After having my Mom here to help for the last three weeks we took her to the airport this past Saturday morning. We won’t get to see my parents until the end of March. They’ve been such a huge part of our daily lives for the last few years that it will be a big adjustment for us, but I’m really excited for them about the adventure they are on.

My Mom helped out so much while she was here. She watched Brenden while we were in the hospital and paid lots of extra attention to him when we got home too. She also accomplished something major by getting him to sleep in his bed again. ( he hasn’t been doing that since we moved-he’s been on the floor in his room). He’d also developed a bad habit of thinking he needed the overhead light on to sleep and night and she helped get him down to just a lamp.

Thanks for all your help Mom! We already miss you guys.

Brenden developed an imaginary frenemy while we were at the hospital. His name is Cocoa and we can’t tell if he’s nice or something to be feared. He seems to switch. Brenden’s been telling us he’s scared a lot lately. I’d think it was a ploy to keep us in his room at night if he didn’t actually look so scared.

Patrick went back to work on Monday. It’s busy season there, which means he can’t even think about coming home until 7. 3 days in and I’m not enjoying busy season much, but I never do. I really liked having our little family together all day. But I guess we’d be homeless if we did that for too long!

So it’s just been Brenden, Emily and I during the day and though we’ve had some rough patches, I think we are gonna make it!

Grandma and Emily enjoying some time together.

Mom took this picture of Emily before the night before she left.