Postcard from Garrett

Make a Smilebox postcard

So I made this postcard greeting to show a video of Garrett and what he has learned. If it flips to the back of the postcard before you can watch the video, just click the arrow, and it will return to the video and you can play it.

I Must Be in a Good Mood

Okay, walking in to the sight of my cute Jason trying to play with Garrett in the bathtub made my day. I just had to grab my camera and capture it...

It made me so happy that I didn't even get annoyed that Garrett was stomping on the toilet and doing Riverdance on his porcelain stage...

Or that Caiti had found the Crystal Light pitcher and was drinking straight from it...I was just greatful she didn't spill.

After all...it's all just a day in the life. Right?

A Happy Homecoming!

Kevin finally came home from deployment on August 1, 2009. He had been gone since January 9, so we were all very excited to see him. Garrett and Caiti stayed home with Aunt Michelle to get the house all ready, and a good friend of ours dropped Jason and I off at the pier to await his arrival. :)
We had a sign and flags and everything. (They were provided for us at the base.)

Can you tell Jason was happy...until he heard all the cheering. That is one way he's related to Garrett and Caiti. He's not a fan of loud noises.

Just a picture of some of the happy, anxiously awaiting crowd.

I'm so good at making signs.

The ship behind the other ship is Kevin's ship, the USS Comstock.

Someone must know daddy is getting closer!

I was trying to get the both of us in a picture to show who was there when his ship came in, but Jason was too distracted. Maybe it was the balloons.

Kevin's ship FINALLY made it in to the dock.

After about an hour of waiting Kevin finally called me on the cell phone and told me he was coming out to see me. That was him in the blue standing by the flag. He sure was a sight for sore eyes. Too bad I didn't figure out the zoom function on the camera until later.

Someone was pretty tired by then and wanted daddy to get off the ship already...which he did and we were able to go home.

I wasn't worried at all that Garrett wouldn't remember his daddy, but I was worried about Caiti's reaction. I had no need to fear. She was right at home with her daddy the second she was in his arms.

I absolutely love this picture.

And this picture. The family is back together again. :)

We had some great Welcome Home balloons. Hooray for the Dollar Tree.

We were all able to smother Kevin with attention.

And hear his great stories...Garrett was glad daddy was back so he could steal his Coke.

Can you tell who has her daddy wrapped around her little finger.

Jason was about ready for a nap by then. So much excitement in one day.

Garrett was right back to his old anctics. It made me laugh.

I hadn't seen Garrett smile this big...ever. He was SO happy to have daddy home again.

We had to capture this picture of Kevin unpacking. As Aunt Michelle says, Kevin took off one backpack and got another in its place. :)

It's a good thing we had proof earlier of Caiti's pretty hair. This happens pretty much every day. Ha ha. Anyway, we were sure happy to be together as a family again. We survived deployment #1.