer...) Jeff is such a trooper, and such an understanding husband. It's weeks like this when I am reminded just how lucky I am. He is truly wonderful, and we three girls are incredibly lucky to have him. The other night I walked in to find him singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider with the girls, hand motions and hip shakin' included. We are blessed. :-)

Austen ended up with a mild fever on Monday evening, and by Tuesday morning had started developing a nasty rash. The pediatrician diagnosed it as just another virus, since at that point there were no other symptoms. By the next day, I found a couple of big sores in her mouth, which confirmed Grandma Bonnie's original suspicion that it could be Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Sounds scary, huh? It's considered a "mild" virus in that they just end up with the non-itchy rash and no fever, but Austen has an especially bad case. She has red bumps and blisters covering her hands, feet, thighs/booty, and some on her face. If I looked like she did, I'd be whimpering in bed convinced I couldn't go on living. She, however, is our little steam engine and has been in great spirits. The rash is supposed to go away in about a week, so we are in the home stretch.

The best part is that this virus is highly contagious, so Kaitlyn is likely to get it. Oh joy! We are crossing our fingers that her newly awesome immune system does its job. But, if she gets it, she gets it, and it's not like we aren't trained in dealing with sickness around here. Happy Holidays, right?!

Anyway, here some pictures of real "good times."