Chris went in to have the surgery on his arm and from the short conversation that I had with my mom (Karen), it went well.

He needs to have the bandage changed daily for the next two weeks and then they will reassess things after that.

I will have to talk to Chris himself and get some info directly from the big man himself. Maybe he can even be convinced to send in another picture of himself. Huh?? Nudge, nudge, Hint, HINT!!!

Things must have gone okay because after the surgery they headed out to Browns Social House for dinner…..so if Chris was up for a bit of galavating, then I’m assuming that it was an okay day.

Thanks for praying for Chris. We appreciate all the love and prayers.

I was chatting with Chris on Yahoo Messenger yesterday and we tried something different.

I don’t like it.

I’m just letting ya all know that right now, BUT….hey, we gave it a shot.

Here is a picture of Chris that I took off his webcam…..it’s a little pixelated and well….he’s blue, BUT…

You can get the general idea of how studly and HAWT Chris is looking now that his face is starting to shrink a little.

I even caught a bit of a smile…..now isn’t that nice to see?

Chris is doing well. He is starting to regain some feeling in his face. I guess when they basically rip your face off your head in order to do a little bit’o work on the jaw….well - when you cut through all the nerves, you end up a little numb as things heal up. Apparently he’s in the tingly feeling phase of healing. Fun Times there….imagine that your face felt like your foot or arm does when you sleep or sit on it funny……that doens’t sound like a good time in my books.

On Thursday April 23rd, Chris is going back into the hospital to have a bit more work done on his arm. As is possible anytime you do a surgery like they did, there is the possibility that a bit of “touch up” work might need to be done. It’s just a day surgery at the Diamond Pavillion at VGH….I just let you all know that in case we wanted to organize a pep rally outside on Laurel Street close to the Starbucks….anyone..anyone????

Just kidding!

So, keep Chris in your prayers that the day surgery will go smoothly and that his face will all heal up perfectly.

Thanks for reading, Thanks for commenting, and especially a HUGE THANKS for praying.

Well, I really don’t have an update because we (Jon, I and the 4 kidlings) boycotted the family brunch today as my oldest boy was up barfing the night away. It was awesome and while I really wanted to be with the family - I also just couldn’t see how it would be SO MUCH FUN to be sick and barfing when your mouth is wired (elasticized) shut.

The visual of the backlog and subsequent oozing, not to mention the pain that would be involved…..I’m sure that you’re all just thanking me for the visual, aren’t you? Hey, I was tame with this description - it’s a lot more graphic in my mind and I’m sure I coulda found better words to describe what I’m imagining….

The whole point of this post was to post the most recent picture that was phoned in to me……..so lets just skip the verbal painting and move onto to some serious goofiness.

Here’s Jon’s contribution…….

Are there any other brave souls willing to either post a comment or send in a photo?

First of all HUGE THANKS to all who have popped by and said, “HI!” It is so much fun to see who is out there and to hear what you are thinking. (If you haven’t had a chance to leave a comment yet - have I got the opportunity for you! Read on for more info.) We love being able to connect with you in some way….even if it is through the screen.

Here is the picture that Chris sent me yesterday. He’s looking studly, no?

As you can see, (or if you can’t - go here to see the set so far to compare) the swelling is going down and aside from having lips that look like he’s had some SERIOUS botox injections (which he hasn’t) Chris is starting to look pretty good.

He’s had two Doctors appointments this week. One on Tuesday and one on Wednesday and the greneral overall report is that things are going well. Chris is allowed to start eating soft foods now and to take off the bands (that are holding his head together) for eating and brushing his teeth. but he’s to keep them on the rest of the time.

Apparently they did some serious adjusting to the upper jaw and that is where all the fun started with the bleeding and all that jazz. Once again, we find out after the fact, that Chris wanted to make his situation memorable and that the whole bleeding out thing was actually pretty serious and well, we are just really happy that it all turned out well in the end. The seriousness of the surgery would account for the slower post surgery start to llife.

Chris, as usual, is not complaining (but he would be allowed to if it ever got to much for him, right Chris????), but just trucking along.

While I was waiting for him to send me a picture, I fired this off to him……

and he replied with this…..

and that got me thinking about how it might be fun to get a bunch of goofy pictures and throw them up here….

So, last night at Geli’s performance….you can go over here in a bit for more about that…I took these.

Chelle…….

and Debbie………they are definately sisters, no???

and this one of the cousins (Becca, Xani and Bee)

Now, here is where my brain starts kicking in to overdrive and where we need YOU!!!!!

I’d love to be able to post a whole bunch more goofy, funny, silly pics. It woud be fun to see and so if you were interested in contributing….we’re not looking for amazing photos of quality and beauty…these were all taken with my phone….so just a quick goofy shot…..if you’re iterested in helping Chris to not be so bored as he passes the time convalesceing or maybe just in being a part of something silly and fun, then comment and let me know if you want to e-mail a gooofy pic in to me or if you want to send me a pic from your phone. If you leave a quick comment, I’ll respond back to you with the where, when, why, how….you know, all that fun stuff.

So, what do ya think? Anyone on board?

Edited to Add:

Here is our first submission…..

Tim - looking amazingly goofy.

and Here is Daisy…looking Elegantly Goofy - is that possible?