Processing

So, Andrew and I dropped off Adam at the hotel today for his processing; he was able to check back out and we went out to supper at McDonald's so Andrew could play in the Playplace when he was done eating, and unfortanately the one in Portland does not have a Playplace, but we still had a nice meal together and we played with Andrew's monster toy together at the table. The goodbye with Andrew was a little hard on Adam since he won't see him tomorrow, but Andrew made him laugh by saying "You otay Daddy??" and rubbing his face and giving him a big kiss. On the way home Andrew asked me "Daddy comin back?" about a million times and I kept telling him he we would go see him in 9 weeks, but eventually he fell asleep watching Thomas on his portable DVD player. I am sure that we will have a daily conversation about it, but I will make sure to keep reminding him of his Daddy and have pictures always handy. We also plan on writing Adam once or twice a week to tell him all about what we did that week and hopefully all of that will help as well.

At work today I printed off a blank US map so I could show Andrew which state we are in and where Daddy is, I thought it might help him to have a visual but only time will tell!! But, I want everyone to know how thankful we are for all of your thoughts and prayers, we know in the long run this will be much better for the family, but two months ago when we got this date it didn't seem like it would creep up on us this fast or what saying Goodbye was really going to feel like. But, I have to applaud Adam immensely because I know without a doubt that if I had to say goodbye to Andrew I would be more of a basket case than he was and that shows a lot of inner strength to be able to sacrifice your own feelings in order to better provide for your family. Adam, Andrew and I love you more than anything and I hope you know how proud we are of you!!

I am going down to MEPS tomorrow to see him swear in and fly out and I will try to take a small video or a few pictures so that anyone that is not there can see him once he is officially "AIRMAN BROCKMAN"