*The Airport*

{April 19, 2010}

Just looking back and remembering the airport. Even though it has been 7 weeks our feelings are still so raw! It has been very emotional looking at these photos, but something that I am glad that we have. I am still thankful that the kids didn't really understand how long 4 months were going to be, but they knew something was going on having Carson and I having such a hard time. They really held up pretty well, but I could see disappointment and confusion in their little eyes. The day before we left Marcus said, "mom is this really the only way!"

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After we were done with the Airport we decided that we would go to Build A Bear so we could have a bear that we could make a wish for our Daddy on the heart that they would stuff inside their bear and so we could give it a name that our Big Daddy calls us because I knew that during the next four months when they were a little sad that they could give their "Daddy Bear" a nice squeeze!

Marcus has a Panda Bear that he named "Dozer", Alec has a Monkey that he named "Alec-K", Olivia had a pink sparkly Bear that she named "Princess Pink-a-licious, and Payton has a Dog named "Roonie"