going home.

brian's dad is heading home today. still a long way to go but at least he will be home and able to shower and get a good night's sleep in his bed! we're very excited for him!!!
brian's grandfather also had back/neck surgery today and seems to be doing well. he will be in icu for at least a night and then will be transferred to a normal room or rehab for a bit. we're getting to be pros on the ins and outs of the hospital :) we're just glad everything seems to have gone well & look forward to him getting out of the hospital as well!

update on brian’s dad.

jim has been doing really well lately.  he was able to get up for the first time since surgery on friday and spent an hour and a half today out of bed.  it’s tiring for him after being in bed for nearly two weeks but he’s really excited about being able to get up and around with his brace on.  hopefully he will be discharged sometime this week!  thank you everyone for your prayers – they mean the world to all of us :)

it’s a…

well hopefully you can tell from that picture but if not, we’re having a little boy!!!! we’re so excited & can’t wait for our little man to get here!  let the shopping begin!  we also got a 3d ultrasound while we were there (they have always freaked me out because i think all of the babies look like aliens and this time was no different – except this time it was my alien :)).  he even gave us a few gig ‘ems!  we have a ton of pictures and videos but here are the highlights.  hopefully you can tell what they are :)

all curled up & acting shy.gig ‘em!his little foot.

brian’s dad.

the reason we have been so busy since england is that brian’s dad, jim, has had to have 2 back surgeries.  there’s a lot of different things involved but the short version is that he had a compression fracture in his spine that had to be fixed.  the surgeries have gone really well but it’s a long recovery and there are other factors involved.  please keep him & our family in your prayers.  we love him so much & can’t wait for him to be back and better than ever!!

the rest of england.

we’ve been back for awhile but i haven’t had much of a chance to update (i’ll get into why in another post)…

here are some pics that sum up the rest of our trip (the rest are on our picture site – link to the right)…

winter wonderland.the boys cooking at the house in the isle of wight.  
the house in the isle of wight.
anna & i. the offical drink of the england trip. a walk on the isle of wight. ventnor on the isle of wight.the girls (anna, bobby, me, & mum in sandlin on the isle of wight.  tourist london picture.
 
the drunk sisters on new years.drunk soulja boy on new years.

sparklers after nearly blowing up the house with bigger fireworks new years.  the church where nanny is buried.
 
the boys & anna went to a chelsea football match.