Family Update

Lets start with MAMA. Today's her 53rd birthday!! Even though she was in Greenville Memorial, she still got to spend it with her family. The Palmetto Bank has been very understanding with our circumstances and they let me leave work today early to go be with daddy. I brought a cake and her big gift and we celebrated in between dad's naps. We all gave her a new camera. This is her very FIRST digital camera (and it's GREEN)!! She was so thrilled! Now she can take her own pictures of Adam! (after we teach her how to use it). =)HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST MAMA IN THE WORLD! I LOVE YOU!

Next, lets move on to THE PARRISH FAMILY. Adam has been suffering with a cold and a double ear infection. Just another thing on his long list of "issues". I got to babysit him Tuesday night as Caroline and Brian went and took care of some of Daddy's yards. He was so precious even though he felt terrible. I fed him, gave him medicine, bathed him, rubbed him down with the calming, bedtime lotion, put his pj's on him, and got him ready for bed for mommy and daddy. He was such an angel!! I went by this evening to check on him and he seems to be much better. He was back to his cute self smiling at me!! (it seriously melts my heart!) I tried to capture some new pictures to post but none of them turned out wonderful. A few are from Tuesday when he felt crummy and a few from today. He still can't quite hold his head up but its so fun to watch him in the bumbo. He has also discovered his feet and love to grab them! He's definitely ready for the beach this weekend as are the rest of his family...

Tuesday night's bath. Feeling crummy... Glimpse of his incision.

Still not to sure about the bumbo!

Mommy and baby

Loving his feet =)

That's right, I said beach. Originally the family was going to Litchfield this weekend because it's the McElveen week but obviously things aren't quit that easy now. Mom has convinced her girls... aka Caroline and me... to go ahead and go. She promised she was ok being left to hang with daddy. (If you read this and are in town, please check on them! k... thanks!)


Now lets talk about the main man... MY DADDY! Today I think he was a little relieved. The docs finally decided to go ahead and do another heart cath and put another stint in. Reason being, dad's body has been "misbehaving" (so the doctor said). We are all in much better spirits about this decision. We didn't want him to come home until he was 100% better. Dad's scheduled for tomorrow morning. They can't give us a set time... all they said was it should be between 7am-noon. We are all leaving at 6 in the morning just in case dad's the lucky one to go first. BACK TO TODAY... around 5 this evening there was a knock on the door to dad's palace and Kirk Stroud walked in the door. (Kirk was one of dad's Citadel roommates and best friends from Charleston). He got wind of Dad's health and hopped in the car. Didn't call or anything! It was definitely and great surprise and put a huge smile on daddy's face! After he stayed and visited, we all decided to go and head home being that we are coming right back in a few hours. Dad was feeling good and wanted to walk us to the elevator. (scared mom and me a little but were thrilled he was feeling that good) We kissed him goodnight and said we'll see you bright and early!

This is daddy's arm. It's the damage from Sunday... the middle of having a heart attack, nurses in ER obviously had hard time with IV's. (kinda irritated me!)

The following pictures are of dad's "presidential suite"

That's where we stand! Promise to update when I return home! Thanks again for everyone who has said a prayer, called, visited, or helped us out in anyway!! We love you!!