I hate when Brady has to go away for the Guard. He went to Canada for 3 weeks last
april and to Texas for 3 weeks in October. This time he is in Virginia for 3 MONTHS!!! He just left on the 11
th and we are so ready for him to come home. I think this trip is going to be harder because the babies have realized who mommy and daddy are. Every morning I wake up to
Aiden and Addi yelling
da da da da. It breaks my heart that every time they hear a door open or somebody making noise in the other room they run over to the baby gate and start saying
da da and looking for him. We decided to come down and stay at my parents house for a couple of weeks. It has helped
alot- they really love grandma!
Aiden started to get another cold and he has been waking up really early in the mornings. The sad thing is he used to be a complete mamas boy, but lately, especially when he doesn't feel good, he cries for his daddy- now why couldn't this have happened when Brady was still here? I know I shouldn't be
whining about him being gone for 3 months but when you have two little ones that always want their daddy its hard.
Im just dreading when he has to be deployed- his unit is scheduled to leave Nov 2011. I've already told my mom that she might as well just move in with us! We are so proud of him, he is a great husband and daddy!
On a happier note, Addi has started
walking!!! She can take up to 10 steps at a time!! Woo
hoo! I am so proud of her!
Aiden is doing really great also, he is cruising furniture much faster than he use to, he is even brave enough to hold on with only one hand and move from the couch to the chair. All of their therapist's are so surprised at how well they are doing. Its hard to believe that only a year ago Addi wouldn't even take a bottle and she was completely fed through her g-tube. They have both made such amazing progress, we are so blessed to have both of them with us.
As I was unpacking some of our stuff the other day I came across a little book that my grandma made for us. It is full of pictures of the babies and also posts from the blog we had when they were in the
NBICU (aidenandaddison2.spaces.live.com). I couldn't stop myself from crying. I think about what a rough start they had and how all the odds were against them. I must have been crazy but I can honestly say that when they were in the hospital I never once thought that we wouldn't bring both of them home and that they wouldn't be just as perfect as they are today. I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood and all the wonderful blessings that
Aiden and Addi received during their long stay. I don't think we would be where we are today without them.
Trying to get a cute Valentines pic
With daddy the night before he left for Virginia
With their favorite OT's. We miss them so much!
At their first baseball game. Not a great pic of Aiden
Adien playing during one of his therapy sessions.
Taking pics at Gardener Village
Uncle Ryan fell asleep holding Aiden. I woke him up taking this pic!
Daddy and Addi
Uncle Tyson holding Aiden. He is such a proud uncle!!
First trip to the zoo
