Our visits with Jonathan and Anastasia are each special in some way. Our time with them is progressively easy and comfortable. Jonathan loves things he can shoot. This is an airplane gun. He is getting the hang of not pointing it at anyone.

Here are Abbie and Hannah online at Jeff and Karen's. We have been able to talk to them everyday-sometimes twice a day-on Yahoo! Messenger or on the cell when that doesn't work. Our girls have been amazing through all of this!!!! We are so proud of them and we miss them so much. We know that soon this time away will seem like a distant memory. We look sooooooooo forward to that day!!!!!

It was a big deal for Anastasia to let poppa hold the baby doll we got for her.

We had some noisy fun with an accordian we found in the room they had us in today! The children have definitely had exposure to accordian music.

Anastasia loves dolls and she really loved this baby doll we brought her. She's feeding him peanuts! It is a very good sign that she knows how to nurture and display affection in this way.