Sick.

This is what Ella looks like on a typical winter day:

This is what Ella looked like last week of January:

From talking with some other moms, apparently January was the month to be wiped-out sick. Ella came down with something on a Sunday, and was out until Thursday. We rejoiced Friday thinking that everyone was at least well enough to leave the house, then of course Addie got it on Saturday. Everyone else has stayed relatively healthy, as in we only have runny noses and coughs, but can at least still function somewhat normally.