Daddy's Home!

What a crazy week!  Not only was daddy out of town which makes the week already stressful but we were trapped at home because of 2 inches of snow.  I'm not going to talk about how Atlanta literally shut down this week but I am very thankful that we were safe at home and all family members were accounted for.  Now don't get me wrong, I love spending time with EV but there is only so much time you can spend playing the same games, having the same conversations, reading the same books, eating the same foods and watching the same shows.  It was only three days but by Thursday afternoon, one thing was clear, EV was tired of me and I was tired of EV.  As my mom said in her broken English, "The hulk has come out."  She didn't want to do anything, she was cranky, she was easily irritable, she just wasn't very pleasant to be around...and neither was I.

Then late Thursday afternoon daddy came home and it literally felt like EV became a whole different person.  She was giddy with excitment, she kept flapping her arms because she was so happy, she started singing, she would blow me kisses and winks, she was all smiles from ear to ear.  Often times when she responds this way, I have a hard time with it because it feels like she prefers daddy over me, but this time I was right there with her giddy with excitment, talking jimmy's ear off, smiling from ear to ear.  The funny thing is, it wasn't just our interactions with daddy but our interactions with each other that changed.  We wanted to spend time with each other again and all crankiness went away.

So last night, while EV made pizza with daddy, we were all talking, laughing, and enjoying each other's company.  I am sure jimmy was exhasted from his trip but he never once complained or showed his tiredness.  He engaged us and spent time with us knowing how much we needed him, how much we missed him, and how much we loved him.