Mad-Dash Week!

Whew! What a week! We had VBS last week! I was in the 4 year old room this year, and let me tell ya, it was crazy!! We had between 16-18 every night! I was exhausted from work all day then rushing home to feed Stratton and get to church by 6:30- talk about a mad dash!! That was Sunday-Wednesday night, and was a big success! I think we had 250 on Weds night!

No slowing down as the weekend approached!! My colonoscopy at UAMS was scheduled on Friday morning at 8am, so we had decided to take Stratton to Searcy to spend the night with Jarrod's parents while we went on to  Little Rock, so we wouldn't have to get up so early on Friday morning. Jarrod had a meeting in Searcy Thursday so I got off work a little early and picked up Stratton and we drove to Searcy and Jarrod met us at his parent's house. We were in LR by 5pm, which is when I had to start my "prep". The test went as expected. They gave me a tatoo! They injected ink around where the lipoma is so that they can tell where it is when they go in to do surgery. How neat is that?! After the test, I was feeling sleepy but ok, so we grabbed some lunch and actually did a little shopping before heading back to Searcy. By the time we got back I was really feeling drowsy so I went and took a nap! The next thing I know Jarrod is waking me up for dinner! We had father's day with the Staggs and Johnson's. Stratton liked getting to play with cousin Archer! We also spent the night in Searcy Friday night, so we wouldn't have to drive home late.

Saturday we headed to Hickory Ridge. We had scheduled pictures with Jonesboro photographer  Lindsey Turner. She came all the way to HR to take pictures of Stratton in my grandparent's yard. I think they are going to be great!! My grandpa moved one of his old restored tractors over to their yard so we could use in them and Stratton LOVED it. I hope we get some good pictures! It was hot though!! Here is one she had put on Facebook Sunday! We should get to see the rest in about 2 weeks!

Saturday evening we went to my nanny and papa's house to have fathers day with my mom's side of the fam. We had a good time visiting with them and Stratton got to play with his cousins, Isabella, Alexandra, Cooper and Laney! It was a long day! He was wore smooth out Saturday night!! We stayed at my mom and dad's house Saturday night, since we were having Father's day with my dad's side of the fam on Sunday at lunch. After church the family came to my mom and dad's house for lunch and visiting. We ended up leaving earlier than we normally do, since we needed to get home so Jarrod could pack! He will be gone this week to Little Rock to do some training for work.

Last night after I got out of the shower I noticed some sores on my feet and ankles. They looked really similar to some that Stratton had about a week ago. So I went to web md, and looks like we have a virus called Hand, Mouth, Foot virus. I noticed Friday that I had a TON of mouth ulcers. I sometimes get them when I eat really acidic food like pineapples. I just thought it was from something I ate. So I have painful sores in my mouth on my feet and hands and fever. I asked my friend (and trusted medical advisor) Carla who is a PA and she said that there isn't much you can do for it, besides take tylenol. She said most people are exposed to it as kids, it's super common among kids! It's also really contagious, it can be spread just by coughing. Who knew!  I guess I just lucked out! I feel so bad about Stratton having it and us not even knowing! He did complain about his shoes hurting! Now I know why-it's painful!! He's all better now, of course! And I think I'm on the mend. Carla told me that once the fever is gone I'm no longer contagious! Thanks goodness! I stayed home from work today, and I still feel crummy but it's back to work tomorrow! Thankfully, my mom came up today and helped me with Stratton tonight! He was a mess too! I think he's had WAY too much time with the grandparent's! Tomorrow will probably be a lot of fun. I should probably get my wooden spoon ready! haha!