So Much to be Thankful for

I don't even know where to begin.
Although I spent most of the day catching up on sleep, Thanksgiving was a nice, relaxing day at my parents house. I don't know what my mom did to the turkey, but it was delicious. I took mine to go and it made for a delicious meal at work. Other than eating, we took a family picture that will be used in this year's Christmas card.

The following day was one I was anticipating for months. Drew came home for his 4 day pass! I picked him up late that night at the airport and he was home until Tuesday afternoon. It was so nice to see his face and hear his voice in person. The days were spent catching up with family and playing with Lexi. (Starting a fire with his cousin/mini me Thomas.)All I asked for was to go ice skating and he didn't let me down (he never does!). Although, it wasn't quite as romantic as I anticipated... but it was a great time, just the two of us. But, boy, did it those couple of days go by quickly. Dropping him off at the airport was one of the hardest things I've had to do. I didn't realize how hard it would be to say goodbye. But, at the same time I would do it all over again if it meant being able to see his smiling face.

Lexi was fun to watch interact with Drew. She was SO excited to see him when he first walked into the door. And, throughout most of the weekend, while she did spend some time at Drew's sister's house, she was very well behaved.All 103lbs of her!Come Tuesday... she definitely knew something was up and was NOT happy about it. She's never destroyed anything in the house before, but when I returned a couple of hours later, she had made her feelings show. She shred a kitchen hand towel to pieces - so much so that there were strings stuck in between her toe nails. All I could do was laugh. I couldn't be mad at her. It was only a hand towel and I just knew she was upset.

Now, I just hope the next 9-10 months go by as fast as the last four days...