The Downing Family: Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone! What a busy week it was... We were already getting ready for Bobby and Dana's wedding when we found out Grandma Downing had a heart attack which brought on open heart surgery on NYE. We traveled to St. Joe Wednesday afternoon to spend some time with her before she was scheduled for surgery. After spending time with Gma we had to rush to Maryville for the Christie/Lade rehearsal. After the rehearsal the we headed back to the Searles's and tried to get some sleep which has become increasingly difficult for both of us with me tossing and turning all night! NYE morning we went to the hospital to wait on the news about Gma's surgery. She had 4 bypasses placed in her heart. She came out of surgery fine and is recovering well. She was able to go home from the hospital on yesterday to start her recovery process. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers while she recovers. We are so thankful everything went well.

Once Gma was out of surgery Josh headed back to Savannah to get ready for pictures and I had some lunch with my sister. Darcie and I drove to Maryville later that afternoon and we all watched as Bobby and Dana were married on a blue moon... it really was! The wedding and reception were absolutely beautiful and such a wonderful way to bring in the New Year.

We also had our appointment yesterday and we are still waiting on the arrival of Baby D! Everything is fine and still on schedule... We are starting to get anxious to meet this little one. We also met with a Maternity Care Coordinator with Shawnee Mission Medical Center(where we are delivering) and filled out our pre-registration information and took a tour of the hospital. We are going to work on getting the house cleaned up and making sure we are as ready as we can be fot the baby to get here!

Here are a couple pictures from our NYE!