Home Sweet Home!

As most of you may already know, Chad is home! We are all so excited to have him home and he is just as excited to be back. Addison was so excited to see her Daddy and we couldnt wait to show him all the new things she had learned while he was away. He was so surprised at how well she is walking already. She still crawls, but for the most part she is up on her feet and walking! She went from taking about 4 or 5 baby steps, to completely walking across the house. She is such a fast learner, and we are both so proud of her.

Chad actually had to work all day today and he wont get home until sometime tomorrow Morning. However once he returns Sunday morning he will have off the rest of the day and Monday! So we are excited to get to spend a few days with him before he returns to work for the week. Im not quite sure what we are going to do just yet, but Im sure we will find something. We are just so glad to have him home and he should be home for the next 6 months or so. He loves spending time with Addison every chance he gets. He called me tonight from work after I put Addison down for bed. He commented on how he hopes he gets home early enough in the morning to be there when Addison wakes up. We have a little ritual that we do every single morning. After Addison gets up, I (or now should I say we) pick her up and bring her into our room and have "cuddle time" every morning before we start the day. Sometimes she will fall back asleep, and other times she just lays there and will love on us. It allows us (and by us I mostly mean me) to wake up before we start the day. Its one of my favorite times of the day with Addison (and there are days where bedtime is a very close 2nd!) and I know Chad missed that. But he is back so we can now get back to being Our Family. It has been a loong 3 months and we are all glad it is over. Although I must say that it really brought Chad and I closer together. I think we both realized that we often take each other and the time spent with each other for granted. It allowed us to grow as a couple and also as a family. It was our first seperation and we made it out alive like I knew we would. But I love him more because of it. Life is Great!