Where have I been?

I have had so many phone calls from all of you fellow bloggers wondering WHERE I"VE BEEN! So, I'll tell you...No, I haven't given blogging up, or changed my blogspot address. I have 3 kids, a husband, and a house!!! I have dropped the ball and have been chasing it for about 3 weeks (man those things roll fast:) ) Let me start at the beginning. About 3 weeks ago Avery began being extremely clingy, and fussy. She started waking up every hour at night, and would not take a nap unless she was sleeping on me, and then she would only sleep for about 20 min at a time. After a week of this I got really behind on the housework. In my attempt to regain control I made every one chore cards (including me and Andy). Not even 24hrs later Avery started running a fever, only of about 99.5, and was struggling eating solids and would only nurse on one side at a time (We haven't used the chore cards yet). I took her to the Dr. the next day. My pediatrician was out of town so I saw the Dr. that was filling in, he told me it was just a phase she was going through, and they don't consider it a true fever until it is at least 100.4. So we went home and just kept doing what we were doing. Then, drum roll please, my washer and dryer broke!!! SO now I have laundry everywhere, bathrooms that were screaming to be cleaned, and a sweet baby just screaming! I hadn't slept in over a week and was just a tad frustrated. Blogging now took a back seat to LIFE. Presidents Day rolls around and the Repair man came and fixed my washer (the aggitator dawgs were broke) and Dryer (moisture sensor came unwired). I recruited my mom to come run errands with me, because I still can't figure out how to shop with 3. Avery cried the entire time we were out and I only did half of the errands I needed too. I did however purchase a high chair which I meant to do since Christmas. We came home and as I was putting the High Chair together I noticed Avery's mouth was stark white! I then knew the problem....her thrush was back. I packed all the kids back into the car and headed to the instacare (crying the whole way). My friend just happened to be working that night so she put our name on the waiting list and got me into the best Dr. there. The Dr. took one look at Avery, who was now covered in very small red dots over most her body, and said she had thrush that had gone on for so long that it was now Hands, Foot, and Mouth Disease. She also said she was in a lot of pain...then the tears came again and a few choice words. She said her throat was raw and all her symptoms (eating, slight fever, not sleeping) were classic signs of it. I was so mad (that the other Dr. should have caught the thrush before it went down into her throat) and really sad that she was in pain for so long. We got our prescription and headed to Walmart, I fed my kids dinner at almost 8 o'clock that night at Walmart while waiting the 25 min (which turned into almost 40 min) it took for them to fill the prescription. We did 7 days of 4 doses everyday of the prescription. She started doing better but not 100%. Then Sammy and Jack flew back last Mon. for Jack's 1st birthday..Yeah! I threw him a fun surprise party with both sides of the fam there. I just kept feeling like Avery was still sick so Tuesday I took her to our pediatrician. Sure enough thrush not gone, and throat still raw:( So we are on round 2 of antibiotics and doing lots better:) Sleeping schedules are still off but we are working on it. Ally's birthday was on Wednesday so we partied some more and ate 10 different flavors of Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake (picts to come). Then we had Haylee's birthday party today at the Kangaroo Zoo (her bdays tomorrow) it was crazy but so much fun, and we will party again tomorrow! Anyway Long story short ( not really thats just what you say ) kids feeling better, no more bdays for a while, caught up on laundry (got behind again,but am almost caught up), and most of house cleaned and sanitized (Thrush and Hands foot and Mouth very contagious had to bleach everything!),and sanity slowly returning...I think I'm back!