At about 6 am Tuesday morning Daddy left for the airport and was heading for Chicago for the whole week. Sophie tended to know something strange was going on seeing how Daddy was leaving first and here stood Mommy and Sophie. As much as I hate to see him go..I put on a brave face for him and for her. Shortly after he left we need to hit the road so I could get her to the sitter before going to work. Mission accomplished. Minus a few tears shed by Sophie when I left..and then a few tears shed by Mommy feeling guilty leaving her (note Daddy normally does drop off). Once I got to work I pounded out my time there and went to pick up Sophie.. there she was big smiles to see me and had obviously forgotten what had happened earlier in the day. We came home she ate a great lunch, we played while it rained outside, read her some books, she had her bottle and a nap while I did laundry and worked on the computer getting a few things done. Later we did dinner, played in the bath tub which is always a hit, read her some more books, gave her another bottle and then we called it a night and she went to bed. About 2 am we got a massive thunderstorm which awakened me...I'm thinking for sure she is going to wake up..wrong she slept right through it..thank goodness.
Wednesday morning was rough after being up a few hours with the booming and banging of the thunderstorm. I decided that day would be a glasses day. I managed to get a shower quickly before Sophie awakened to start another day. Funny thing is it's like she knows it is time to get up..so I am completely dressed with wet hair. I think to myself okay i just have to dry my hair and get her ready..no big deal. Well I had a little monkey pulling herself up on my pant legs to see from a closer view that mommy is blow drying her hair. I get her ready and off to the sitter we go. After work I go get her, get home and go through our normal afternoon routine...in addition grandma and grandpa stop over for a few hours to entertain themselves and Sophie. This gave me a little reprieve and Sophie had a great time...oddly enough she clung to Grandpa like he was her new best friend..they played quite a bit together and swung on the front porch swing. Then when they came in Grandma spent sometime with her reading books, they stayed for dinner and headed for home. I gave Sophie a bath, put her in her pjs, bottle time and off to bed she went. Okay 11pm another big thunderstorm with heavy rain..seriously you've got to be kidding me..it's barely rained in a month. Thank goodness she slept through it for a second night. I had trouble sleeping again..what's new when he's gone I never sleep good.
Thursday...oh one more day and daddy comes home. Now she's looking for him when I go into pick her up from her crib.. This time I'm fully dressed, hair dried, bottle in hand. I get her ready, take the trash and recycling out while she sits in her car seat in the car, off to the sitter, and then off to work making it on time for the third day in a row. When i pick her up she has a super big grin for me like I"m so excited to see you mommy. We head off to Meijer to pick up some groceries, and we stop by the fish tank area. Sophie is just mezmarized by them and is giggling and smiling and have mini conversations with the fish as they swim in their tank..I couldn't help but laugh out loud, wished I had the video camera. We were probably there for about 15 minutes then I decided we'd better finish shopping which she enjoyed waving at people say "goo". The afternoon went great. Dinner well she didn't eat much so I'll chalk it up to her missing daddy and not worry about it. We ran to the church to drop off a baptismal banner that I made and then back home for an evening stroll at the park and a swing in the back yard. Time for bed...both of us :)
Friday morning I wake up to my own excitement knowing that Bob will be home tonight. I'm thrilled it's been a long week, but Sophie has been so good I really can't complain it is just a lot of work keeping up with all the housework, going to work, and carrying for her all by myself. I can honestly say I appreciate my husband a lot and all the things he does to carry his share of the load. We make a good team and I really missed him this week and so did Sophie. He should be boarding the plane in about an hour to make his way home to us..Welcome home Daddy. We Love You.