Today is the day for our chili luncheon fundraiser at church. All night we could smell the chili in the crock pots. But in the middle of the night, Judah woke up with a very high fever and he was quite fussy. Michael took over with him, taking him downstairs, so I could go back to sleep. (Isn’t he a nice husband???) The two of them slept on the couch bed all night, with Judah waking up periodically to cry and toss fitfully.

By this morning the chili was smelling even better, and we needed to make a decision about what to do for church. Usually I’m happy to leave Michael home and go to church by myself (with any children who are going), but today I didn’t feel up to the challenge. Not only am I still feeling nauseous much of the time, but the idea of doing all of the church activities and then following up with a chili luncheon was more than I could think about doing without Michael. So my dear husband rallied, even though he had been up through the night, and he got ready for church. To make it a little easier on him, I offered to keep the younger three children here. Isaac begged to stay home too, so finally we waved goodbye to Michael, Laura and Luke.

On top of everything else, today is the day that Luke is having a friend over to celebrate his birthday, so I needed to make a phone call to Nate’s mom today explaining that Judah is ill and asking if it’s still ok for Nate to come over. We agreed that it would be alright as long as the boys just play outside or away from Judah.

So now here we sit, passing the morning, watching a movie, and wondering what the day holds. Luke requested biscuits and gravy for his birthday supper, so hopefully I can still make that for him.

Our days don’t always go like we plan. Today is a good example of that.

10:00 a.m. Update: I got a call from Michael saying Luke is not feeling well, so I went to the church to get him. Poor Luke. This was his special day to have a special guest, and now he has a headache and sore throat. The good news is that Judah is showing no signs of having been sick. He’s his usual busy little self today.

7:45 p.m. Update:  Well, as nice as it has been to be home today and enjoying the beautiful spring weather, the kids have been getting sick, one after the other.  Luke is the worst, and he’s spent most of the day in bed.  Amelia complained a few times of a sore throat, but by bedtime she was in tears saying that her throat hurt.  Judah also seemed fussy, so I’m guessing he was feeling a little off too.

Isaac was sick last week, so he’s not in any danger, and in fact, is probably the reason the rest of the kids are sick.  Laura and Miguel seemed to have dodged the bullet, but a few moments ago Michael called me while he was out and about with Miguel and said that Miguel has started saying that his throat hurts.  Another casualty.  So Laura is the only one left standing.  We’ll see what tomorrow brings!