Blog Update

Another week in the books and oh man has it been a busy one. Work has been a zoo this week and I have managed to keep all other appointments. Keira had had her two ice-skating holiday shows this weekend in which she kicked serious ass. It was super fun and she seemed to be completely fine performing in front a zillion people. I hope this is a sign of things to come. She has told me a bunch of times she wants to play pee-wee hockey and understands this is a stepping stone if she is serous. She is obviously naturally athletic and recently taught herself how to do a cartwheel. Today not only did she have her 2nd Christmas show but she also had swimming lessons first thing in the morning. 

My theory of keeping her busy to help her not be sad about Mommy being gone seems to be helping. She has had a few episodes of sadness but overall she is doing well. We are looking into adding soccer to the mix soon. 

Bedtime has snuck up on me so I will leave you with this: Take care of yourself, and each other...

Blog #2

So it's been a week and I figure I will update you guys with the scoop on the Eyer household. Crys has been gone 10 days now and the house hasn't burned to the ground so there may be hope yet we will get though this. For the most part, Keira seems to me handling things well. We have been fairly productive which helps. Between work/pre-school during the work week along with practicing for her ice-skating xmas show and swimming lessons, there isn't a lot of free time.

Yesterday we went to the mall after work to get Keira some new shoes. Today we did  swimming lessons in the morning and I took her to see The Muppet Movie at the theater in the afternoon. She did pretty well. She got a little ancy toward the end but I was still proud of her. I ate way too much popcorn and it is not sitting well. Movie was fun. Keira seemed to like it which makes me happy. Afterward we came home and I cooked dinner and read her some stories. We received a special book from the family center on base about a Mommy who got deployed. She liked the book I could tell. She also watched an Elmo DVD about the same subject. (His daddy going away for a long time for work.) I think she enjoyed it even though she was teary-eyed almost the whole video. I'm sure it reminded her how much she misses Mommy.

We have been able to web-cam with Mommy every day which has been nice. The timing works out perfect so we get to see her every morning before we leave for school/work. (Crystal is just getting home. She is 11 hours ahead of us.) I am so thankful for webcam's. If you know me well enough to read this, you know I am a technology junkie and can't imagine having to go 6 months without seeing her and only communicating by way of the postal service. (I love that band)

Anyway, thanks for keeping up and reading these. If I sit in this chair any longer my foot is going to fall asleep so the above should be sufficient for tonight. I hope all of you readers are doing well and I look forward to writing at you again soon.

-Cam

1st Blog: Round 2

I have decided to blog again but just so everyone is aware, it wont be daily. I will blog when I have time and enough interesting to say to make it read-worthy. For those of you who read these, thank you. It's Saturday and I am off work due to Keira's preschool not being open on week-ends. A couple of great guys at work traded schedules with me so while Crystal is gone, I will be off Sat/Sun instead of Sun/Mon. I owe these guys big-time. This morning Keira and I went and watched my Cousin's daughter play soccer. She was here with her team from Colorado taking on a local Vegas team. It was frickin freezing and windy. We watched the 2nd half from the car. Luckily we could see the whole field well. Her team won the game 1-0 and the goal was scored by a sweet set-up from her. Afterwards we went to Famous Dave's for lunch. Keira is napping now so I figured I would fill everyone in. If you didn't already know, Crystal deployed Thursday for Kuwait. She will be there 5-6 months but we are hoping she will make it back in time for Keira's birthday in May. I am very proud of my wife and think what she is doing is selfless and amazing. Not even I can possibly know the sacrifice she is making for us and our country. Being away from Keira this long will be the hardest thing she will ever have to do. She hasn't complained once since she found out she was going and I hope her efforts don't go unnoticed.