DADDY'S HOME!!!!

Tim arrived home from Baghdad yesterday!!  Our family is finally complete and together!!  Never have we looked forward to anything so much!!  It's absolutely wonderful to finally have him home and he and David have been quickly been making up for lost time.  It has been so much fun to see them together!! 

WELCOME HOME TIM!!
David and Daddy....I can't tell who is happier!!
If there is any doubt in your mind David looks like his daddy look at these:

Precious Play Time:
We will continue to keep you updated via the blog but for now we are going to spend the next two weeks just enjoying each other's company again.  We are so thankful to be together again!!

BEST NEWS EVER!!!

For those of you who haven't heard TIM IS ON HIS WAY HOME (for good)!!!!

This is what he wrote right before he left Baghdad after a brief weather delay.....I'll let Tim speak for us:

Weather looks pretty good now.  I can see the half moon and the winds are calming down.  Saw the final sun set on Baghdad...white round sun through the sand.  Great sight for these young eyes I can tell you.

Planning on walking to terminal in the next 3 hours.

Should be out of Iraq in 6 hours.

Should be out of SW Asia in 25 hours.  Should be in the US Tuesday
night.  Home Wednesday afternoon.

Tell David to get happy.  Daddy is coming home!

Love Tim

Roll Over!!

David learned to roll over!! Enjoy!!

Happy Father's Day Tim!

Happy (FIRST) Father's Day Tim!!!!

We Love and Miss you!!!!

And this is what David got for you....hurry home and have hamburgers with us!!!!!

Visitors!!

David and I were lucky enough to get a visit from Aunt Jenni and Uncle Stephen and Cousins Will and Sarah!!  Although the weather didn't cooperate we had a wonderful time and it was so nice to have company!!  They gave me a nice break by feeding David, holding him, and providing me with some adult interaction :-)  It was a fantastic weekend and I can't thank them enough!!  Here are some pictures of our time:

Will and Sarah scoping out the "slushie" maker which later in the day became a Margarita Maker.....MMMMmmmmmmm
Stephen and Sarah feeding David....
Will holding David...
Sarah holding David......Aunt Jenni holding David......

Sunny Day

It's been a while since I updated....Our days don't change too much. I've returned to work (6 days a month). David is adjusting well and, although it took me alot longer than him, I am able to drop him off without bursting into tears now. Below are a few somewhat random pictures from the past month:

David loves the purple monkey on his play mat.  He is starting to reach for it and sometimes he actually catches it!
He's doing much better holding his head up and we are starting to let him sit in his "Bumbo" for a few minutes at a time...
Mom bought him a new hat to hide his tiny head from the sun....

I rarely get a picture with David since I'm usually the one with the camera but I have these so I thought I'd share these too....

Dr. Appointment

David had his 2 month check up today. He weighted 11 pounds, 8 oz, he was 22 inches long, and his head was 15 inches. He was 50% for weight, 25% for length, and 15% for head measurement. He also had his first shots and was NOT happy about that!!! I'm off to try to soothe him.....