It's been a couple weeks since I've been able to even get on the computer. It all started on the Monday when Maddy went to get her braces. She sure looks cute in them! The novelty for her however lasted about six hours...after that it was seven days of torture! Poor thing didn't eat for a week and was extremely uncomfortable...and asked everyday to go back and get them off...by day eight she was back to eating most things. Unfortunately she caught a cold this same week... I'm sure you can imagine what happens when a nasty cold gets into a 500 sq. ft. house with five people in it...yup...everyone was sick. Thankfully for the most part it was quick to pass...I'm the only one left with it and at least I can tolerate it. Just when we thought things were on an upward swing, poor Maddy got a bacterial infection that required antibiotics...which would have been okay except on day six of a seven day treatment she broke out into hives. So she's allergic to the antibiotic and is covered with hives and swelling...itchy and painful. Man I wish I could erase these two weeks for her...