On March 4th, I left work early, packed the kids and stuff in the car and headed to Hattiesburg to go see Steven. The next day was Tiger Day....the final send off for the entire 256th Brigade.
Our big happy family back together again!
After the ceremony, lunch, etc was over, we packed up Steven in the car and headed to New Orleans. We decided to take the kids to the park to feed the ducks and then had dinner with my dad and step mom. After dinner, Steven and I headed downtown to our BEAUTIFUL suite at the Sheraton and had a nice night together.
On Saturday morning, Darlene dropped the kids off to us at the hotel so we could spend the day together. We took a ride on the streetcar to the Audubon Zoo.
Lilly got to eat dessert....
Reed played on pretend animals...
But at some point, they got pooped out! Reed wasn't feeling well at all and running a little temp, so we stopped at a park bench and he took a good long nap in mommy's arms...
Lilly passed out in the stroller.
After naps, it was time to play again....
and ride the carousel
My parents came to pick us up from the zoo and Steven and I went back to the hotel, got prettied up and went to a nice dinner. Neither of us were feeling good and both were tired so we didn't party it up all night.
Sunday we picked up the kids and headed back to Lafayette. Steven's family came over for the day to see him off.
Monday we had family pics done, had lunch with some friends, and spent the rest of the day as a family. Another really tough day.
Tuesday we had to bring Steven back to the unit to get on a bus back to Camp Shelby. I was a complete wreck and thankfully Steven's parents came up to see him off with me. I don't know what I would have done without them there. I blogged about that too....not getting into details...too sad...
So, daddy boarded the bus as we waved goodbye through tons of tears....we all headed back home and did the best we could to cope over the next few weeks.
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