Back to reality...

So if you somehow missed my bulletins, photos, and status updates on Facebook, Keira and I just got home from Spokane Washington. We flew out there to spend time with my Brother (Brosmith), his wife, and Keira's two cousins who are a 3 year old (Neilia) and 9 month old (Ivy) respectively.  We were there for 7 days, and although we had a great time, neither one of us wanted to go home when our last day arrived. I know leaving was emotionally  hard for Keira because instead of her being her normal usual self, today she had a couple complete emotional break downs. Two of them were because she misses Mommy (which has been normal for her)  and the other two were her being sad becaiuse she alrealdy misses my Brothers and his family. Anyway, we both had a great time and did lots of fun stuff including ice-skating, went to a children's museum and a Valentine party for Neilia's school at a bouncy castle place.The whole trip was super fun but starting Tuesday, it's back to the daily grind. I am really proud of Keira with this whole trip. She was a great sport and was excellent with the plane rides. Crytsal's parents/ grand parents along with her cousin Chloe surprised Keira and I by showing up at the airport in Denver and bought us dinner. Anyway, I hope you are all having a kick ass day and i will be talking with you soon.

Almost Vacation Time!

First off, I apologize to my regular readers and I realize I have been slacking on my blog lately. (I am sure both of them will forgive me.) I can't say I really have a good excuse. Yes, I am a very busy person/daddy but as we just passed the 2 month mark, at this point it's nothing I am not used too. I am well passed the point of this new routine being foreign to me. I will say I have had some rough days and some days that are better but honestly, who doesn't. My bigger concern is trying not to let those bad days affect Keira and in turn cause her to have bad days. The best thing I have found I can do is just continue to try and keep us both busy. We have times we miss Mommy, times we are both exhausted and times when we probably get under each others skin but we are hanging in there. The good news is Keira still tells me she loves me 4-5 times a day. As long as that continues, I consider things successful.

We have a vacation coming up this Friday. We are heading out to Spokane, WA to visit "Uncle" and his fam for a week. Words cannot express the excitement Keira is somehow containing. She talks about it daily. I am pretty excited too as I finally get to meet my newest niece Ivy. Traveling with Keira without Mommy will be a first and we have a layover in Denver so cross your fingers for us. This time of year, weather can play a big role in travel plans. Keira is also really looking forward to giving her 3 year old cousin Neilia some ice skating lessons while in Spokane. She is gushing with big sister skills and is patiently waiting to use them. I think she see's this as a chance to use some of those skills.

Side Note:
I wanted to share my friend's Krista's blog. She is a stay at home mom with WAAAY too much time on her hands but has an absolute killer knack for creativity when it comes to parenting, cooking, ect.  If you have a toddler at home, you will see some awesome ideas in this blog and if you don't, it's still pretty frickin entertaining.
http://thebrighterwriter.blogspot.com/

Until next time,
Cam