so i have a feeling you guys are going to “see” me a lot at night. j cannot stay up past 9 p.m. for the life of him!! so here i am.
about the ceremony…it was crazy, amazing, a blur, and a dream come true all at the same time. the chickies had mother’s day out the day of the ceremony and neither took a nap.
we headed out in the late afternoon to make the hour drive to ft. hood. i knew he wasn’t getting in until around midnight so we got a hotel room. the girls and i (and my sweet friend kristen) swam, went to a playground, ate supper, watched a movie…and still no sleep for the girls.
so to say they were keyed up by 1 a.m. would be an understatement. absolutely delirious.
there were TONS of reporters there. they were interested in the ceremony b/c it was most of j’s company coming home that night. they’ve been followed pretty closely the past year and the media wanted to document them coming home.
so that’s how i ended up on the local news here a few times. boy am i glad i got my hair done that day! i mean seriously, those cameras are like TWO INCHES from your face. talk about awkward.
one of the news stations here actually captured the moment when harper ran to jimmy. he kneels down to hug her, and then there i am, kneeling with him and holding the baby. they filmed us kissing and hugging…and i cry every time i watch it. what a treasure for our family.
i was also filmed and interviewed several times for NBC. but we haven’t seen anything on the nightly news or today show. we suspect it kind of got eclipsed by the michael jackson stuff. to be honest, i’m so glad they haven’t shown it. i’m so spazzy and uncomfortable on film. really. i would have hidden my eyes the entire time i watched it. haaa!
so anyway, that’s it. it’s been wonderful ever since. but still VERY surreal. it feels as if we are on vacation together. i’m wondering when it will sink in.
we stayed in the hotel room the night he got back. it was SO late and i didn’t feel safe making the long drive home.
here’s what i woke up to:
his sleep patterns were (and still are) kind of off. and that is how i found him reading a book at the table in the hotel at the crack of dawn on friday morning.
it felt like a dream.
some iphone shots from that first day together:
the girls wake up screaming DADDY!!!! every single day. they just can’t believe he’s there.
he heads back to work tomorrow morning for half days. we had to have a conversation w/ harper and explain to her that “most daddies” go to work during the day and come back for supper. she was terrified that he was leaving on a “hairpwane” again.
so we are here. happy, happy, happy. learning to live together, and loving it.
i am hoping to get some crafty time in tomorrow while he is at work. i’m missing it. is that odd? probably not. i love this hobby!
hope you are all having a beautiful monday. xoxo