One of the things that Kacie needed help with was putting together the baby swing. I've put together just about everything in our house so I have no problem putting together anything she needs help with. Joli likes to help to.
Unfortunately the swing was diffective and I spent hours stuggling with it until Kacie and I finally agreed that there was something wrong with it. Then Kacie swapped out the part that didn't work and it took me less than twenty minutes! Joli was all excited to try out the swing.
Yesterday we went to the park with Nikki and the little boy she babysits. It was somewhat early for us and apparently for others as well, as we were the only ones at the park when we arrived!
Sliding is always fun!
Swinging is too! Joli wanted to swing and swing and swing all day!
This was right after Joli discovered that she could slide down head first. Luckily she stopped before she hit the bottom.
Today we had a little bit of dress up before we started our activities for the day. Joli decided to make me breakfast.
She also decided she wanted a night out I guess. She said "I'm beautiful mommy, take my picture!"
One of the fun things about Wenesday is swim lessons! Kacie has yet to witness it so she decided to come with us today. Here we are about to get in the pool.
Joli loves to swim but the last few lessons she's clung to me like a little monkey. She kicks and swims all over as long as she has her arms around my neck!
Here I am getting some baby kisses!
Joli's instructor is wonderful! She's started doing more advanced stuff with Joli to get her ready for the next level. Joli's one of the oldest in the class and can pretty much move up at anytime.
She acts all sweet like she loves to have me in the pool but she wants her daddy so much. She remembers the one lesson he did with her before he left and now every time we talk about swim lessons she says she wants daddy to come home and go to swim lessons with her. *
For those that don't have spouses in the military the hard part of deployment isn't as simple as doing it all alone. The hard parts are even harder when you see your spouse hurting because they want to see their child and because they're missing so much of their baby's little life. It gets harder still when your child is old enough to understand that daddy's not here and hasn't been for awhile, and are able to express the simple fact that they miss their daddy and they don't want to do anything unless it's with him, even though you do every thing for them, you're still nothing compared to daddy. Add that to the fact that they still can't grasp how long it will be until he'll be home. You come to a point when you can't be sad because you've spent your whole day trying to convince a toddler that it will be okay and that daddy will be home soon, and you have to do every thing you can to make sure you believe it too because toddlers are stealthy like that and always know if you're lying. Then when you finally do get to talk to your husband you want to enjoy it and reconnect in less than five minutes with a 10-20 second delay, so anything that's been wrong is no longer important. You spend all your time worrying about making sure your husband knows how much your daughter loves and misses him, and making sure your daughter knows that daddy will be home soon and she doesn't to cry... again.
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Take all of that and stir it in a big pot with the broken bathroom window, the hole in the kitchen floor, the dog peeing on the rug, the baby peeing on the carpet, washing blankie and 1:00am because she also peed on that. Add a few dashes of dishes in the sink, laundry piling up, and a dirty bathtub. Let it simmer for anywhere from two months to two years, and welcome to the military!
2 comments:
I couldn't imagine. I got teary eyed when you said that your daughter says she misses daddy. How adorable. Swimming lessons looked fun.
I like joli's hair at the bottom of the slide haha
when do you find out the day that joe is coming home?
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