Saying Goodbye

On Monday morning, following the baptism, Jason said a sad goodbye to his mom, dad, and brother.  Unlike the usual goodbyes (that always bring tears from Mil:), this one was tougher because they were saying goodbye for 7 months.  And on Thursday at 0100, Reagan and I took Jason to his office to say our farewells.  He has left for his fourth deployment.  As difficult as it was for him to leave last January, knowing he would miss the birth of his first child, I cannot fathom how much worse this one was as he hugged and kissed his daughter for the last time on Thursday morning.  And even though I hated to see him leave (although we didn't actually stay to see the buses pull away this time...in our small effort to keep Reagan on somewhat of a schedule), I know he and his company are well prepared for this deployment.  We will probably not hear from him as often as we did during the MEU deployment, but whenever we do, I will pass along the updates. 








Jason,

These next seven months are probably going to be the most difficult of my 31 years.  Saying goodbye to my best friend was tough, but you left me with a great reminder of you.  We will watch videos of you everyday and I will talk to Reagan about you often.  Know that you are always in our thoughts and prayers.  You are our hero and we love you dearly.

Always,
Me & R

Comments

  1. JessicaMay 14, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    He will be in my thoughts...and you and Reagan will be too. Call whenever and definitely come visit the "RIGHT" coast!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NC Girls' Weekend

Image
Since Jason is out of town, we decided to schedule an impromptu girls weekend visit in North Carolina. It was great to see Lynsey & Colleen and their families. Jessica, the girls and I drove down Friday night and got to Lynsey's just before midnight. We didn't do much, but hang around the house and play outside on the first day. It was relaxing and fun. Brian was awesome and played with the kids while Jess, Lynsey & I did a workout in their amazing home gym. Colleen came up with the boys around lunch time on Saturday. All the kids fawned over Miles, or as they have names him, Baby My My. I think Savannah really enjoyed not being the youngest for a few days. Saturday night, we ordered pizza, ate way too much, and Grammy Betty came over. We haven't seen her in a long time and it was wonderful to chat with her again.  The next day, we woke up to some snow! We played outside again and the kids played well together which was nice for us adults. Colleen and the boys
Read more

Bath Time Fun

Image
Typically, after Jason gets home and eats dinner, he is on bath duty. It gives me 10 minutes to clean the kitchen, set up his coffee and make his lunch for the following day. One day last week though, everything was already done, so I snuck in to watch the fun. We recently got some Mr. Bubbles for Reagan and she LOVED them. She's such a cheeseball!
Read more

Bath Time: PAHM Style

Image
I've mentioned it before, but I will say it again: I love Play At Home Mom !!! This site is the best for ideas to interact with, engage, and teach your children. Reagan takes a bath almost every night. She has the typical assortment of toys (rubber boats, cups, a turtle, etc) to entertain her, but lately, she just leaves them in the bag. I decided to introduce some new things during bath time and they were a huge hit! Here are some pictures from our "adventures in bath fun." First up: BUBBLES ! It's a bit too cold to just hang out in the yard blowing bubbles, so I decided that bath time would be the perfect opportunity for a mess free bubble party! I LOVE this shot.  Secondly, (and straight from PAHM), I added: WATER BALLOONS !!! She absolutely loved when I poked a small hole in them and they became "water fountains!"
Read more