Ah, to be a kid

I love seeing the world with Johnny. A day at the park, the park we go to every day but today there were new discoveries

Today the meadows were more over grown then they have been in months..

Today I let him run through the overgrown fields wtihout worring about the bugs or snakes or other scary encounters.

Today he was all boy....

and it was FUN!

Two thumbs up

Well it only took about a week for the boy to get used to the water again. Now I cant get him out, he practicing all of his jumps for the diving board. With the summer starting out in the high 90's we are going to be parked at the pool for the next couple months.

Life is good

Well John got home two weeks ago today, it is so funny to me how time can go so slow when your waiting for something and then how fast it can pass. I cant believe he has already been back for 2 weeks! It was by far the sweetest reunion yet, because this time we all knew it was for good. In the car I asked Johnny if he was happy that his dad was home (duh, stuipd question) and he said " I am happy he is never, never ever going back to the desert again."

Everyone and everything has been invisible to Johnny except for dada, I am not even sur

e he remembers my name at this point. He has been trying to tell John everything that has happened in the year and at the same time show him all the things he has learned. Johnny

is going a million mph and is so happy. They have to match all the time - what is daddy having for breakfast, what color shirt is dad

wearing, John rolls down the window Johnny rolls down his. I know it wont be like this

for long so I am just trying to stand back and let John have all the love. (Even though I have become the mean mommy who cant even get a hug these days. lol) But John cant get enough. We did get a bigger bed cause one blue boy tossing and turning is a lot but 2 leaves me on the floor.

For right now I am trying to keep Johnny on the same schedule we have had, until we figure out what John will be doing. The last thing I want is to get Johnny off schedule only to redo the entire thing. With summer here things have slowed down a bit anyway. Johnny is only doing Karate, and swimming - thank God for the pool in this heat!

As for John he is just soaking it all in and taking a very deserved break for a couple weeks. He has been hitting the trails and riding his new bike everyday. (I think he was just as excited to see that bike as he was us). Fixing everything in the house that has been neglected - not that there is that much, l

awn cough cough and just hanging out with us. We are going to head to the beach in a couple weeks then he is taking off to see his brother for a few days.



Its funny I never really thought of having to get used to my husband but he is back and I

am having to get used to him again. We have played such different roles in this year, that coming back together as parents will take a little while. I learned a lot about myself and am proud that I survived the year and managed to stay out of mental hospitals, and the bar - lol.

A lot of our goals were accomplished, John did an unbelievable job for his family and himself. He has a very impr

essive resume and I am so proud of him but the best part of the entire year is realizing how important family is. Every aspect of family - all

the support we got was amazing.

The saying rang true for me that friends will come and go but you will always have your family. And now seeing the way my son looks at his dad, life is good.