Sunday, July 06, 2008

Cute pictures of the duo



We are learning so many new things. This week, we learned how to get past the duct tape on our sleepers to unzip and still strip anyway. Yes, we are so proud. We also learned how to unlock the front door and get outside. We are now tall enough and smart enough to do this. We are also learnign to say new words by the minute. The speech is suddenly flourishing. Seems like we are making up for lost time. The words are music to my ears. One thing that Jodi is very good at is signs from what she learned with working with Harris's speech therapist. Jodi used signs with the boys and they picked them up quickly and would mimick her. So now I am trying to do the baby signs with them. Thank goodness for internet resources.

Visiting with Jodi...

First of all, it was so wonderful to have Jodi here for 3 days. I am so happy she could make it here for a mini vacation. She left Dana and Harris with Brian and escaped for some Jodi time. We had a very nice visit. On Tuesday night she and I hit the mall for a wee bit of shopping. Wednesday we had a nice visit in the historic town of St Charles, which is nestled right on the Missouri river. You can see how flooded it is inthe picture below. The town is so cute and I came away with quite a few neat photos.

Trailhead microbrewery in St Charles. Looks like this was an old mill. I loved the mill wheel on the side of the building.
They also had this fabulous little English store with lots and lots of authentic food and merchandise from England. I was so excited. I went in there and I bought some Cadbury Flakes and Smarties for the kids and great England decals.
Picture of the buildings in the old town.

On Thursday, we drove down to my work so Jodi could see the ozarks and where I work. That night was the most fabulous night. We got dolled up and headed out for a nice dinner and then went to see John Mayerand Colbie Calliat in concert at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater. It was a terrific concert. Also discovered anew artist I am loving named Brett Dennen,who opened before Colbie. His music is great. If you like folky Van Morrison meets Jack Johnson, you will like him.



I was sad to see Jodi go. We don't get to visit enough. Usually my visits home are a whirlwind and I am lucky to breeze by for an hour.
I am so glad she came for a couple of days.