It amazes me how much my 2 year old remembers Daddy. When Eric left, Conner was 3 months away from being 2. Eric came home on emergency leave in April, and even then Conner went right back into Daddy mode. He wanted to play with him, and be with him the whole time. That was 6 months ago. He will point to things and remember Daddy. He always points to his picture and says Daddy. He also loves his Daddy bear and sleeps next to him every night. Daddy bear even has his own blankie. Conner will talk to him on the phone, and knows there are video's of Daddy on the video camera.
At the beginning of deployment it was my biggest fear that he would forget Daddy. I wanted Conner to remember him so he can feel the excitement that I will the day we go to pick up Daddy. When he lays his eyes on him I can't wait for him to run up to him, calling his name and jumping into his arms. I know it may not be like that because, yes he knows who he is but Conner might be a little distant because he's been gone so long.
What happened today to bring this post about.. I was getting Conner dressed for his nap.. I put one of his old wife beaters on from last year because it's a little warm in the house. As soon as I put it on Conner said "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!". It melted my heart that he remembered that Daddy wears the same shirts. After 8 months of being apart he remembers that. It's not like we have pictures of Eric in wife beaters, it was just from his memory. To me that is amazing.
It's amazing how much kids do truly remember things. Conner has his Daddy's memory. They both remember the weirdest things. I love that about them.
On another note we ordered a Welcome Home sign for Eric today. If we have our house before he gets him it will be hanging on the garage. I can't wait!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
2 months to go!
We have two more months until our Hero's return! Things are finally being put into motion so it is seeming so much more real!
The plan is I'll be heading down to Mississippi the beginning of December. I'll probably leave Ohio on the 1st or 2nd, maybe even the very end of November. Right now I am driving alone so I am kind of nervous about it, but we'll be making the drive in a few days so I can stop before dark and stuff. I am totally not an independent person, so we'll see how that goes. Not to mention having to drive, and take care of a 2 year old solo. I really hope he'll sleep a lot. I also want to get a DVD player and hope that maybe some movies will keep him occupied.
After I get down there I'll be getting our house, which is on base. I am hoping to have our stuff moved in, and all ready for when Eric gets home. This is also exciting because I can get a banner and hang up on our new house for when we pick him up. It'll be so awesome. We plan on paying someone to move our things out of storage, and deliver them to our house. It's a much further drive from our storage unit and base so this would be much easier, and faster. Then I will accomplish as much unpacking and organizing as I can before Eric gets there. This is also good because we don't leave leaving until the 16th so we'll have a home to stay at, and to come home to after Christmas.
We'll be taking Christmas leave, flying out of MS on the 16th and we'll be driving back with all of our stuff that is left here. Which will be another 2 day trip. I'm hoping Eric won't want to leave on the 26th because one of his Christmas presents are Browns tickets, which are for the 26th. I'm hoping we can just leave on the 27th. It's going to be a long month, but well worth it! I can't wait to have our Hero home and finally be back together again. I'll miss my Parent's so much, but we are lucky to have had this 10 months together. Especially for Conner.
Also Eric is still in Africa. Kind of looks like he may be there for the rest of deployment. They are staying pretty busy trying to get the fence done, but he still sounds in good spirits. Knowing 2 months is all they have to go probably helps. I can't wait!
The plan is I'll be heading down to Mississippi the beginning of December. I'll probably leave Ohio on the 1st or 2nd, maybe even the very end of November. Right now I am driving alone so I am kind of nervous about it, but we'll be making the drive in a few days so I can stop before dark and stuff. I am totally not an independent person, so we'll see how that goes. Not to mention having to drive, and take care of a 2 year old solo. I really hope he'll sleep a lot. I also want to get a DVD player and hope that maybe some movies will keep him occupied.
After I get down there I'll be getting our house, which is on base. I am hoping to have our stuff moved in, and all ready for when Eric gets home. This is also exciting because I can get a banner and hang up on our new house for when we pick him up. It'll be so awesome. We plan on paying someone to move our things out of storage, and deliver them to our house. It's a much further drive from our storage unit and base so this would be much easier, and faster. Then I will accomplish as much unpacking and organizing as I can before Eric gets there. This is also good because we don't leave leaving until the 16th so we'll have a home to stay at, and to come home to after Christmas.
We'll be taking Christmas leave, flying out of MS on the 16th and we'll be driving back with all of our stuff that is left here. Which will be another 2 day trip. I'm hoping Eric won't want to leave on the 26th because one of his Christmas presents are Browns tickets, which are for the 26th. I'm hoping we can just leave on the 27th. It's going to be a long month, but well worth it! I can't wait to have our Hero home and finally be back together again. I'll miss my Parent's so much, but we are lucky to have had this 10 months together. Especially for Conner.
Also Eric is still in Africa. Kind of looks like he may be there for the rest of deployment. They are staying pretty busy trying to get the fence done, but he still sounds in good spirits. Knowing 2 months is all they have to go probably helps. I can't wait!
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