Kyle Reins is in the House!

It has been a whirlwind around here since Kyle arrived. Holy. Cow. Aside from Gannon's "acting out at Mom" it's been wonderful to have Daddy back here at the Plantation. Let's start with the day of his arrival, shall we?

It was just another Tuesday morning of breakfast and trying to get out the door to have Gannon to preschool on time, with a couple wrenches thrown into the equation; Get dinner in the crock pot, get sassed up for Kyle, get the beds made, pillows fluffed, welcome home sign in the car and print out flight info. We were out the door by 8:25 A.M. Success!! NC had gotten about, I don't know, an inch of snow and the state was shutting down. I got the call that school had been delayed two hours. Seriously?! Lucky for us, we have amazing neighbors that invited us in for hot tea and sweets to pass the time. About 15 minutes later, I got the call that school was cancelled. You have got to be kidding me. We headed to the Cracker Barrel around 11:00 A.M. to meet up with some gals from the hood and enjoyed some country cookin'. I decided we would head out by 12:30 P.M. just to be sure that we didn't get held up by the "inclimate" weather. Please. Luckily for us, the weather was fine and the roads were great. Gannon napped and I had us parked in the airport garage by 1:30 P.M. Hm mm. One hour until our beloved was coming home with us. The first words out of Gannon's mouth when he awoke were, "I want to get my Daddy!" And that's what we did. We grabbed our sign and waited anxiously. It wasn't long before I saw him coming. Choked up, I whispered in Gannon's ear, "There's your Daddy, go get him!" It was perfect. The running, open arms, embracing. Wonderful.

Gannon has made it clear that Daddy belongs to him. I have been told the following: "Mommy, you get out of here, Mommy, you can't come in here, Mommy, you can't help us, Mommy you don't go outside with us, you stay inside." He has also begun to speak to me in a manner that I do not care for, and I have given him the few days he needs to adjust and now it's going to be on. I will not put up with it anymore. Thank you.

Back to the whirlwind. We had Kyle's squadron Christmas party Friday night and it was awesome! The festivities were held at the Pinehurst Resort. Very. Nice. It was such a great night of food, friends, drinking and dancing! You know it! We were fortunate to spend the night there in a swanky room, thanks to the Fox family, who ever so graciously, kept our little boy overnight.

The following morning, we headed back to get that little guy and begin day two of business. We had a Christmas party to attend at the Oberst's home, so after naps we were up and at 'em! So glad we were able to attend. The food was delish and the White Elephant gift exchange was a hoot. We scored an awesome bottle of wine and a lava lamp for Gannon's room. Pretty awesome. We love you guys! Merry Christmas indeed!

I wish I could say today has been a day of relaxation. It's laundry and decorating a Christmas tree for me. I am ever so grateful to have Kyle home, as he kept Gannon outside playing with him all morning. Kyle has quickly realized how awesome the Bone family is next door. They have been over there for the last hour and I'm calling Ann Marie now to send Gannon home for his nap. Ahhh...to be a family again. Cheers!!!