The Daily Hailey

Who out there is bored of all of my talk of sickness? I know I am! I’m not all the way better, but definitely not as rough as the last two days. I slept until almost 11:00 this morning, which was unbelievable! Obvious kudos to Brady for letting me be the sick whiner I am for yet another day. But luckily, I didn’t spend the entire day in bed today! I got up and cuddled with my wonderful kids, conversed with the family, and even took a phone call. Big successes for this one 😉

I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve watched a lot of tv these last couple of days, but today was probably the most fun. Instead of just watching what was on, we put on Little Rascals. Since we’ve been appreciating Netflix more and more, we’ve gotten out of the practice of looking in the $5 movie bins, but I happened to glance in and see this gem the other day, and I’m so glad I snagged it. Dekker LOVED it and talked about it for the rest of the day.

While the kids napped, Brady and I had another hot soak in the tub to clear us up mid-day. I think my favorite thing about being sick at home is multi-bath days. We just steamed ourselves in an overly hot bath and watched some Greys Anatomy. It was pretty glorious for being sick.

Once the kids were up, Brady offered to make supper. He played guitar with Laela in the kitchen and kept an eye on supper while Dekker came and hung out with me in bed. He got really cuddled up and sweet, with his head on my chest and my arm wrapped around his body, and we watched a bit of YouTube and chatted. He was so content. And my goodness that boy is growing!! His big strong legs and his chunky torso just blow me away. When he got a little too warm from all the cuddles, he moved over a little bit and propped his head up on his hand. I don’t know, but he looked like such a little teenager. I really hope we can still have these times years from now. I know people say to enjoy the cuddles because they don’t last forever, and that may be so. I know our cuddles have changed, but they haven’t gone away. And I still love to cuddle with my mom! So I’m sure holding out hope!

We ate supper forever, it seemed, and it was already approaching bedtime. We’ve had our tree up for a while now and keep putting off decorating because the kids are in rough shape, or in this case, we are in rough shape. We were going to do it this evening but then supper took too long. We finally decided to do the tree after the kids went to bed. Now some of you are probably shaking your heads at this, because its supposed to be a family affair, but here are two things to consider. Firstly, its getting to a point where I’m annoyed when I look at that stupid empty tree, and this relieves some of that for me. And secondly, our kids wouldn’t actually enjoy the experience. As much as we’d love to include them, Laela wouldn’t be allowed to handle many of the ornaments, and Dekkers hates how pokey the tree is, so even though he is capable of hanging ornaments, he likely wouldn’t do it.

So once the kids were tucked away, we decorated the tree. It looks so pretty and sparkly and colorful! At least the top half 😉 We know Laela will likely give us a bit of a run for our money this year so the bulbs that won’t break are at the bottom, as well as a few that jingle or are meant for the kids to play with. Its not perfectly even in that way, but it works. Now to add the presents at the bottom!!! Not quite everything is wrapped, but sooo close to it. Hopefully soon. Not tomorrow, but soon.

Not tomorrow, because we actually have to surface at some point tomorrow. Brady will go to work, obviously, but I’m going into the city for an appointment at 4:00. That has us leaving at 3:00 (can’t wait til that commute is shorter!) and the kids usually nap at 1:30. However, being that it takes Dekker a while to fall asleep, and that its such a short nap anyway, I think Dekker will be given the option to stay up instead of napping. That way, he’ll maybe doze in the van, or just be fine. And Laela will probably fall asleep sooner on her own as well. So I’ll have him on my hands all day, and no spare time to wrap gifts. But soon, I hope!

All in all, today was better than the last couple of days for sure! I could have done without this hiccup so close to Christmas, but hopefully we’ll all be better by the time the season is in full swing. And I hope the same for all of you guys and your families!