What a week!

What a week! It has been an incredibly emotional week. We brought a new baby into our family. It is an adopted child's biological sibling. As you know, we are already have two other of his siblings we are adopting. The baby was less than 2 days old when we brought him home. That was last Wednesday. On Tuesday, I found out that one of my friend's from DMV passed away. He was about a week away from turning 50. Also on Tuesday, my dad went into the hospital because we thought he was having a heart attack. We found out he had more than just that going on. However, he had some surgery and all is better now. On Thursday, I discovered there is a good probability that we will not be able to keep the baby we picked up. That breaks my heart but that is all part of the process. We have been back and forth to Reno more this last week and a half then I think we have been all of last year :)

I have an amazing support group that I could not have survived this week without. I appreciate Erica for her support of bringing food to my family during this time as well as running errands for me and offering to bring food and companionship to the hospital for me. You are an amazing woman and friend. Suzan, thank you for your love and support. I know I can count on your friendship always. Thank you Orey for making sure I have everything I need to be with my parents and sister and not have to worry about taking care of things at home. You have, and always will be, my rock. Thanks to Deborah, Tyler and Seth for your vigilant prayers for Tata. And also for offering to drive down to be here. Thanks Keithy for offering to drive home to see Gpa and to make sure I am fine. Thank you Maura for offering to come down for as long as I needed to help out at the house. I am glad it was not necessary because I know you have been feeling morning sickness (all day long) and you have a busy house yourself. Rebekah and Alexander, thank you for coming over to take care of the kids when dad and I could not be there. Marina, thank you so much! Dad and I could not have survived this week without your amazing help. I cannot express how much we appreciate it. From picking up kids, to making sure they were fed, staying up with the baby and so forth. I thank all of you for your prayers and continuous requests for updates.

Thanks to my mom for the lunch and dinner dates in the hospital cafeteria. Thanks to my sister Maura for remembering that I like cups of ice :)

Oh, and thanks to dad for getting better. That I really appreciate!

I knew I had a blessed life but times like these just reaffirms what the Lord has put in place in my life.