Merry Christmas!

Someone sent me a message today and asked me to please update my blog since the last one was early this month.  So I will rush and write this to let you all know December finally got better!!!  Praise the LORD because I wasn’t sure I was going to survive if it didn’t.  Today is Tuesday, December 17, and we have been fever free since last Sunday, December 8.  More than a week and we made it through a Sunday night – which has been unheard of since we started this sickness journey.   We have been in touch with Savannah’s pediatrician in Houston who was nice enough to refer us to an Infection Disease Specialist in Texas Children’s at the medical center in Houston, and we have an appointment set for the Monday after we arrive.  I am hoping he will check her, look at all her medical charts and lab reports from over here (oh, we did a little more lab work based on HOU doc’s suggestion – all came back negative) and magically know what the issue was and confirm that it is now gone and won’t be back (a mom can dream, right?) She has been eating well and had a normal amount of energy since Thursday evening last week, which relieves me more than I can explain.  Except with that normalcy came the normal teenage-sass.  Too bad that couldn’t have gone away with the illness.  In any event, she’s healthy, Momma’s happy.

And in other news, we are leaving India at 0400 Wednesday (4:30 PM Tuesday for you Texans), which is less than twelve hours from when I type this.  We will board a British Airways jet and hop off in London.  What Savannah doesn’t know is that we are staying in London for three days.  (((SURPRISE!! MERRY CHRISTMAS, SAVANNAH!!)))  

We will brave the cold and go see some sights, enjoy high tea and eat some beef while we are there.  I am hoping for some better weather than the forecasters are showing now – above 50 and sunny would be ideal. I guess I’ll just take the healthy kid and be happy.  Saturday morning we will board from London and head home for Christmas.  Home with my sweet nieces, my parents, my boyfriend, brother & his wife, even my stepson and his new family, and so many of our friends.  I can’t wait to see everyone and celebrate Christmas and a New Year in Texas!

I will try to update from our travels, but no promises.  In the meantime, Savannah and I wish you a very Merry Christmas!  A holiday filled with love, joy, and all the wonders of the season.  We hope you take some time to think about our Savior and consider how glorious our Heavenly Father is to have sent His Son for our sins. Powerful stuff.  We also send you very Happy New Year wishes and thank you for your prayers and thoughts in 2013.  Each of you is special to us and we are so thankful and so blessed to have you in our lives, near and far.

Cheers!!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  Isaiah 9:6