WE WANT DADDY!!!!!!!!!!

Mark had to go to Maryland for a funeral - his best friend growing up, Bill's father passed away early Sunday morning. Mr. Chedester was a wonderful man and will be missed by many!

Anyways, while he's gone, I'm holding down the fort....well, let's just say we're here. Nina is cutting her first 2 teeth and has a little runny nose. Ethan is Ethan....did you know his airport is closed on Sunday and it's far away so he has to drive there? That's what I just learned! Oh, and he has kids - his kids go everywhere with us and they sleep in the guest room and he will go in there and wake them up. He is a wild thing with a very vivid imagination!!! Every sound or noise for the past 2 days he thinks that it is Mark coming home. He misses his Daddy - we're all of a sudden so used to having him around.

I haven't gotten much done around the house, but I did make homemade chicken pot pie last night...so that should count for something, right? Mark will jumpseat on FedEx and arrive back in Memphis Thursday morning - I will be leaving for the Carribean shortly after that (just kidding)!

It's amazing how I have gotten used to having Mark around - he is such a HUGE help with the kids, dinner, or whatever else around the house. Don't get me wrong, it's been nice having a little time for myself - oh wait, I can't go anywhere in the house without Ethan yelling, "Mom, where are you?" "Mom, what are you doing?" Then when I tell him what I'm doing, I get..."Why?" I'm so tired of WHY - and I know it doesn't get any better - it just cracks me up that everything is why. Why is it dark, why is it cloudy, why is Elmo not on, why are we having sandwiches, why is Nina asleep, why is Daddy in Maryland, why why why... but we are ready for Mark to come home!

Ethan having a naked sing along after bath time...lately he thinks it's funny to clear his throat before telling everyone what number to sing and before starting to sing. I don't remember our song leader doing that Sunday...but then, he probably pays closer attention to that sort of stuff than I do!Ethan's pitiful face...I even tried to get him to love me by wearing the I love Mom pjs...but he still wanted DaddyPitiful Nina last night after bath time - she just wanted to go to bed! Brother finally made her smile though
I don't know if you can see this or not...but if you look closely behind Ethan you might see white swirl marks all over the red walls. Mark and I noticed this the other night as he was walking out the door for the airport. Yesterday morning I asked Ethan what was on the wall. He stood there and said, "um, um, probably it was, actually it was...um, it's scratched." So I proceeded to ask him how it was scratched and he said he used his fingernails. CAN YOU IMAGINE scratching a wall with your nails??? Then he said to me, "Go get the camera and take my picture." So I did. It came off, no big deal...but I told him we don't color on the walls with anything!

WE WANT DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!