Daddy's Home!

This is Alathea's beautiful drawing for Daddy- she worked hard on it...


...observing her progress


Now the painful waiting for Daddy to actually arrive. Minutes can feel soooo long for a 19 month old!


Daddy's Here!!! Alathea ran to the edge of the driveway as soon as she saw his car!


Lots kisses for Da-da!


This is typical of just about every day at 5:45pm when my handsome man arrives home from work. It's a huge celebration for his two girls. But this afternoon was even bigger. Joe had been out of town on a 3 day fishing trip with some buddies and we missed him so much! Alathea asked for him constantly, especially at night. Sometimes she'd look around the house for him. It helped that she could talk to him on the phone. I'd catch her on the phone "talking to Him" through out the day...when I would ask her what she was doing she'd point to the phone & say "Dad-da"!

Alathea made the most of our weekend without him. We spent the night at the Morrisons house along with Reba & baby Kathryn on Sunday night (they were husbandless too). It was an extra special night since I let Alathea sleep in bed with me for the 1st time. She was SO excited and super snuggly. We didn't get a lot of sleep, but it was really fun. Monday Alathea & I had a special date at the Splash Planet indoor water park. We went to dinner Monday evening, curtosey of my generous Dad, with Reba & Kathryn. And Tuesday we (along with baby Kathryn- I told you those girls think they are sisters!) spent the morning at the Seavers. Nice life, huh? We are certainly blessed. A side note on Alathea & Kathryn- she now calls her "tat-tat". Monday night when Kathryn & Reba went home Alathea burst into tears saying "Tat-tat, tat-tat!". A sinful response, but she sure does love that little girl. This morning I caught Alathea putting a bow in her hair- and Kathryn sat there for a while & let her! Wish I got a picture.

Anyways, that was our weekend in a nutshell. So glad our family is together again!