Well, it has taken a while for me to finally get up to speed with the whole blogging thing. So, more than three months into the deployment, I'm finally getting some news posted! Here are just some of the highlights and big events we have had since Price and Harper's "Daddy" has been gone . . .
Dave was going to miss Price's 3rd Birthday, so we had an early pirate party at home before he left . . .
The "boys" spent some quality time together the morning that Daddy was (supposedly) leaving. The early part of that day was harder than either of us ever thought it would be. We had our very emotional good-byes and left David at his office to go to the processing center, knowing that his plane was not leaving until late that night though. Then, later that afternoon, I came down with the flu . . . and at 8:30 that night, I got a call from David that their plane was broken down and to come pick him up at 9:30! With chills and all, I went to get him. The next morning, he had more quality time with the boys while I went to the doctor. By the time we re-dropped him off that afternoon, I was very sick and we all had gotten our emotions out the afternoon before. So, it was pretty much a good-bye just like any other day at the office! I told him he couldn't come back home that night because it would be too confusing for Price (and me!). His flight left as planned that day, though. So, we began this journey on March 11, 2008. I spent the next week in bed, and my mom (thank goodness) was able to come up and help me. David spent the next week stuck in Bagram before finally making it to his final destination at Kandahar.
We spent Price's real birthday and Easter in Hendersonville with the Parkers . . .
In early April, we made a trip to Alabama and Mississippi for my Granny's 95th Birthday celebration . . .
When we got home, Price and Harper's special "Daddy Dolls" were waiting for us . . .
There was another big milestone in May, when Harper turned "1"! Lots of people came to help us celebrate - Grandpop and Nonna, Granddaddy and Grandmama, and Uncle Jay, Aunt Donna and Trey, to mention a few. Harper even took his first "step" on his birthday! He was so proud of himself! He didn't much like the hat (even though Price kept trying to make him wear it!), but loved the cake!
Since Harper's birthday, we've had a visit from Aunt Sara and Cousin Will and have made another trip to Alabama to play with Cousin Trey with a sidebar trip to Mississippi to visit Granny.
Now that I've gotten this started, I hope I'll be better about keeping it up to date (I think the hardest part is over). I've been focusing most of my time lately on keeping Price busy and his mind off of missing his Daddy. He asks for him more than I ever thought he would (especially when he gets in trouble or hurt!) and gets sad whenever he even sees a dad with children on television (I've learned the hard way the past few weeks that I have to be very careful what he watches). He is trying to be strong, though, and proudly tells people that his Daddy is in Afghanistan "helping the people." (Although, lately, he has been saying "helping the people with his gun." Yikes! I have no idea where that came from.) Thanks for reading, and please keep David and us in your prayers.
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