Friday, November 18, 2011

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!

7 comments:

Mom said...

Now everyone knows our secret! Before this, no one knew I was an opera star in a previous life.

Ann Hastings said...

LOVE the video :)

Ginger said...

OMG that was SOOOOO funny!!! I'll have to use Joan's secret on my girls. lol! Staci, McKenna said you were really cute. :-)

Leave It To Davis said...

Okay, okay, okay.....my side split wide open. Can someone get me an ambulance????

Leave It To Davis said...

Bryan and Liz came over tonight. I got them to watch this video....they were cracking up. Liz said her mom use to sing "just like that". lol....I thought Joan was one of a kind!

Anonymous said...

LOL. Even though I could not understand most of it, I got a chuckle out of it. What a clever way to get you kids to "clean up" before Daddy got home.
Gmommy

Paula said...

Why have I never heard about this talent of yours, Joan? However, I have long been aware of the amazing way you have with words to get your kids to do things....cheerfully, no less. So I am not surprised. Think this will work with Kent? Putting the idea in my back pocket for future reference.

Now about that haircut....punk rocker man. Where is the green jello??