Daddy went to Colorado for a week with Pa, Great-Pa, and Lance - who picked him up on the way to Houston. We've had fun at home, but we are ready to have Daddy home. Several times daily Meg says "Where Daddy go?". When pressed she says he went "campin'" and lists off the co-campers. We've talked about "mou-tins" - and said "thank you campin, thank you mou-tins"...
Things Daddy has missed... First haircut; a trip to Mesquite to meet the new babies - Jack, Audrey, and Brooklyn; a super fun trip home with Mom outnumbered including an interesting DQ trip including blizzard on the floor; good naptime in the car - kids really behaved pretty well; changing the DVD while driving down the highway; Coop's 5th tooth pushing through and working on the 4th on top; Coop's crawling improving with a fun new skill called "standing up on everything possible" including potties, tile floors, beanbags, and, the best, in the bathtub; waiting to solve the driveway and furniture crisis for Daddy's input; Meg helping take out the trash with a trashcan much larger than her...
Braving the first grocery store trip managing two kids at one time; Meg now demanding to be allowed to "not you, me" buckle her own seatbelt; Meg getting better at declaring the road "safe" - not really grasping the concept of looking before declaring; an awesome crazy long fit before leaving Mesquite regarding "poopy" and ripping off clothes... very long; Meg's problem adjusting to being home, laying down on the blanket in Mommy's bedroom floor with pillow and baby saying "cover me up"; a very intense thunderstorm two nights later with Meg waking up crying "too loud" to go to Mommy's bed at 2 in the AM, AC go out, puppies panting then to my bed, then up to check on Coop, then down, then up to yell at dogs, then down, then up to kick out dogs when AC came on, then telling Meg to calm down to sleep... still haven't reset all the clocks :) .... Meg's favorite new expression "for little bit" and in little bit of peepee, play outside, time for reading; new favorite book routine includes sitting at the foot of the bed on the floor in front of the bookcase - "no you hold it; don't read it" while handing books to Mommy and hiding the ones she wanted to read under her thighs to keep them from Bubba; making Coopy laugh in the car while singing those jumbled words to "moo moo hare, moo moo dare"; referring to self as "sissy"...
All in all I'm sure Daddy missed us more than we missed him! We did okay guys! And prayed for Daddy every night... See you in two days!
Daddy went to Colorado for a week with Pa, Great-Pa, and Lance - who picked him up on the way to Houston. We've had fun at home, but we are ready to have Daddy home. Several times daily Meg says "Where Daddy go?". When pressed she says he went "campin'" and lists off the co-campers. We've talked about "mou-tins" - and said "thank you campin, thank you mou-tins"...
Things Daddy has missed... First haircut; a trip to Mesquite to meet the new babies - Jack, Audrey, and Brooklyn; a super fun trip home with Mom outnumbered including an interesting DQ trip including blizzard on the floor; good naptime in the car - kids really behaved pretty well; changing the DVD while driving down the highway; Coop's 5th tooth pushing through and working on the 4th on top; Coop's crawling improving with a fun new skill called "standing up on everything possible" including potties, tile floors, beanbags, and, the best, in the bathtub; waiting to solve the driveway and furniture crisis for Daddy's input; Meg helping take out the trash with a trashcan much larger than her...
Braving the first grocery store trip managing two kids at one time; Meg now demanding to be allowed to "not you, me" buckle her own seatbelt; Meg getting better at declaring the road "safe" - not really grasping the concept of looking before declaring; an awesome crazy long fit before leaving Mesquite regarding "poopy" and ripping off clothes... very long; Meg's problem adjusting to being home, laying down on the blanket in Mommy's bedroom floor with pillow and baby saying "cover me up"; a very intense thunderstorm two nights later with Meg waking up crying "too loud" to go to Mommy's bed at 2 in the AM, AC go out, puppies panting then to my bed, then up to check on Coop, then down, then up to yell at dogs, then down, then up to kick out dogs when AC came on, then telling Meg to calm down to sleep... still haven't reset all the clocks :) .... Meg's favorite new expression "for little bit" and in little bit of peepee, play outside, time for reading; new favorite book routine includes sitting at the foot of the bed on the floor in front of the bookcase - "no you hold it; don't read it" while handing books to Mommy and hiding the ones she wanted to read under her thighs to keep them from Bubba; making Coopy laugh in the car while singing those jumbled words to "moo moo hare, moo moo dare"; referring to self as "sissy"...
All in all I'm sure Daddy missed us more than we missed him! We did okay guys! And prayed for Daddy every night... See you in two days!
