I Survived!!!

Shawn is on his way home from his Vista testing and should be here within the next hour or two. I cannot wait for him to be here. We have missed him very much. Our final day without Daddy was far less eventful than the previous days. The children slept mostly through the night, Evan did wake up once, but it was before I got to bed, so I don't think that counts. They didn't wake me up until after 7:00 and were both in good moods this morning. We had a good day at school/ work and got home unscathed from our day at the office. I was able to cook dinner, clean up the living room, dining room and kitchen, feed the kids, take them for a walk/scooter ride, have an impromptu play date with dear friends, bathe the boys and get them off to bed. I'm currently sitting on my couch with a king size pack of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a Seagrams Escapes, Tuesday's General Hospital playing in the background, as a reward for surviving the week.

I believe that we managed to make it through the last couple of days without too many melt-downs caused by Shawn's absence. I totally expected Nick to have a hard time, but was unprepared for Evan to even really notice. Not because he doesn't love his Daddy, but because he's so young, I thought Shawn would fall victim to 'out of sight, out of mind' like before Evan learned of object permanence or something. I underestimated how much Evan would miss his Daddy. The last 2 nights, as we came in from work, Evan would call out, "Da Da, Da Da" while looking for Shawn. More moving than that, last night I was carrying Evan upstairs for one thing or another. As we walked past a picture of Nick and Shawn, Evan reached over and grabbed at it, nearly pulling it off the wall. I stopped and let him look at it for a minute. He leaned forward and kissed the picture of Shawn. Too cute!

My husband has returned home so I'm off to hear all about his trip (and to finish my drink). I've been told that he will not be going to Sweden and, I'll admit, a large part of me is glad he won't be leaving us again anytime soon! I have learned that I am perfectly capable of caring for the house, pets and kids on my own, but I also know that we're all cared for more when Shawn is home.

On a side note, for the first time since starting this blog, I feel like Doogie Houser - how odd! [backspace, backspace, backspace, backspace... interesting!]