The Final Countdown

I can't believe that we are 28 days away from Jon being back home with us. I am beside myself with excitment. Jack is also getting very excited as well. Every night before bed I have him take one of the links off of his countdown chain and every night he wants to take the one off that marks the day that we will go to Tallahassee and pick Jon up.

Jon is also getting very excited. They have been undergoing inspections and Customs has been there getting all of their stuff ready to head back home. They will be leaving Iraq in just a few weeks and the guys couldn't be more happier especially because it is beginning to get very hot.

Plans are coming together for a party for Jon and a surprise birthday party for my grandmother who will be 80. My entire family will be in town for all of the festivities - that means that my mom and her 6 brothers and sisters and all of my cousins, their spouses and their children will be here for both events. The week later we are taking our first family vacation in a year. We are going to Disney for a week and everyone is looking forward to time together and time away.

For now.

39 days and counting.....

We have officially hit the 30 days mark. I know that the next 6 weeks will go bye so quickly. Yesterday, Jack and I made a paper chain to count down the days until we go get daddy. We hung it on our fireplace and I told him that once we got to the white chain we would be able to go pick up daddy and he got so excited. I told him almost 2 months ago that when daddy comes home we are going to see Mickey Mouse. So now he equates Jon coming home with being able to go see Mickey Mouse. We went right before Jon left but Jack wasn't quite 2 yet. He enjoyed it but I know that he will enjoy it so much more when we go in June.

Here is our countdown chain:

Jack was sick the week leading up to Easter and Easter weekend. He is back to normal which means eating me out of house and home.

That's all for right now.