We crossed the Mississippi River.
Does this look familiar?? There was bumper to bumper traffic in downtown Chicago on Saturday.
The Sears Tower 
Chicago has so many old beautiful churches to see. 
Here is Carissa is her brace. She will need to wear it 20 hours a day. We found out so much information from the doctor; we were there for over 3 hours. First, the curve is much worse than we thought; she has a 49 degree curve. Second, she needs to wear shoe inserts to make her hips even. Third, she is at a risser 0, which means she still has some growing to do. When a child reaches risser 5, it means that they have stopped growing. You can only find this out through x-rays. The doctor said, that scoliosis is genetic. We will be going back to Chicago at the end of July for a follow up visit.
You won't believe it but the patient ahead of us was from were we live. Their daughter is 14 years old and has been wearing the brace for a year. Her curve went from 39 to 21 degrees in a year. They are so happy with the specialist. I believe that God set us up to meet. What are the odds of this happening? We (mothers) exchanged phone #'s.
On our way out of the Chicago area, we stopped and ate at Famous Dave's. They have good food there. When they heard it was our first time there the manager gave us a free bottle of Famous Dave's bar-b-que sauce. 
We stayed in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday night. The next day we visited the Lincoln home in Springfield. This is the only home Mr. Lincoln ever owned. This home is part of 2 blocks of homes that the state owns and is a state park.
This is the street scene outside the home. This is how it would have looked when the Lincoln family lived in the home, though there would not have been a fire hydrant or street lights.
This is part of the parlor. This is where Mr. Lincoln greeted his guests after he found out he was elected president.
This is part of the sitting room.
This bed was actually owned by Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln.
The tour guide said that back in Victorian times the wall paper did not match the carpet.
This is were Mr. Lincoln washed up and shaved in his room.
This is the same desk that Mr. Lincoln wrote all his letters at. Such a humble looking desk for a tall man.
This is the small kitchen that Mrs. Lincoln prepared the meals at.
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