Welcome Home

     Soon I get to see Kathy, my boy, and my sweet baby girl.  I feel like I have missed a lot of fun that they have had this week while I was gone.  Going to a "staff with kids" lunch after church on Sunday (without me), going to have dinner with Paul and Stephanie (without me), going out on the boat (without me).  Well you get the idea.  I have had a great time driving around Louisiana looking a various sites and getting to see and hold gators.  That being said......
     I am ready to be home after a week away.  Not because I didn't have fun but because I want to see my family.  It's great that I have a wife that supports me and allows me to go on youth trips.  I know she has done a great job "holding down the fort" while I have been gone.  And I know it hasn't been easy at some points with Carson's ear draining and Courtney being a bit fussy.  I can't thank her enough for what she has done.  I hope she knows how much I appreciate her and how much I am looking forward to seeing her tomorrow.
     As for Carson.....he wouldn't go to sleep tonight because he misses his daddy.  He knows I am coming home so he wouldn't go to sleep.  Kathy called me and I told him I would sleep in his room with him when I got home if he went to sleep tonight.  Hopefully he wasn't just using it as an excuse to stay up late.  (As of the writing of this, I haven't heard that he didn't go to sleep)
     As for Courtney she has been trying to talk to everyone and has even started to smile a little bit.  At least I did get to see her smile before I went out of town, but now its being reported that she is smiling while she is awake more.  She seems so alert in the pictures I have seen of her this week.
     I can't wait to see all three of them.  I can't wait to feed Courtney, even if it is a midnight or 1am feeding.  I just want to be able to hold her tight in my arms.  I can't wait to have some time on Friday just me and Carson doing something fun.  I told him it was a surprise when he asked what we were doing.  (It will even be a surprise to me, since I don't know yet)  And I can't wait to hug Kathy and let her know how much I have missed her and how much I appreciate her.

See you soon
kevin