So this week has been a LONG challenging week for us. It started off great, but then Tuesday afternoon Walker started to throw up and then the diarrhea kicked in and all night long I was cleaning up messes from both ends. I think I used every towel and blanket in my house. So I thought oh lovely the 24 hour flu....I can handle this...well 24 hours has turned into 5 days! Throwing up and diarrhea every day for 5 days straight. It may have not been so bad but Kal is in Kamloops and I am on my own and being pregnant does not help the situation at all. So finally he is on the mend and no throw up in over 24 hours and he is actually eating food! He is still lethargic and not quite his active little self but it won't be too much longer. This week will be super busy as things I had to put on hold last week I now can start this week. But as I look back on this last week I can see Heavenly Fathers Tender Mercies that have lifted me and helped carried me through the week, here are a few.

1. So far Jackson and I have not had one day of being sick!

2. Thank you to a wonderful neighbour who came over with dinner one night not realizing that I was bawling my eyes out due to feeling over whelmed. She gave me a hug told me it was going to be ok and left me a wonderful dinner. The next day I found a card in my mail box with a kind note...again I cried...but good tears. Then a quick check up visit after she got off work, then a message on my machine saying to have my table set because dinner was on it's way and then another call tonight to check in. I am this sweet neighbour's visiting teacher and I am afraid that I have been lacking on being there for her and yet she has been here for me, how grateful I am .

3. Friends who are so kind and are so willing to help out in any way. Just knowing that I can call any one of my friends up and they will be at my side no matter what is such a comfort.

4. Not being super sick with this pregnancy is a huge tender mercy. I was so sick with the boys, and I sort of question if I actually am expecting. I know I am because other bodily changes are happening daily, not too mention my emotions are out of control, oh and the super sensitive sense of smell thing....but it is so nice not to be throwing up every day and feeling like death.

5. A night out with the girls! Most people who know me know that I love to go out with the girls and so my friend Kim arranged a girls night out going away party for me. After being stuck in the house all week with a sick baby I so needed a night away. We chatted and laughed and enjoyed one an other's company and then went and saw 27 Dresses...... which I loved and laughed through the whole thing. I love my friends, they have become my family and I will miss them all dearly...they each mean so much to me and have they each taught me something new.

So onto this next week.......I am hoping and praying all will be well and I can continue to de-clutter and get ready for our move in 2 weeks!