we were so glad to host a visit from stephanie back in november. she took some time off work, left her husband at home (he had work and school) and flew out to visit us. the girls were SO excited to see her. we had an eventful trip to the airport with several stops to get the DVD player working and then grace getting car sick. after steph had to wait an extra hour, we finally got to st. louis and picked her up. we headed straight to the arch and stopped for a quick minute. grace had no extra clothes to wear after throwing up so she hung out in a diaper. then we drove around for an extra half hour looking for an einsteins bagel shop - darn pregnancy cravings! poor steph probably thought we'd never get to our house!
steph watched the girls in the afternoon so i could frost 200 cupcakes for our YW in Exellence program that night and then i was gone for the rest of the evening while she spent time with dan and the girls.
a cute picture of the girls before we went somewhere, to do something.
(that's the problem with back blogging - you can't remember details.)
trip to shakespeare's for dinner. the girls love playing with pizza dough while they wait for their pizza. unfortunately our crust came out burned. steph - we'll have to go again when you and robert come so they can redeem themselves.
while steph was in town we set up madison's twin bed and moved grace from the crib to the toddler bed. it was fun for her to see the girls so excited for the new transition and with the new bedding. she helped me pick out a new color for their walls.
grace going to bed in her "big girl" toddler bed for the first time.
and madison in her "big girl" twin bed for the first time.
the girls kept her busy - she read stacks and stacks of books.
steph was a trooper. i was in the middle of my first trimester and if i wasn't in the bathroom i was sitting somewhere, exhausted. we did manage some shopping with a trip to the mall, target, toy r us and old navy and the girls took her on their favorite thing, the carousel. we drove back to st. louis as a family and on the way to the airport we topped to visit a friend from college. steph didn't experience as much of columbia as i would have liked due to rainy weather and me feeling sick but regardless, it was great to see her and the girls absolutely loved it. we're looking forward to next time when "bob" will get to join her. :)
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