Here they are...

So this is Nanny and Gandy. It has now been a little over a month since the car accident and I am in awe of the miracle God has worked before our eyes. This photo was taken last Tuesday. It had been nearly four weeks since they had seen each other and at this time, Nanny was still in the ICU.

Gandy is doing really well with physical therapy and is gaining strength and more mobility every day. Andrew and I visited him last week and I knew he was feeling better because his sense of humor seemed to have returned to its pre-accident level :). He got a good report yesterday from the orthopedic surgeon and will hopefully be able to start putting weight on his leg in three weeks.  

Nanny is now out of the ICU, off oxygen, and had her trach removed today--praise God! She has one remaining surgery on her left ankle in about six weeks and will probably be discharged later this week to some sort of rehab facility until it's time for surgery. One of her docs told us two weeks ago that when she arrived they did not expect her to make it longer than a week. I understand that physicians have to be realistic, but I am glad they didn't tell us that. And my response to it is...they didn't know my Nanny (she's very feisty) and they didn't know how many people were lifting her up in prayer to our Mighty Father. 

I am so thankful for all the prayers lifted up for my grandparents and my family. I am also thankful for every physician, nurse, therapist, tech, etc, that has taken care of them. They have received excellent care. 

And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. Exodus 34:10

One year!

We had a lot of fun celebrating Andrew's 1st birthday on Saturday. We just had a little party at the house. There are way too many cicadas to do anything outside!

Happy eating some birthday breakfast. Never mind the fact that he has on Christmas pj's :).

The cake.

The awesome hat and banner were made by my very talented friend Anna Wright.

So he doesn't like anything on his head...not even an adorable birthday hat.

And he excels in smashing cake. But he has two parents who love cupcakes, so I feel like this should have been expected.

Mischievous. 

Nana made Andrew his sweet birthday outfit and bib. Love.

Can't believe how much our lives have changed over the past year. Parenting is more challenging and tiring than I expected, but way more awesome too. This guy keeps us entertained and on our toes. We love him so much.

Blessings!

Update on Nanny and Gandy

The past two weeks have been a total blur. I have seen more of I-40 and the TICU waiting room than I care to talk about and eaten so much fast food that I will almost certainly be a hospital patient soon myself. 

My sweet Nanny is making progress. It is hard to see when I am caught up in everything going on, but when I am able to take a step back, I can see improvement. The ventilator was taken out of her room on Saturday and she has been on a CPAP machine (commonly used for sleep apnea) since then. She is much more alert and interactive and extremely frustrated to be laying in a hospital bed. She understands she has a couple of surgeries left and we can see that she is getting stronger. She is battling one infection and we are prayerful that this will be the only infection while she is at the hospital. She has asked where Gandy is and is anxious to see him. 

Gandy went back to the orthopedic surgeon today and surgery was scheduled for tomorrow. My mom and Caroline have been with him the past few days and now he is stuck with me again for a few nights. He is still really sore and also not happy to be in a hospital bed. Hopefully after surgery, his recovery will speed up some. 

I am so thankful for all the prayers over the past two weeks. I am thankful for friends that dropped what they were doing and kept my little boy, for loving in-laws that have now spent 4 nights with him,  for a friend that rode with me to take pictures of the cars, accident scene, and to meet the trooper, for church families in Nashville and Memphis that are praying for them, for sweet Memphis friends that let us spend the night on short notice, and for so many other things along the way. 

Andrew is doing great. He conveniently contracted Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease probably from the church nursery and became symptomatic the Friday after the accident. He is well now and we are excited about celebrating his birthday in less than 3 weeks!