Daddy's Coming Home!!!!!!!!!

It's been really hard not to post about the fact that Mike's been out of town for almost TWO WEEKS...but I didn't want any of the boogie men that read my blog to know that my hubby was out of town.  Well, today he comes home!  We couldn't be more excited!  It's been hard on me having him gone for so long...but it's been really hard on the boys. 

I had no clue how heart breaking it would be to leave him at the airport on November 6th.  As he climbed out of the Jeep, both boys realized the time had come to say goodbye and the tears began to flow freely.  Barrett cried softly and said over and over, "Please get back in the Jeep Daddy!  Please!"  Then both boys just clung to him crying...which made both Mike and I cry!  I distracted Barrett not long after leaving the airport, but Brody was much harder to distract.  He cried the 1/2 hour home and then laid on the couch for another 1/2 hour crying "Daddy!  Daddy!  Daddy!" over and over.  It was so sad!  I finally distracted them and thought they'd be so excited to talk to Mike before bed on the phone....but hearing his voice just started their waterworks all over again! 

In order to get them through the first night, I gave them each a picture of Daddy to sleep with.  After crying/sniffling for about an hour, Barrett came out of his room.  He was biting his bottom lip (holding back tears) as he gripped his picture and said, "Mommy?  Can you write something on the back of my picture?"  I said, "Sure!  What do you want me to write?"  The tears began to flow down his face as he replied, "I love you Daddy!"  Then he started sobbing all over again!  I wrote on the back of his picture and he turned around and walked back to bed.  "Gonna be a long 2 weeks!" I thought to myself as I turned out the hall light! 

Well...here we are.  We made it!  There were many tear filled nights and many phone conversations with Daddy, but we survived!  The boys have been counting down the days and can hardly wait to go pick up Daddy at the airport.  Every time they talk about Daddy coming home it takes me back to an old home video.  It's funny because it's testament to the fact that I am my mother's daughter.  This is totally something I do with my boys all the time (make life into an opera).  It always gets them laughing...just the way this video still gets me laughing!

I present...."Daddy's Coming Home!" - written and performed by Namaw (just Mom at the time)



Oh...and if the boys and I missing Mike weren't enough reason for him to come home....here's another...

Yes...Brody decided to use the scissors at school to cut his hair!  One of the first orders of business when Mike gets home....cut Brody's hair!