mostly better

we are mostly better around here. not 100% better, but much, much better. hand foot and mouth is a crazy disease. check out these two pics of ethan and you'll see what I mean.

first, his poor, poor legs. his feet and hands were just as bad if not worse. this is after all the little blisters have turned to scabs, but when they were blisters and all red and puffy... so sad.

but then, look at his chest. the lighting isn't quite the same, but... totally clear. no spots.

If I were naming it, I would call this disease hand foot mouth and butt disease (don't worry, I'm not going to show you pictures to prove this point, just trust me). but it is crazy how it really wasn't anywhere on either kid's torso. all over their legs and butts, half way up their arms, and somewhat on their faces, but totally clear chest and back. weird.

so, this was a rough disease. there was nothing life threatening or really truly severe, but it was a lot worse than i'd originally anticipated. let's just leave it at that, and I'll show you some happy pics. :)

look blake's birth-mas (I know, I'm a terrible person and combined his christmas and birthday present) finally came. we now own a piano! thanks to all the relatives who contributed to the piano fund so that blake could get the one he wanted. :)

the kiddos think it's pretty great.

especially ethan who can climb up on the bench (and does so all the time) and just loves it SO much! (and yes, ethan's shirt is rather drooled upon. while sick he was a crazy drooler. as in 5+ bibs or shirts per day. he's back to one shirt a day now thankfully.)

hopefully later this week I'll get a chance to post more happy pics, but for now I just wanted to say that we did survive! we're going to stay at home for a couple more days just to make sure we don't pass this on to anybody, but we'll be happier while we're at home!