The day came...he left for basic training

Danny left yesterday. His friend Doug picked him up around 7 AM as he had to be at the armory at 8. Parker woke up before he left so he went in his room to say bye to him...even though we were coming to the airport. It was really hard for both Danny and I. Parker seemed fine. He would say "you cryin momma?" with his head cocked to the side and a soft sweet voice. I would tell him "yeah, but momma is gonna be ok!" he would just hug me and tell me he was sorry. He also asked "daddy cryin?" I would say the same thing about him being ok too.
Danny called around 9 and said he was flying out at 10:45 and he would be at the airport around 10. So P and I got dressed and headed that way. I ran into lots of people from my work that were headed on business trips. They all flew with Danny to Dallas. They were already going through security by the time I got there, so we didn't have a lot of time. P was running around like normal and Danny decided he better go on through security as well. We said our goodbyes and we watched him at security for a minute but P was restless and wanted to go over and see his daddy, so we left.
Once Danny got to Dallas he had a 6 hour layover. So he called several times while he was at the airport waiting. He made it to OK around 7:30 and got on a bus to Ft Sill. He was able to have his phone until they drove up to the base. He text me at 9:45 to let me know they were pulling up and that he had to turn off his phone. I am not sure when I will talk to him again. I am hoping for Sunday! Yesterday seemed like the longest day! I know Danny must have felt the same.
Please keep Danny in your prayers. From what I have seen and read BT does not look like a walk in the park. I know Danny will do good, but I'm sure he could use some extra prayers. We all could, right. I know I do!
I did take a couple of before pictures yesterday morning and I will post them later.
One quick thing about Parker... He is so "helpful and independent." Last night he told me that he wanted some more milk and I guess I did not get in there quick enough. As I was on my way to the kitchen, he met me half way with the full gallon of milk he has gotten out of the fridge. He also had his cup in the other hand. He is so funny! He also loves to put his plate in the sink once he is done eating. Such a big helper =)

Counting down the days :(

So in a little less than two weeks Danny will be leaving for his basic training in Oklahoma. We will see him at his graduation after about 9 weeks and then he will fly out the next day to Virginia for about 10 more weeks. Saturday he had his weekend drill and all day long Parker asked "where daddy go?" I would say, he went to work. He is going to get really tired of that answer after 5 months of hearing it! I need to get busy and make some videos of them two together and put them on a DVD so Parker can watch them often. He LOVES to look at pictures so I need to take a bunch of pics of them as well and print them out.
Yesterday was an "ice day" for Parker so I got an ice day too. He has been coughing all weekend so I decided that since we were both off/out of school I would take him to the Dr to make sure it didn't get any worse. He was so excited when I told him we were going to the Dr. HA! He was such a big boy when Dr K was listening to his chest. His lungs were clear thank goodness. Then he started looking in his ears and said there was a lot of wax in his left ear. So he goes and gets the nurse to hold him down and his utensil to dig out the wax. P hates this!!! Dr K always lets me know that there is NO WAY I can do this at home. So then he looks at his right ear and it is infected. He did not pull anything out of that ear thank goodness!
We sit down and he tells me the medicines he is going to give him and I ask if he can get a shot to get him better quicker. I hate shots too, but I would much rather hurt for a few minutes to start feeling better than to wait on antibiotics to start working. He said he could give him a shot but he would still have to take an antibiotic. P got a play medical kit from his Grandma for Christmas and loves to give everyone a shot. So I told him "they are going to give you a shot like we do at home ok" he said "ok" all excited. My poor baby got a shot of Rocephin and Decadron all in one shot. Rocephin shots hurt soooo bad! I felt horrible for suggesting it! He cried and cried and cried. They even gave him a sucker on the way out and he wouldn't eat it because he couldn't quit crying. Talk about heart break! So I got him in the car and he would quit for a minute and start back up again. We had to get prescriptions filled so we went into Brookshires and he was still crying off and on. He did manage to eat his sucker though. They finally got his scripts ready and we headed home. I picked up his favorite cheeseburger and fries for lunch hoping that would make him feel better. When we got home I sat him on his little couch while I got his plate ready. He would not move to his picnic table once his plate was ready. I sat down there by him and handed him food. He ate pretty good. He was still saying his leg hurt to I decided to give him some Motrin to ease the pain. I laid him down for a nap and two and a half hours later he woke up to the happy little boy he was before he got the shot. I am not sure if I will ever suggest a shot again!

Christmas part 2 and more

My nephew Canyon doing his Koby Bryant impression

P and Danny in the fort

The fort Nane got him

Triston holding up the Toy Story blanket for P

Wanting his daddy to open the box

We got together with my sister, her boys and my Mom on Monday night since Sheryl and her boys were sick on NYE. They came to our house and we ordered pizza. I told Parker when I picked him up who all was coming over and when we pulled up in the drive way he started wining. I said what is wrong, he said "aunt Sheryl" like you lied to me! Once they got there he was a wild man!

We ate and then opened presents. Sheryl got him a basket ball goal, some clothes and a Toy Story blanket. Mom got him a castle fort that he can color. He loved it all! He is very good at the basket ball too! I am pretty impressed.Thank God he got his daddy's athletic ability. I think Danny would be devastated if he would have gotten mine! Danny colored some of the fort after P went to bed...lol He is a great at coloring. We had a wonderful time visiting and playing. I love spending time with family!

I pick P up from school yesterday and the daycare worker told me he told her he needed to tee tee on the potty. She said she didn't believe him because his diaper was wet but she took him in there anyway and he did it! I was so proud. So this morning when I got him up to get him dressed I asked if he needed to use the potty and he said no, but then freaked out when I tried to put his diaper on. Then he told me he did need to use potty. So we go in there and he uses it. I was so excited!!! He didn't want to get off once he went, but then I told him he needed to flush and wash his hands (two things he loves to do) so he got up.

Last night after we got home Danny and I were in the kitchen cooking and P was playing in the living room. He comes into the kitchen and says look daddy. Danny asked what he had and he said booger. Danny said no I think that is poop! He loves to stick his hands down the back of his pants! GROSS! I said (in frustration without thinking) "keep your hand out of your butt!" So of course he repeats and repeats and repeats! Mommy has got to watch what she says!!! So back to the hands in diaper, we will start potty training full force soon! Thank goodness he came in and showed us his hand...i can't imagine if he hadn't!

NYE

Danny and I just before mid-night

Parker and Cooper playing

Happy New Year! New years eve we went to my Aunt Bonnie's for "my family's" Christmas and it was also my cousin Caden's birthday. My sister called and told me that she and her family were sick and would not make it. After cooking and getting ready we headed to Marion. We had a great visit. It was so good to have my Uncle Mark and his family there. He lives in Malaysia and was able to come home for Christmas for a couple of weeks. We don't see him often so we were very glad he was able to be with us for Christmas! He has a little boy that is 3 months older than Parker. His name is Cooper and he is precious. Poor little fella was not feeling well that day so he didn't feel like playing full force like Parker was.

Caden got lots of great gifts and seemed to be having a good time. I aksed him how it felt to have fireworks on his birthday every year. He said he loved it and he loved that people also did stunts for him on TV. He's so funny! After eating cake and once it got dark they popped some fireworks. Parker liked them much better than he did on 4th of July when I took him to the park to watch Monroe's fireworks.

Danny and I left Parker with my Mom and Aunt Bonnie for the night. He never even blinked when we left...HA! He was too busy playing. We went home to get ready to go meet our friends and go to a NYE party. We had a good time.

The next morning I called Mom to see how P was doing. I think he had worn her out! He didn't go to sleep until 11:30 PM and was up at 7:00 AM. She said when she opened her eyes that morning he was right in her face and put his hand up and said "hey Nane!"

Me, my friend Susan and her daughter Madyson aka P's girlfriend all went to get him in Marion. Madyson could not wait for him to see her new playground that Santa brought her. So we headed back to their house once we got back into Monroe. After we all took a nap we took the kids outside to play. They had a good time even though it was a bit chilly!