Tell your wife to update the blog

Yes, I'm looking at you Grandaddy B!

Here's our update.

We have been to Mass and confession and managed to get ourselves on prayer lists from here to Spain.
We have rented a small apartment in the North End of Boston for our stay, and made hotel reservations for the trip up.
We have secured travel arrangements for everyone who is coming to stay with us and help with J.
All our doctor's appointments have been verified.
Our insurance company has been updated and all appropriate waivers and overrides have been set up.
We have supplemented our family's supply of warm undies, socks, hats, coats and such like.
We have ensured that we are prepared for any gadget, battery or techno glitch or shortage that may befall us. Because that is what our Daddy does!
We have enough car seats, movies and music to span the road trip and home again.
Everyone who needed it has had a hair cut with a minimum of tears.  J didn't do too badly either.
We have verified all the members of K's friends and fan club who are available to her in our absence.
We've established a steady supply of pet food.  We got a few things for K too!
The vet has been visited.
The yard has been tended (Thanks Uncle R!)
An early birthday celebration has been had for Big Daddy and gifts and (very wee) plans are in place for J.
We are part way through the laundry schedule and, provided Mama's energy holds out, shouldn't have to travel with any dirty clothes.

We are doing pretty well, no?

All in all, we are set to leave Friday and plan to make something of a leisurely trip of it, arriving Sunday.  We are excited to be so close and eager to get going.  We will, of course, continue to update you here as we learn more from our doctors there.  If you have any questions for us, please put them in the comments.  I promise we will answer you there.

Again, our endless thanks to everyone for everything you've each done for us.  For your prayers, for your questions and concerns, for your suggestions of where to eat when we get there and your advice on how to minimize the nightmare of parking, for your donations, for your phone calls, for all the gifts of time and love we have received we are truly and overwhelmingly grateful.