Good to be home

I never knew that having another set of hands around would be so valuable - but that was tested this past week with Chad gone to the Farm Show in Boone. Chad returned home last night, just in time to pick the girls up from school before he had to head to a plot night. It was SUCH good timing because Ana had to do a blood draw to make sure her body is adjusting to the anti-seizure medicine she's taking and Chad has been the one to hold her hand during all of those tests because I was recovering from surgery. He wasn't able to go with us to her blood draw, but he was able to give her the words of encouragement that she needed and to give me the instructions as to how he handles things!! She's a tough cookie. A cute story from that appointment - she has a ritual of needing to go to the bathroom as soon as she gets to the room, so we expected that, but when she got on the bed to prepare for the draw she insisted that she had to tell me something (the whole time the nurses are preparing her arm for the draw). When she finally convinces the nurses to stop so she can tell me what she needed to tell me they finally stopped what they were doing and Ana said to me "I love you mom" in the sweetest little voice - as if she'd never be able to tell me again!

The kids have been ecstatic to have Chad home again - and honestly, I am too!! For some reason it's easier to have him gone for 4 days when he's 14 hours away than when he's only 2 1/2 hours away!!!