Memories of our trip

Brad is doing great, far better than I thought he would be doing at this point, thank you for praying and thank you God for healing! So, we are off to San Francisco for the day and then a long drive home tomorrow. I will try to post some pics of our trip when we get back home.

I just spoke with Brad's doctor, everything went really well and he is in the recovery room. We should be able to see him in just a little bit, thanks for praying! Please continue to pray for the recipient and quick healing for Brad.

Oakland

Today we left Bakersfield to go to Oakland for Brad's bone marrow donation tomorrow. We decided to check out the Oakland Zoo when we got here because lately Mia has been very into animals. Our first stop was the elephants and it was so awesome because 1 of them was real close and so Mia got a great look, she thought they were great and wanted to go touch them, but didn't understand why we wouldn't let her. After that we went and saw the giraffes and again, some of them were so close, it was neat. She liked the giraffes too. But of all the animals we saw at the zoo, her favorite were the meerkats followed by a close second with some chimpanzees. The meerkats made her giggle uncontrollably, there were quite a few and they were pretty cute. Meerkats, go figure. We had a good time and then we drove to our hotel which is right next door to UCBerkeley. I think it's interesting that we are going to the hospital tomorrow, but it's not for Mia, I started thinking I have to give her her medicine at a particular time and then I said no I don't, it's Brad who can't eat anything in the morning. Will you pray that everything goes well and that he recovers quickly from the donation. And pray that the person who is receiving the marrow, that everything will go well there and that they will be healed completely. I will keep you posted about Brad tomorrow.

First Day Of School

Mia had a great first day of school. We got there at 8:30 and she played with the toys while I filled out paperwork. After all the kids arrived (there were 7 total, including Mia), we sat in a circle and did music time. We then split into groups and did different activities at different times, one of those was finger painting and that was alot of fun for Mia. After that the physical therapists worked with the kids individually, Mia practiced walking and standing. After that was snack time and then time to say goodbye. We had a fun time! On an interesting note, Mia is the only girl in her class! It will make her tough playing with the boys. :)

When we got home, Mia slept better for her nap than in a long time.