It has been a busy 48 hours since we have arrived in St. Louis but we have arrived and are well!   After two days of travel (one snowy day, one sunny day, two pretty happy kids, lots of Moana singing, Bubble Guppies watching and snacks), we arrived at our hotel on Friday afternoon.  We knew we were in St. Louis as soon as we saw the famous arch!

After getting organized and settling in, we explored our hotel and the surrounding area on Saturday morning.  Lots of neat stores and restaurants and beautiful old homes.  We are also right next to Forest Park which we are excited to explore in the coming weeks!

Saturday afternoon my parents (Grandma and Grandpa arrived) and the kids could not be more excited! Dance parties, games and stories were happening almost instantly.

After a grocery shop at Target, we went for a walk down the street to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital to see how long it would take us from our hotel.  The last few days Evelyn has been saying she wants to go home and has been acting more anxious.  She definitely knows something is going on but after seeing the cute characters outside the hospital and having her grandparents around, she is now in good spirits!

Everyone we have come across has been very friendly and the weather has been good.  The one hour time difference has meant extra early mornings (hello 5:00am) but we get to watch any TV shows we like an hour earlier.  Tomorrow is our pre-op day.  It will consist of a few different appointments including when we get to  meet the man who will be changing Evie’s life for the better!!

Hello St. Louis…Evie has arrived!!