Last few days in Georgia and Back Home in Arizona

Our last few days in Georgia, we were hanging out with Grandpa John (Matt just calls him John) and Aunt Amber while Mimi and Papa went back to work...

We made a train cake with Grandpa John. It was very colorful and quite tasty!
Matt was a little sleepy after his nap.

Matt loves his Aunt Amber.

Matt created a new snack - Peanuts on top of Cheezits.

Grandpa John reads a book to Ben.

Matt enjoyed his Chicken Noodle Soup.

Santa brought Ben and Matt dart guns. Grandpa John and Ben enjoyed shooting the target together.

Paige came over to visit. Ben showed her how to shoot the dart guns too. She was pretty good. She could get hers to stick to the door.

We left Georgia at 5:20 am on New Year's Day and drove 1,000 miles. Spent the night somewhere in Texas. We got up the next morning, drove 1,000 more miles and pulled into our driveway at midnight. The boys enjoyed playing with all of their toys that we had to leave at home while Papa and I worked on unloading the car. We all went to bed around 2 am. We all slept very well that night and the next night. Papa helped us unpack some more on Sunday and then flew home to Georgia on Monday afternoon.

Santa left an easel at our house. This picture is for Daddy.

Matt loved running around the backyard playing ball again.

Ben three. He likes to say "me three" instead of "me too" now. Some things are hard to explain. He's also very curious about death now. Aunt Nat and Grandpa John got to answer some questions about where Grandma Rosie and Daisy are now. Sorry I missed that car ride to Chick-fil-a. Today, he was asking if he'll turn to bones when he goes to Perry. I think he was asking something about dying and going to heaven... So, I just told him that bones are the hard pieces inside your skin and avoided the rest of that question.

Papa can make the ball go really high on the roof!

Ben and Matt sat down to look at some animals in their book. They're really starting to enjoy playing together. Luckily, Matt does what Ben tells him to do.

We added Ben's 4 year height and weight. Matt is almost an inch taller than he was in October!

I swear the next day Matt came home with a stomach bug. Four days later, Ben was puking. At first, I thought it was just Ben making himself throw up. So he walked out of the bathroom and asked if his pancakes were ready. I let him have breakfast. We waited an hour and a half. No puking, so I decided he could go to preschool. We drove there. I got him out of our car. I start to get Matt out, and Ben vomits all over the parking space next to us. Rebuckle Matt, wipe Ben's face, and reload him into car. Drove home. A little more vomit, a good nap, and nothing but fluids, club crackers, and a popsicle for the rest of the day.

Ben was up and running again the next day. So, he returned to preschool, even made it into the building. His teachers and classmates were so excited to have him back!

Matt was doing so well with his eating too. Him getting sick was pretty disappointing, but he's back to eating again.

We're all looking forward to Dan's homecoming which is scheduled for January 22nd. They're leaving Japan on the 20th. Dan will be flying the last leg from Hawaii to Yuma. I'm not really mentioning it to the boys, because I don't want to hear all of the questions from Ben (Is it time yet? Now? Is it Friday? How much longer? Why? When? *repeat those 1,000 times and you'll understand why I keep secrets). He gets really frustrated since he doesn't understand time. You also just never know what day it will really end up being - tanker scheduling issues, jets down, weather...