The Daily Hailey

Does anyone judge people’s levels of sickness based on their sick moustaches? It isn’t accurate across the board but there is still something there, I think. So here you have it. Our moustache report.

Everyone started lulling for the day around 11:15am. As in we went into the quiet rooms and found the kids laying awake in their beds.

In case you missed it on Facebook, Dekker didn’t go to school today, which I am SO disappointed about, because he is missing his first ever school Christmas program. I woke Dekker up from school, and it took a LONG time. I slowly convinced him out of bed and got him to the table for breakfast. He was barely coherent, and the only time he made much sound was when he delivered big, deep, wet, chesty coughs. Lots and lots of them. He was snotty and coughy and so very miserable. I knew almost right away that it just wasn’t going to happen. I put his cup in the fridge and put him back to bed. No argument from him. He fell asleep right away.

Now that he’s up and at ’em, having slept more, he is in slightly higher spirits. But I have to keep reminding myself to actually look at him. He is still so snotty, and those coughs are just awful. It would horribly inconsiderate of me to send him to school for the program. So I do think he’s on the upswing, but he’s far from recovered. His moustache doesn’t make him look like a pervert at all!! Lol!!

Laela was still totally cuddled under her covers when we went to get her. She is probably in the best shape today. Her nose is running less and her moustache is even healing up.  Of course, she is still coughing a ton, and seems a bit tippy and off balance, but she is back in a better-ish mood. After breakfast, Brady was loading some dishes into the dishwasher and she came up to him and between sniffles, asked “Need help wiss anysing?” Totally on her own accord! She was quite disappointed that he was finished, so I brought her downstairs and we threw wet socks into the dryer together. It was cute. Nice to see her be able to open her eyes again, and be goofy.

Rowan is in the roughest shape today, by far. I can’t remember ever seeing his eyes so swelled shut, and he probably can’t remember ever seeing, period. He is coated with boogers, coughing a ton, and is just SO very wiped out. Poor monkey. I doubt he’ll be up and around much longer but he’s having a moment of positivity, and we’re rolling with it. I’m SO thankful that he’s as good natured as he is, and almost always lets me wipe his nose drama-free. However, he stinks. He needs a bath badly. That will, however, remove his sick moustache, as it is a different variety than his older brother and sisters.

Solly has no moustache to show you! He is still baby faced, which is not at all ironic. He is so friendly and still looking so healthy, but he is sooo gurgly with phlem and spit and thanks to this fun cold symptom, he has vomited sizeably a handful of times. Just milk not going all the way down effectively, but it still sucks. I know he’s not flu vomiting, but he’s also not getting as much to each/drink these days. Merp. On a separate note (TMI, poop talk) we were pretty sure Solly had some kind of minimal bowel obstruction recently, and that appears to have been resolved! Without going into details, clearly he is getting enough fluids to heal at least part of his sick little body.

Brady has an achy body and I woke up with a cold. Sooooo continue to pray for us! We are SO excited to be helping lead a good amount of music at our church’s Christmas Eve service, and while the message is more important than the actual sound, we’d love to be in better health that day, to lead people as effectively as possible. Don’t forget about us, and be praying, if you feel so inclined.

It seemed like a rocky season of illness and challenges for so many people on so many different levels. If you aren’t praying for us, that is fine. But pray for whoever God lays on your heart. We all need support in different ways. We’re all doing our very best.