Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

City of Heath Fire Trucks

Grandpa's Fire Trucks

The City of Heath has the most beautiful fire trucks I have ever seen. (That's a superlative I never thought I would use!) Grandpa took Henry on a special tour of the trucks with Officer Griffin before Josh and I left town. It was very cool. Henry was in complete awe of everything and spent the ride home from the fire department in tears, asking to go back. Well played, Grandpa. Well played. Some pics from the visit:

Josh and I left for St. Louis the morning after the visit to the fire station, and Henry got to stay in Dallas with Grandma, Grandpa, and Logan for a few days. On our way out the door on the morning of our departure, Henry gave us a big wave (from the safety of Grandma's arms) and shouted, "Goodbye Old Friends!" He seemed pretty comfortable with the possibility of never seeing us again, so long as he had his grandma and the horses. We are in St. Louis now and miss him terribly. We are definitely taking the separation harder than Henry is, but I have to say that it is so nice to know how completely loved and cared for he is while we are away.

Digger Truck

We pulled up to the park today and Henry spotted a digger truck. He was beside himself with excitement, and spent the next hour ignoring the park completely (unheard of for this boy!), and playing with his own toy digger truck in the shade next to the crew, where he could watch all the action.

orange guitar

Happy Saturday.

SPD

Took a stroll around campus on St. Patrick's Day evening to enjoy the fresh air, take in the smell of cherry blossoms blooming everywhere, and run in circles with Henry.

Dinner On Call

The other night when Josh was on call, Henry and I braved the single-digit temperatures to bring some dinner to Dad. Yes, my son prefers fast food to my own cooking. (What's that expression about an apple falling far from a tree?)

It has been an extremely cold couple of weeks here, but a busy surgical rotation and a couple of projects to keep us busy have helped the time to pass. All three of us have been passing viruses back and forth since Christmas, which has kept Henry and me pretty much quarantined at home since the beginning of January. Blah. Off to Arizona next week for some much-needed time at the park with a few of our favorite Valentines. (But don't tell Henry yet, or he'll NEVER stop talking about it.)