update

I'm sorry this is another post without pictures. Brent is the one who does the fancy stuff and it's been hard for him to make a blog post working 16-17 hour days. We do have some really cute pictures of Aiden from a week or two ago that we'll try to post sometime over the Easter weekend. Brent is not on call and my parents are coming up tomorrow night, and Andrew & Tracie will be joining us on Easter Day. It will be a much needed mental break around here.

Firstly--Kathi is doing better; although still in the hospital and still on morphine (plus I gather about 20 other meds), they have ruled out the need to do neurosurgery--a HUGE relief for all of us. 10 days and counting in the hospital, plus the forecast of a work-free, drive free, basically fun-free existence for the next 4-6 weeks is a big drag, but we're all looking forward to the day when boredom is her chief complaint.

Secondly--we have found a new nanny for Aiden and Kennedy. Anne-Marie, who left Trinidad for a vacation visiting family in Manhattan 6 years ago and never returned because her flight back was canceled in the days following 9/11 (and then she found a family who needed her...) comes very highly recommended by her previous employers. She has a lovely accent and already a fondness for her "first boy" (the two previous families were full of girls).

next time, there will be pictures. I just wanted to give you all the update.