Wednesday, March 26, 2008

SO LONG, FAREWELL...

my mom and dad right before we left the hospital for good yesterday.
my dad on the airplane today.
john and naima made these huge signs and put them up on the garage and the fence. lisa also bought balloons and had them all over outside and in the house too.
and finally, home sweet home!
i flew home with my parents today to help with the luggage they accumulated (2 suitcases and 2 huge bags more than they came with). both of my parents were so happy to be back home. i am happy for them, but really sad for us down here in phx. this was the longest consistent period of time that we have been around my parents, probably since i moved down here 9 years ago. i know they weren't here under great circimstances, but it was so nice to be able to see them just about everyday. i am really going to miss having them around, and i know ryan and emily are too. my life is going to seem so boring! on my way home from the airport tonight, my car wanted to take the hospital exit. it felt really strange driving by and not stopping. it's crazy how something becomes almost second nature so fast. i hope that is the case with my dad. i hope that everything becomes second nature again. and, that he will find patience again, so that he doesn't drive everyone crazy => he still has a lot of work cut out for him, but i am very confident that in the end he will be back to normal (whatever that means).
i love you mom and dad!
i just had to post this because i thought it was so cute. she must have thought it was a necklace, because she loved wearing it. grandpa really loved it too ha ha!

2 comments:

*The Holbrook Family* said...

Oh, I am sure it was so hard to see them go. I know how it is to live away from home, and not be able to see your parents whenever you want. I like the picture of Emily. I love the outfit like that, that you gave Hannah for her birthday, it is so darn cute on her. Right now, she has been wearing it with black leggings under it. I went back to Babies'r'us to get the black/white polka dot one like the one Emily has on in the picture, and they were all out. I wanted one in each color, because they are so cute. We are so excited to see Grandpa Chief this weekend, Ethan has been talking about it all week. We miss you guys.

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