Daddy's HOME!!!!

Hey there,


So i'm sure you all can understand that we're busy reconnecting as a family, but I wanted to at least get on here and give you all the link to our photographer's blog so you can see some photos from the other night! Kent's flight time ended up being moved back up to a decent time, and she was able to come and once again take amazing photos! I can't wait to see the rest! Anyway, the link is:

http://dragonflyphototographyrebecca.blogspot.com/

Also, Jacob made the cover of the Edmonton Sun yesterday, and we were featured in an article in the Journal (as well as their online video), and we were in the background in the online video for the Sun and CBC.ca I'll give you those links as well.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2008/09/05/6667711-sun.html

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=1b9da1e0-f8d9-4479-bad3-1107d0b940f0

http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-edmontonjournal-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=journalmain&maven_referralPlaylistId=48542603f8ded8dd0914f72aafa638e219b6dea0&maven_referralObject=3072495

http://www.edmontonsun.com/PhotoGalleries/soldiersreturn/2008/09/05/6672686.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/09/05/homecoming.html

Thanks again for all of the support Kent and I received from our amazing friends and family! We really couldn't have done this past 7 months (well year) without all of you! He's finally home and we are so excited about reaquainting and getting on with the next chapter of our lives!

Jacob is doing well.. he was shy at first, but I think it had more to do with him wanting to continue to run around the gym, so Kent had to chase him and play with him a bit, and he was much more willing to be held and kissed once we got home to our own house! And not long into yesterday, it was apparent that Daddy is now the only recepient of "offered" kisses from Jacob...

Anyway, i'll try to get more of our photos up later on, but for now enjoy the ones on the internet from the newspapers and our wonderful photographer! I know everyone will want to know what the tshirt says, so here it is: (I have no idea why blogger is rotating the second pic)



And this is a little taste of what is and will happen for the next couple of days!!!

Kristine, Kent and Jacob!

2 more sleeps, 47 more hours, 6 more meals, who knows how many more diapers...

Well, This is it.. Not for the blog.. but thankfully, for the tour. It's finally over! Kent is safely out of Afghanistan, doing his decompression, and will be home in 2 more sleeps!!!! We can't wait. We've been busy preparing for Daddy to come home (but we won't post those pics until after he's home, just in case he checks this lol).

I'm so sorry that I haven't updated this, and I know that you all understand how busy I've been getting ready for the homecoming, camping, and preparing for our upcoming move.. but I still feel bad. I tried to tell Kent that he can take this over once he gets home, and he was quick to point out how good I am at it lol!

So, without further adoo... (how DO you spell that?) I"ll just add the latest photos, with comments... I'll skip the videos for tonight so that I can just get this uploaded. Jacob has of course changed a whole bunch, and the most notable would be how all of a sudden he's a big boy. who talks, waves, blows kisses, does what I tell him to do (he does understand me!!! Now if only he could teach that to the dog!!! lol), and he feeds himself (in fact he insists on it, as you'll see in the photos). All these things to make my life easier just in time for daddy to get home and actually be here to help. So now that i have help to clean the mess, there's less of a mess at mealtime.. NICE... Just like Kent said in an email to me one night (after a particularly cranky email sent to him at 1 am, letting him know we'd been up for over an hour screaming in pain from teeth), that with my luck all of his teeth will be in by the time daddy gets home to help.. and sure enough.. with only the 2 year old molars left.. he was right!!!

So apparently, if he's tired enough, and you leave the room for a minute, this is what will happen.. squished in amongst his toys.. poor guy sure had a crink in his neck when he woke up!

This is where they prefer to play apparently!

This was what Jacob looked like eating Chili for the first time by himself.. and what the tray looked like before he figured out how to feed himself with a spoon!

This is the site the campground originally had us booked into.. yep.. that's a cliff down to the river...so we got them to squish us into another spot that should never have been a spot, but it was better then this...Playing in the river at the campground!

Throwing rocks with Mummy in the river!

Posing!!!

This is how jacob fell asleep during the elephant presentation at the Calgary Zoo! Apparently baby elephants learning how to nurse is boring... And yes it's hard to see, but his head is forward resting on the tray....

This is Jacob insiting on feeding himself the mini ice cream cone at East Side mario's....

On a ride together at Calaway Park!

Rylea and Jacob checking out if they're tall enough to ride the carousel by themselves...

On the car ride.. I remember them being Flinstone's cars.. not Model T's...

Jacob figuring out how to eat Corn on the Cob!! YAY!!!!

Jacob getting beat up by Rylea in the inflatable strong man mallets fight!!

Watching Kurt change the tire on the trailer on our VERY LONG day driving home!

This is what Jacob looks like eating now!!! Such a big boy!!

Finally getting out for a walk in the new wagon.. Jacob wants to hang on to the leash... He is so funny now. Whever we are leaving the house, he gets her leash out of the basket, and holds it up to Katie's face while they both give me puppy dog eyes asking if she can come!