Daddy comes home!

We were so excited to see David this weekend for the 4th of July! It has been way too long and sadly has come to an end already. But while he was here we did do a lot! He flew in Thursday night late and so he didn't see Jackson until the morning. It took Jackson about 5 minutes to warm up to him and then they were joined at the hip.

Friday we took him to the park that morning to play and then they had some couch time!

After Jackson's nap (and ours) we took him to his first movie - Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Jackson LOVED his first movie. We have the original Ice Age so he knew the characters and was all into the big screen. But I think his favorite part was the popcorn and coke he got as a treat! He sat through the whole movie very well I thought for a just turned 2 year old.

After the movie we came back home and grilled out burgers and played outside.

Saturday we went out and about and tried to find David some new shorts and David wanted to buy Jackson a new toy. After that we met my brother and his wife for lunch - Thanks for lunch guys- before heading home. Jackson took a little cat nap in the car and while we shopped, so he was up for the day when we got back- no nap. It was so nice outside that we filled his pool and David joined him in it. I think we spend several hours outside swinging, swimming and just playing as a family! So much fun! Jackson was full of energy, so we considered taking him to his first fireworks show. I was worn out, but we took him anyway to Hope Mills and he watched the fireworks for the first time too! He really liked them at first- saying "Whoa and Wow". But toward the end he seemed to lose interest. On the way home the little boy fell right to sleep.

And then today we had to take David back to the airport for another Good Bye. I tell you they don't get any easier at all. We have learned to just drop him off and not go in...makes it easier on all of us. Jackson took his nap when we got home and as soon as he woke up he started asking for Dada....oh how it broke my heart. But we will see him again in about 2 months when baby boy decides to arrive and hopefully David will be done with training. Then after that he has a few more weeks away from us and we should be reunited as a family and on our way to Kansas.