Travel fun

I knew it was going to happen, I just was not sure when. I had a minor breakdown on Saturday night. I had been kind of emotional all day. My baby was turning 2, we had a party with some of our friends and family and I was sad that it would be our last for several years with these people that are such a big part of our lives, and hubby was going to be leaving the next day. That plus the packing and storing of a lot of our things, it was all a bit much. We are also giving our baby stuff away and even though we are incredibly happy with our two beautiful children, it was still sad to watch it go out the door. So many memories in all of those things! But now someone else gets to make new memories with them, and that is great. Today Bean and I took daddy to the airport. I was not sure how it was going to be with her, but she really wanted to go. When she was probably 2 or 3, he had to go to Hong Kong for over 2 weeks and she was screaming in the car for him to stay, trying to take her seat belt off to get to him and reaching for him. It was incredibly hard for me to watch, incredibly hard for daddy to get out of the car and leave, and incredibly hard on Bean. After that, we never took daddy to the airport again. He either drove and left his car there, or had a taxi pick him up for the long trips. But this time, Bean is older and she asked to go, and we figured it might be ok. We went in with him, she hugged and kissed him, watched him walk through security, and then she started to cry, saying she missed him already. It was sad, and a happy meal was offered to make her feel better (I am not ashamed, it worked after all) But then half way home, a text comes from daddy –mechanical problems on one plane, a back up into Newark for another, he is not sure he is actually going to get out tonight. As I type this, he is at the airport waiting to see if he will actually leave today. If he is not gone by 7:15 p.m., he will miss his connection, so I may be driving back to pick him up tonight and taking him again at 4:00 a.m. for an early flight. Air travel is so much fun. Let’s hope this does not happen in a few months when we have two kids with us!! On a good note, we did get all of our visas and I think my husband is more than ready to get started at work. He packed as much as he could get on the plane with him this time, and will be house hunting and car hunting shortly after he gets there. Things are moving along- as long as my husband actually gets to leave the airport! Update: he missed his connection, is back at home, and we are going to try this again tomorrow. Start date will be one day later --let's hope for no more delays!!