Well, Joey has officially been home now for almost a month and a half and it is WONDERFUL!!
The estimated arrival dates for Joey to arrive were June 19-20 and AMAZINGLY he arrived about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20th! And if you know anything about how the military works you understand why I find this to be amazing!!
At about 3:00 pm that afternoon though I received a text and it was Joey.
First, I was so excited, I had been waiting for the moment for 4 months and then it came way sooner then I thought! I did not expect to hear from him until the later evening sometime, so I was completely shocked to see I had a message from him saying he was in Maine and would call shortly!
He was STATESIDE!!!!! Very exciting moment for me!
Another very exciting moment was hearing his ring tone when he called me for the first time. I know these are all silly things but they are also things that when you don't have them anymore you miss them! He had a cell phone again, which meant I could contact him now whenever I wanted. I have not had total access to him for 4 months and it was exciting to get it back!
At about 10 p.m. I got another text saying they have landed. It was exciting to know that not only were we in the same country but now the same city together. It was getting closer, but I had to contain myself as I knew it would be another hour to hour and half before I would actually get to see him. One of the most exciting moments of the night was when the D.J. said here come the buses and there they were!!
By the time the everything was all said and done it was after 11:30 by the time we finally got to reunite. Unfortunately because I was all by myself I did not have anyone to take pictures of us once we were reunited, but I do have a video of the ceremony which I think is pretty cool and am glad that we have it.
Here is the ceremony!
(It is dark but you can still get a good idea of what happened)
Here is also the video of when Joey and Duke reunite! It is again dark but so sweet at how excited he got. The video doesn't really do it justice because Duke was so excited, hard to describe, but the video gives you a good idea! Turn up the volume because you can here Dukey cry!
Both Duke and I are so happy to have him home!
I feel different, happier and I can tell Duke is too!
Our family is complete again!
AND
Our house is finally is starting to feel like home.
2 comments:
OMG that video of Joey and Duke is priceless...A.Trudy
ahhhhhhhhh i'm trying to watch the videos but i'm at my mom's house and can't view them. i'll have to try at home :( RR
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