Friday, October 31, 2008

92,352

So, this week I took my favorite child in for her annual check up (aka my 5D went in to Canon for a little tune-up).



While it was there, I asked them to check the shot counter to see how many frames have been shot on that camera body.

And the answer was 92,352. Wow.

Monday, October 27, 2008

This is how I feel

I was just re-watching this SNL video on Courtney's blog and it just reminded me of how I feel on the inside when there's a surprise happening. I love surprises!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

An afternoon at the Great Park

I made my first of hopefully many visits to the Great Park in Irvine today! It was a great afternoon of fall festivities and hanging out with wonderful friends like:

this person:


and these people:


and these people:

and these people:


and these people!


Isn't life so much more fun with a little one around? For us, anyway ...




An afternoon with friends at the park - perfect!


Thursday, October 23, 2008

3 guesses ...

3 guesses at whose child this is ...

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Jaime's CaringBridge

Jaime's family has started a CaringBridge for her so you can follow updates if you are interested:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jaimewarren

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Thursday

I'm SO thrilled to report that Jaime is finished and did great through her 19.5 hour surgery that lasted most of the day yesterday and into the morning today! We're SO thankful!!

She'll be in a drug-induced coma for at least the next 48 hours and the next couple of days are crucial to her recovery. Please pray for lack of swelling and no infections as she starts to heal!

Thank you for your prayers - praise God for everything so far!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Wed morning update

We just heard news that Jaime's surgery started at about 11am in California. The expectation is for it to last anywhere between 8-16 hours.

All the doctors seem to think it is a benign tumor. However, it is quite large and located very near (actually pushing on) the brain stem. It is quite vascular in nature which will complicate the surgery. A major concern is that since it is blocking the ventricle that drains the fluid from the brain there is much fluid retention in the brain.

Please pray for the doctors, for Josh as he waits the many hours for his wife, and the rest of their families.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Quick Jaime update

Jaime has been moved to a great hospital where the head of Neurosurgery has agreed to accept her case which is awesome.

She is having an angiogram today and surgery is now planned for tomorrow. Thanks for your prayers.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Please pray for my friend

One of the wonderful things that I've seen come through the blogging world is the ability to support and pray for those in crisis so I am blogging to ask you to pray for my friend Jaime.



She and her husband Josh just had their first son a few weeks ago - he was a preemie but has done well considering all of the complications that being born 5 weeks early brings with it. Jaime hasn't quite felt like herself since the ordeal of her emergency C-section and over the weekend they discovered it's due to a large tumor in her brain/spinal cord area.

She's having major brain surgery most likely today. It's so hard to even wrap your head around anything as huge as this. Please pray for the surgeons, doctors, nurses, for Josh and baby Cole and all of their families, and of course, for Jaime as she waits for the surgery in a matter of hours - I can't even imagine how awful that must be.

In church on Sunday we sang that song Jesus, Jesus How I Trust Thee and I was totally gripped by the line: "Oh, for grace to trust You more". That is part of my prayer for Jaime and Josh and for myself - to be given the grace to be able to trust in times like these.