December 25.....12:45 a.m

Today was a difficult day to say the least. My son Parker was not feeling well and got us up at about 4 am this morning throwing up! He was sick all day long with vomiting and diahera. I was not sure that he would be well enough to enjoy the Christmas Eve festivities. He ended up feeling better so we decided to take him. Christmas Eve is really busy for us. First we have the Blakemore family Christmas with all the uncles, aunts and cousins..it is a really huge deal. We are never able to stay that long because my family Christmas is the same night. I probably wouldn't have bothered going except Parker was to read the Christmas story tonight. All the kids take turns reading it and this year was Parker's turn. He practiced it and practiced it so I really wanted him to be able to read it. He did a wonderful job reading it but it turns out that he was so nervous about reading it in front of everyone that he made himself sick over it. I wish he would have just told me that he was nervous...he did say.."mommy I don't think I can read the Christmas story" at dinner but I thought that was because he was not feeling well...little did I know why he was not feeling well. After he read the story he said..."mommy, I feel like my old self again" and then he was ok for the rest of the night. He is really excited about Christmas. My kids think that they are only getting about 3-4 presents.....they got more. Well I need to get to bed now and try to get some sleep. Morning comes awfully early and we have church today too. Perhaps more tomorrow then....