i survived.

When you are married to a football coach there is one thing you dread all year long.....AUGUST. Once September comes, the schedule settles into a routine and the fun and excitement of the games comes along! BUT... first, fall camp comes around and they pound in about 18 hours a day for a straight month - no weekends- no lunch breaks - no family time - just football. Its just part of our life and we mentally prepare ourselves for this time of getting back into a school routine, shopping for school supplies, and meeting the teacher at a new school....We just hope and pray nothing "arrises" that would cause us to depend too much on our husbands.

We had a very eventful August. We spent the first week in MS and came back ready to get in gear and start school. That is when the boys got sick. Vomiting, diarreaha, high fevers of 104...the works! After several days and two trips to the doctor, we found out they both had salmonella! Poor Banks had the worst time because his diaper rash got so bad that it was like having 3rd degree burns on his bottom. He and I both cried every time I changed him - which was often!

After 6 days of caring for the boys, I was run down emotionally and physically and then I started showing the same symptoms! I obviously had the bacteria in my body, but I never got as sick as the boys were. The saving grace for me was when my sweet mama came down to take care of me and the boys for a few days! I was sick - tired- and lonely. She was JUST what I needed!

While mama was here, Banks fever spiked again and we spent several hours in the ER having lots of tests run. The fear with salmonella in infants is that it can easily get into the bones and blood stream. All the results came back negative and we found out that he had croup! Thankfully, the salmonella was gone, but then we had to do 4 breathing treatments a day for week. Mama took Smith back to MS so that Banks and I could focus on getting him well.

Needless to say, we survived Fall Camp 2011 and are very excited that our season is here!