Summertime Flu....Meh!

We managed to escape this weird Summertime flu bug that seems to be EVERYWHERE.....until last week. Jace was the first victim and boy was that rough. I like to think that with a two year old as independent as Jace, I pretty much spend every day in the "Mommy Trenches." Oh no my friends, THIS was a duty far worse than tantrum aversion. THIS was the stuff that mommy war stories are made of. You see, 2 1/2 year olds don't have the ability to wake up and carefully get sick in a bucket. So warrior mommies like myself bring the child to bed with them. And warrior mommies stay awake all night, only to be thrown up on.....hourly....by a poor sick child who somehow possesses the precision and timing of a sniper. As I laid there in bed with my little sickie boy I thought, "Surely God offers some sort of Flu Amnesty to warrior mommies like me, right?" Wrong! It took several days, but I was the next victim. Ugh. Daddy was joining the rest of us sickies by the following day. Thankfully, this mean little flu bug is only 1 day of really bad. Unfortunately, it seems to be followed by a week of utter exhaustion. Which brings me to today's blog pic.....

I wasn't sneaky enough to get the full body shot before waking him with my flash, but I think you can tell that he is sleeping standing up. This was at 5pm last night! This morning he is filled with energy, so I am praying that we are seeing the end of this nasty little illness. I would like to believe that since we have paid our flu dues this summer, we should be expecting to be passed by all future bugs until next year. Here's to hoping!