Bird Houses

Camden used some of his birthday money and bought a little construction kit for some bird houses. He has checked on this house everyday to see if there are any birds living in it. One afternoon he tore up some grass to put in there "so the birds would be cozy." I sure do hope that a bird family moves in soon!! Here is another of his creations. This house comes with a fancy front porch on it so the birds won't get wet!

Camden has become just like Papa. He loves to build bird houses also! Maybe that is where he got his talent from. I don't know, but he is now obsessed with bird houses. I hope the birds appreciate his efforts!

 

Camden said one day, "If I had one wish it would be: to be Callie" (Callie is Mamaw's cat). I asked him why he wanted to be Callie. He said, "Because I wouldn't have to do homework!" He is such a silly!

What Did We Do?

What do you do when you have been waiting six long months for your Daddy to come home? Well you do a lot of this....Apparently this was some parked cars that got bombs dropped on them from paper airplanes. Oh my is all I can say!!

 Then you have to break out the old BB gun that has been in hiding and do a little target practice!

 I ended up going back to the doctor on Saturday for this terrible bronchitis that has taken over. I spent most of the weekend resting while Daddy and Camden played and played. I heard Camden ask Daddy on Saturday night, "Do you think we can play Twister tomorrow?" Thank you Lord, that he finally has someone to rough and tumble with!!!! Poor Bentley is still following Daddy everywhere and doesn't want to let him out of his sight. Dogs are so funny! For Daddy's first home cooked meal he wanted a gigantic steak and a potato!

 It is so wonderful to finally have our little family back together!

Daddy Is Home

We had a very exciting day yesterday when we got to pick Daddy up from the airport! There were yellow bows on the trees at Camden's school when I picked him up on the way to get Daddy! Camden wanted so badly to wear his little Army uniform that he has worn for the last six months to the airport, but I wouldn't let him. Wish I would have now!

We waited and waited for everyone to come down the escalator and finally Daddy appeared...

Pure joy....

So many people stopped Tim to tell him thank you for serving our country and to thank him for his sacrifice. One airport employee actually thanked me for my sacrifice. It was all so meaningful and heartfelt. Very touching for everyone to notice Tim. Of course, everyone would notice us, because Mommy was clicking away with the camera! Ha!  But please don't get in the way of one little eight year old!!! I don't think he  could smile any bigger than that! These two have so much catching up to do!!

When we got home Daddy had a few surprises for Camden. I hope he will treasure this flag always. He has one from 2005 also.

Oh and did I mention this...Lots of Dog love!!! Bentley will not let Daddy out of his sight! Oh my!

I can't thank all of our family and friends enough who helped us get thru this. We couldn't have done it without you all. You are all very special to us and we love you!!!

Waiting.....

I stayed home on Wednesday so I could go to the doctor. Because I wasn't dressed yet, Camden asked me if we were having pajama day at work. Why, yes I told him!! Ha!! And since we were both home sick yesterday we decided to draw some posters for Daddy to pass the time. It seems like the day went on forever, but that is how it goes when you are sick. Camden made this banner for his class to sign their names on for Daddy. And yes, we did "mist" Daddy while he was gone!

Camden drew this picture of Daddy. I thought he was riding a horse, but he said, "Duh, what lives in the desert? Camels!" Oh yes, I see now! I really love the cactus detail. Very good Camden. 

So today we are waiting to get Daddy at the airport. I am sure it will be another long day. That is how it goes! We are so ready for a big Daddy hug!!! Unfortunately Daddy will be trading his uniform in for a nurse uniform to take care all of the sickness! Hurry Daddy!

En Route

And here is Daddy. We had to Skype him one more time last night as he was getting ready to leave and soon we will see him in person!!! He is en route to the US right now and tonight he should arrive state side. We won't get to see him until tomorrow though. We so need him to be here right now! 

And here is me and Camden. We are both home sick today. I have bronchitis and Camden has strep throat. The doctor did a throat culture where they just swab the back of your throat. Camden was NOT happy. Of course he cried and he told me that he never wanted to have throat surgery again! I told him that was not surgery!  I have to document this experience because the only what to describe it is unbelievable. We have waited six long months for Daddy to come home and he is coming home to an infirmary, a black cloud, quarantine. Oh well, at least we will have him home safely. We will just have to wait a few days to really celebrate!!

Camden told me last night that he had a Tornado Warning drill at school and it stinks. I asked him why it would stink. He said, "Because my face was shoved up someones butt!" Sure hope they don't have a real tornado because he won't do the the drill again!!! Oh.My.Goodness!!!

How Not To

This is how not to take pictures of your child and his pet!! Oh my!

 Camden gave me a list of things to do when Daddy comes home. One of the items was to "fake rascle". I asked him what that means and he said, "Fake wrestling." I will leave that up to them two! Ha!

After finding Camden's discarded socks all over the house (on the kitchen table, in a vase, behind the sofa), I told him to get them all picked up and put in his laundry basket. Later in the day I went in his room and his dirty socks were beside of his basket instead of in it. I told him to come in there right then and put them in the basket. He said, "You know you are bullying me, right?" Now did he really just say that to me?  Hurry up and come home Daddy!!!!!

Home Coming

This was Camden in 2005 awaiting Daddy's arrival home from the same place he is now. Aunt Sandy came up to help calm our nerves before Daddy got here. She even made a really cool poster!

 Finally Daddy has arrived. We had waited for such a long time!!

Daddy even brought Camden a bear!

 So happy to have our little family back together again! All of the waiting and stress were worth it to have Daddy back!

 The very next morning Daddy had to check into work, but that was OK. We knew he would be right back!

That seems like such a long time ago. Now we are patiently awaiting Daddy's arrival once again. We can't wait to get Daddy home! We have a lot of catching up to do and yeah, maybe a little celebrating!!

I found this quote on Pinterest: "A soldier doesn't fight because he hates what is in front of him. He fights because he loves what he left behind."