I was trying to wait until we could get some pictures uploaded to post a blog, but since we're still getting the hang of our new computer and haven't figured out how to load them...i guess I'll have to settle for this :o)

HE'S HOME!!

And its SOOOO good to have him back.
He came in on the 19th, I got a couple calls from his shop chief updating me on when he should be home. It went from 230 am to 2am and up to 1215am. since it was going to be late I got a friend to come sit with the kids at home while they were sleeping so I wouldn't have to drag them out all sleepy and cold.
So my friend Jennie came over and sat with me at about 1045, And let me tell you i was a nervous wreck!!
I finally had to turn the clocks around because i kept checking them so often that the time was CRRRAAAWWLING. So Jennie and I were chatting and I told her "I'm not going to look at the clock anymore or I'm gonna puke. But i am gonna go grab my phone out of the bedroom in case he calls..." (this is at 11pm)
So I go running back there, grab the phone and I have 4 missed calls and a voicemail from him. So of course i freak out and call him back and he says "Where were you?" "I'm home, where are you?" "I'm here, we just landed, come and get me."
MUSIC TO MY EARS!!
So I hug Jennie, rush out of the house so fast I forget to put a coat on and drive like a madwoman to the mobility building to pick him up.
apparently alot of wives got the first calls from their Hubbies cause it was packed full of people. they had a roped off area that we had to stand behind and the boys came in from a door on the other side of the rope.
There was a woman in uniform who would come through the door and yell "first bus just pulled up!" and the boys came in single-file. No Ian. I was holding my breath at this point and hoping he was coming soon so i didn't turn blue:o)
so the boys stop coming through the door, and a few minutes later in comes the info-lady.."Second bus is here!" I swear to you Ian must have sat at the very end of that bus just to torture me, he was near the last of everyone to come through.
But the moment I seen him I smiled like a goof and wouldnt let go of him.
We didnt get home till 1am because we had to wait on his luggage and that took forever...but getting him home felt great.
The kids and I had made welcome home signs and tied balloons to them in the front yard. I got pictures so I'll post them soon.
So anyway, Its just really great to have him home!
I get the question about the honeymoon being over for us yet..and I honestly have to say we're still on cloud nine and enjoying being together again SO MUCH!

This week is our only real down time though, I start back to school next Tuesday, full-time. and he'll get an extra week after then off, then hes back to work.
But for right now...everything is perfect so we're going to soak it up and enjoy it:o)

Love you all!!
XOxO