Seriously!

Obviously it's been quite some time since I have blogged. The fact that I just had to reset my password because I didn't remember it is pretty conclusive evidence of that. Things have been a little crazy here lately. Poor Jackson (and you should feel equally badly for his poor parents) has not slept in his room since before the last post. We have tried a number of things to soothe his fears and stop his nightmares and nothing seems to work. However, I do need to issue a huge thanks to those of you who have helped with this process, we appreciate it all! Adrienne bought a special spray bottle and decorated it as a "witch be gone" spray and Nanny and Paw Paw have called and prayed with Jackson before bed. Anytime we have forced Jackson to be in his room alone the poor little guy just sits on his bed and frantically sprays that bottle all over the place. I even got so desperate as to buy a vial of dirt (in my defense it was sold as miracle "herbs" which had cured many children of the same problem) to put on Jackson's head before he goes to sleep. Jay promptly returned the vial of herbs/dirt the following day insisting that I had bought some type of voodoo witchcraft or something. Did I mention they were pretty proud of that tiny vial. . .proud to the tune of $80. I was desperate. In my own defense I must say that the vial was recommended by our pediatrician, I didn't buy it off of the back of a snake oil truck. Jay and I have had about 17 minutes without Jax in the room in as long as I can remember. Jackson only takes naps with me in the room with him so I haven't had 5 minutes to blog, clean, etc. etc. Anyway, he's at school right now and I just needed to chillax (you know, chill out and relax at the same time) for a bit.
Did I mention that last week Jackson was as sick as he's ever been? He had tonsillitis, strep throat (having the utter lack of medical knowledge that I do I have no idea if that is two different infections or the same thing?), a double ear infection, fever of 104 and a cough. We took him to the doctor 3 times in 4 days and he ended up having two, yes TWO rounds of antibiotics. I was really bummed about that last part but my poor little guy could barely breath. His tonsils were touching they were so swollen and he was drooling b/c he couldn't swallow. Little man was down for the count. He lost 5 1/2 pounds and missed a week of school. He was waking up screaming all through out the night (about every 45 minutes) and actually having hallucinations. Terrible. All he would eat were these popsicles that Adrienne brought him (a huge thanks for those and the yummy soup!) I know his immune system was just completely shot from the utter lack of sleep he has suffered lately. Anyway, so it's been a little wild at our house lately. If any of you have any great suggestions for our sleeping troubles we are open to them!
Ok, now to catch up on the last month of Adams happenings!