Military Life: Thats a Wrap!

The day we have been waiting for IS HERE!!!!!
"Alright Stace, I dont know if I will be able to call you again until we land in Colorado. I love you and I cant wait to see you!" Is the words that came from my soldier via telephone before leaving Kuwait. I can't explain how amazing it was to hear those words. Its safe to say I didnt get ANY sleep that night!

The homecoming Ceremony wasnt until 11:15pm but I was ready to go by 9 am! I couldnt sleep, I thought the sooner I was ready maybe jussst maybe I would get a call saying "We're HERE!" hahaha! Wishful thinking. So instead I drove myself crazy! I remember watching Alaska armywives and watched one of the ladies clean, clean and clean before getting her husband. What I thought was most crazy was she would put the toilet seat up, then down, then up and couldnt decide how to leave the toilet seat. I BECAME THAT LADY! YIIIKES! I wanted to look perfect, the house to be perfect and wanted our soldier to feel loved, that he was missed, and that he was welcomed home. With the homecoming being 4 and half hours PAST our boy's bedtime I ran to the store and got chocolate milk, lots of chocolate. I put Mason to bed bout 5 so he could get plenty of sleep before I woke him for the big night!

About 40 minutes early...waiting...

Someone was still a little sleepy and OF COURSE didn't want any sugary goodness I packed for him...

After FINALLY fully waking up he was running around! His shirt said "WATCH OUT! Walking to my daddy for the first time!"

The buses lined up, soldiers piling out LETS DO THIS!

The minute the smoke started, Music started blaring there was screaming from Wives, kids, and families!!

The amount of pride the soldiers carried, the excitement in the screams, the tears, smiles, the welcome home signs, News cameras I cant explain how AMAZING this moment was!

I'm an American soldier, an American,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines. Sleep in peace tonight.
American soldier, I'm an American soldier (The song blaring)

The soldiers stood there in formation professionally, they sang the army song (my favorite sound in the world) and the 4th ID song.

The soldiers weren't the only ones standing at formation.

After the soldiers were released wives were running every direction, soldiers were going every which way...now where is OUR soldier!? All a sudden there was a man coming towards us who we knew VERYYY WELL!

Before going to the homecoming Dylan said " Mom I'm going to be brave and I'm not going to cry!" But its safe to say someone was VERY excited to see daddy!

All the phone calls, sleepless nights, worries, was done in just one sweet kiss! "WE MADE IT!"

Mason on the other hand didn't know what to think. He instantly wanted to get back to me. What a night for him, hes up in the middle of the night, strangers everywhere and his dad shows up?