Boo Hoo

Well Kevin's job takes him out of town AGAIN (I think Frannie's English vocabulary will have TRIPLED by the time he gets home). He's working the National League baseball playoff games (Colorado, Philadelphia, back to Colorado, who knows where). Frannie misses him -- every morning I put her in bed with me for 20 or so minutes and she always looks over at his side of the bed and says where the heck is he NOW? Actually, she just says DaDa, but I get her point. She had her first American doctor's appointment yesterday and did great. She had to have blood drawn from her arm and didn't even cry when they put that needle in, but let me tell you, when she got 3 shots in her legs, she let us know she does indeed have feeling in that part of her body. She's a trooper, though. She doesn't cry much when she gets hurt so when she does cry, you know she must be feeling pain.

She's being measured for her tailor-made baptismal dress on Friday -- thanks to Nancy Rucci and my Mom for offering up her wedding dress for Frannie's sake. That dress is 55 years old! The satin still looks great so Nancy will have plenty of fabric to choose from.

Please pray for patience for me, better sleep for Frannie and safe travels for Kevin. We also want to keep our friends in our prayers -- lots of friends still to get to China for their beautiful babies and for other friends who are having family issues. Can't wait to see my family in 2 weeks for the baptism! xo Ellen