Dear Carl,
Today was a rather uneventful day. I did laundry. Benjamin “helped”.
He had a bubble bath in our bathroom this time while I did the rest of the laundry. He seemed to have a lot of fun and he cried when I took him out.
Other than that, we had spaghetti tonight and it rained.
Anyway, that was our day! Not much to brag about. I hope your day was really good though. I miss you and love you!
Always,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
Well, we’ve made it a week. You’ve been away from me out of the country for the first time ever for an entire week and I am still alive. I’ve also gotten the trash out BOTH times this week. I know that has to impress you, but don’t think that’s going to be my newest chore when you get back. I find it gross.
Today was a really hard day. Benjamin woke up at six-something this morning and he was pitiful sick. I had to text Jessica to tell her just in case she didn’t want Gabe around him (in case it’s contagious). I think the Meyers ended up getting Gabe from daycare and I assume he is staying over there. I think Benjamin was running a slight fever by the end of the day, but he was still acting himself, just with more coughing, sneezing, and nose-runniness.
Today he did not take a nap, so instead he did this, and then I decided to take him to McDonald’s for dinner since I had been rather grumpy all day and felt pretty bad about it.
We spent an hour in McDonald’s… most of that being waiting on the food, go figure. But Benjamin enjoyed the visit and I think it was just good for us to spend that little bit of time together away from the house. He asked for you to come eat with us. He misses you.
Oh, by the way, I wanted to share a conversation I had with him today. I was just asking him what he wanted to be for Halloween (just curious as to what he would say… this was all during his bubble bath, btw), and he avoided the question and instead said that he was going to have a party! And I asked him who was going to be at his party and he said balloons. And then he said, “Mommy, Daddy, Blythe, and Jeremy!” And I asked him what kind of party it was going to be and he said, “Fireshow!” (Which means fireworks show) and then I asked what we would eat at his party and he said “… fireshow!” HA! Anyway, I just thought that was really cute. Can’t wait to have that party when y’all get back in the States.
Anyway, I am going to head off to bed (It’s 10:00 and I need the rest). I love you so much and I can’t wait for you to get back! Just a few more days!
OH – also. I just watched another amazing movie. Becoming Jane. Add that to my list of I NEED TO OWN THIS (alongside Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility).
Adoringly Yours,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
Five more days! It’s the final countdown! Yes! I am excited with the prospect of seeing you in five days. It has been a long week so far. Tomorrow is Thursday… and you know that you left me Thursday night. I think it’s getting easier but it still isn’t easy. Benjamin misses you and he talks about you coming home and he says that you are here when he hears a car. But it won’t be too much longer.
Today I think I already told you but we went to Wal-Mart. We were out of Milk (regular and almond) and other things. I got some stuff for my Bible class. I also got that waterless shampoo I was looking at a while back because it has been so hard to get a shower in when I really want it. Guess what? It works pretty well! I think whoever invented that has to be a mom! ha!
Anyway when we got home I saw this in the flowerbed:
They are so beautiful! That cheered me right up. Kind of reminds me of a special wedding I once went to… I think you know the one! ;D
Benjamin napped again today! It’s probably just because I have been giving him allergy medicine because the poor thing is just miserable since we spent all that time in the grass on Monday. I am having a hard time getting him to not stretch the neck of his shirt out anymore…
Definitely not supposed to be that wide. Anyway when he woke up from his nap, he was really in an ill mood.
But he did end up cheering up after a while, mostly when we went to services. Oh, I forgot to tell you that now every time we get in the car he asks if we’re going to see the fireworks show. ha!
Anyway, that was our day. I cleaned the fridge out too. There were … a lot of leftovers. Like, reeeeeeeallllyyyyy left over. Yum.
I forgot to show you these pictures from yesterday so here they are:
He just loves his water bottles.
Going to the fireworks show.
Well, I miss you, and I love you, and I wish five days would just fly on by, don’t you?
Anxiously Waiting For You,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
I meant to post last night but I got so caught up in that movie I was watching… and I decided I’d go ahead and talk about today since later on I believe Blythe and Aidan are coming over for pizza and a movie. Did I tell you her nephew came back from Florida with her? Well, he did. Benjamin enjoyed running around with him last night at the fire works.
Benjamin entertained us all by dancing (shaking his behind specifically) while people were doing karaoke not too far from us. He was going wild! It was really cute. I don’t know when he picked up that dance move but he’s got it down pat. Wish you could have seen it. Wish I had been able to get a video of it!
Anyway, I already told you about our experience with Benjamin being scared of the fireworks. Again, I wish you had been there. It was me, Ben, Blythe, Aidan, Elizabeth, Collin, Junior, Dixie, and Junior & Dixie’s parents, and then later on Brandon showed up with Gabe and we all sat together and watched the show. It was fun!
Today is hard for me because I’m remembering Papaw. He passed away four years ago today and I keep expecting it to be easier remembering him but I can’t help but to still be saddened. I guess it isn’t as hard as it once was, but it’s still hard and I wish that you were here with me. I really don’t like this holiday at all.
Well, Benjamin just had a big poop in his underwear at the lunch table so I gave him a bath and sent him off to nap. He woke up a lot earlier than he usually does today for some reason. He also has a very runny nose today probably because we were sitting in the grass so much last night. Anyway I gave him some medicine so hopefully that’ll dry him up and also help him get some rest.
I hope your day is going well. I’m sorry I keep missing you on chat. I love you. Can’t wait till you get home.
Love you forever,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
Three down, eight to go. I imagine that you’re going to be really, really busy starting tomorrow. I’ll be thinking about you and wondering how you’re doing and what all you will be doing! You’ll have to be sure to fill me in.
This morning, this is one of the first things I saw:
I thought of you so I went back to get my phone to take a picture so I could show you. He was out. I can’t remember exactly when he got up, but it must have been closer to 9 than anything. You never did tell me what time you ended up getting up this morning. Does your alarm clock work okay? Do you have three going off at once? hehe.
Today it was hot. It was 101 outside but weather.com (laugh it up, laugh it up) said it felt like 103 and I believed them! I wore new shoes today ($1 at Dirt Cheap, don’t worry) and they rubbed really bad on the backs of my feet so I wore bandaids for evening services. And of course when I was putting my bandaids on, Benjamin HAD to have a boo-boo band himself. I think he still has it on even now.
I know you are sad that you missed the birthday fellowship but really there were only a handful of us there. It was still good of course. I made lemon cake mix cookies, and I made them without eggs so Ben could eat them and would you believe he didn’t even like it? He took a bite and put it down and wanted nothing more of it. Well then! Next time I won’t bother skipping the eggs! Hmph!
I also made popcorn chicken and I brought that honey you bought because I loooove me some chicken and honey but I don’t think anyone used it. Oh well, their loss! I ALSO made lemonade. It was so funny because Haywood was asking about what I wanted to drink and I told him I made the lemonade and he smiled and I was like “yep, squeezed them lemons myself,” and he laughed, and then I was like “my arm is real tired from it!” and he was like “oh you are serious?! pour me some!” and he seemed impressed. ha!
Mr. Terry did the morning lesson, as I already told you, and Mr. Haywood did the evening one. The morning one was on Jeremiah 6 and the evening one was on Daniel 6. I’ve always liked Daniel!
Anyway, I’m just sitting here waiting around to see if you’ll pop on tonight or not. If you don’t, I’ll understand. You’re tired. I may go to Jessica’s tomorrow because she says they will have slip-n-slides and pools out. And I figure she could use a friend nearby. I’m referring to the message I sent on FB of course, I assume you received it by now if you’re reading this.
Well my dear, I love you desperately and I miss you almost as much! Eight more days! I think I can, I think I can!
Devotedly yours,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
I am so happy that we were able to Skype tonight, and that you were able to put up a video on my wall! I missed you an extra lot today because we just had so much fun and I kept thinking “Carl would really enjoy this!” I know that Benjamin misses you a lot. Nana and Papaw have done good to occupy his mind but there are times when he asks about you.
Today we set up the pool just like I thought we would. Dad got these carpet pads from Dirt Cheap $1 a piece. He set those down on the floor of the screened-in porch and then we set the pool up. Of course the tricky part was finding a way to get a hose to reach. We ended up doing this:
My idea. Aren’t I brilliant? Impressed? I thought so. Anyway, that worked perfectly and we filled up the pool while Benjamin “napped” aka: tore up his bedspread… yeah, I meant to look at Dirt Cheap for a new one.
The pool is actually pretty big! I think we will have a good time in it this summer! Here are some more pictures:
(In case you missed my attractive face)
Benjamin isn’t afraid of Nana’s play doh snakes anymore either! Progress!
Anyway, for lunch we had KFC but we took it home. Ben had … you guessed it … PBJ. For dinner, we had hamburgers and french fries and corn on the cob and it was really good.
Besides going to Dirt Cheap and Wal-Mart and Dad turning left off of Walnut into on-coming traffic (well if traffic had been on-coming… I was like WHAT ARE YOU DOING), there really wasn’t much to our day! Just a simple Saturday. It rained a little bit, but not much.
I miss you. I’m real lonely about now without you. I wish you would come back tomorrow but I know what you are doing is really important and I am proud of you!
I love you!
Yours Affectionately, and always,
Kristen
Dear Carl,
Yep. This is me, missing you. You left… I guess at like 12:30 this morning? I don’t know, I was half asleep. But I woke up at 7:15 and you were there and I was saddened. I was happy to get to talk to you for just a little bit but I really don’t know how these 11 days are going to go without me talking to you at all. I know others go through this and worse all the time, but this has me all concerned and sad – but I will make it! Don’t you worry about me!
Benjamin and I had a good day. We cleaned the house some before Mom and Dad came (they got here around 8:20PM or so), and actually you would be so proud because I got most all of it done BEFORE noon. I folded all the laundry in our room and put it away. Benjamin did not nap (no surprise there I am sure), so we went outside for a while and looked at all our dying flowers and stuff. Yeeahhh.
We had pizza for dinner, and watched “Princess”. Benjamin “fed” his pizza to that noodle person he made at VBS and I asked him who that was and he said it was “Daddy”. He misses you. =( He heard the door open and said that daddy was here.
Oh, and he’s also been crazy all day long.
But that’s not surprising either, is it? He went crazier when Mom and Dad got here and he danced around the livingroom for like twenty minutes (he got really sweaty – I’m not kidding you!), and he landed on his face twice resulting in his first-ever nose bleed. It was very, very minor so I wasn’t worried at all (I am sure that really is a shocker for you HA!). More like a blood booger. That’s all.
Tomorrow I think we might set up the pool. We’re going to eat hamburgers and corn on the cob and french fries.
I miss you quite terribly. I love you soooo much!
Always Yours,
Kristen
