Meet Shadi, Toddi, and the Bob!

Hi there!

We thought you might want to see a picture of the newest members of our household: Shadi (my twin), and Toddi (little Hot Toddi Corkrum), our new cairn terrier. Yes, the first photo is of Bob with my twin and Toddi.

Oh, in case I didn't tell you, my twin has 20 years of special education background. Guess what? Many of her students were also aphasic and apraxic. How seredipitous! God works in mysterious ways! Anyways, we're a good tag team. I get Bob up, showered, dressed and fed and then hand him over to Shadi. She shuttles him to OT, PT, ST AND then teaches him the rest of the day. AND, she gives him OT and walks him in Lowes. She keeps the house neat and tidy (including laundry). Then, we trade off when I get home and I cook dinner, clean up, get Bob ready for bed and prepare Bob's bathroom for his morning shower (non-skid mats, towels, bench, scrubbers, shaver, waterpik, toothbrush), lay out his clothes in the sequence in which he dresses, and set the table for breakfast so that he can serve himself. (Everything has to be prepared for one-hand use.) We have a pretty workable system - I get up at 5:30 and we're dressed and downstairs by 6:50 am. Did you notice that I said downstairs? YES! Bob is able to go up and down the stairs with an escort (me or Shadi).

Toddi joined our family the day after Josh took his dog back to New York. I was so sad and just a tearful mess. So my sisters, the Witches of East Highland, did their thing and found Toddi through a cairn rescue. She's two and simply adorable and yes! She is the queen of the house. Somehow, she seems to know that Bob is injured. She barks when he gets out of bed and I'm not close by and she follows him when he walks around the house.Toddi loves her some Bob and Shadi. So do I!

Here's a photo of Bob with Jeanie and Shadi (2 sisters out of 3).

Enough for now! Bob's sawing logs and I need to get ready for tomorrow, but stay tuned! I have lots to tell you about Bob's adventures and progress. I promise to be more current. Thank you all for your cards, emails, calls, shout-outs. We realllllllllly love them and appreciate them. I'm sorry for not getting back to you but know that I love hearing from you.

Warmly,

Sharon and the Bob . . . with Shadi :) (Can you tell us apart?)