Brenden is now officially apart of the BIG boy club. He went with daddy on Saturday to have his hair cut. He was not to sure what to think when we first walked into Bo's Barber Shop. Here he is sitting in the chair by himself just waiting.
Sitting by himself was not going to work so daddy sat down with him and Jessica cut off his first locks. They were placed into a bag for us to keep.
Brenden wanted mommy so mommy and daddy traded places.
Mommy and Brenden watching as Jessica was getting her supplies ready. Brenden was scared but very brave.
Brenden fighting to sit still. The noise of the clippers made him very upset. He did very well sitting my my lap as Jessica cut away his cute baby hair.
After getting his hair cut Brenden joined Riley in the toy zone to play. He also received a lolly-pop and a certificate that stated he was a brave boy and is now apart of the big boy club.
His hair cut changed his face and made him look more like a toddler then that little boy we had at Thanksgiving time. It's amazing how a hair cut can change a person. My baby is growing up and growing into a little big boy.
My little big boy.
This was my second helper, Trista. She is a year younger then Riley. She loved helping out around the house and was very cute.
Once we had Riley dress Trista then needed a dress too so I found an old dress of Riley's that fit her prefectly and she was able to dance too. The girls dancing with their mommy's.
Daddy is dipping Riley. She asked to be dipped and showed us how to do that as well. She watched every little detail of each dance and wanted to dance just like the dancers.
After a long day of playing with family and friends, eating turkey dinner and dancing the kids were tired. They both fell asleep on their way to the hotel with Nana and Papa. They spent the night with Nana and Papa so Mommy, Daddy, and Aunt Mimi could get up early to go shopping on "black Friday".
We found our unit and Riley picked out our seats. With so many new babies born over the summer the first row was filled with mommies babies and strollers. We sat in the second row with a group of older children that were a huge help to me with both my kiddos.
Knowing that we would be playing the waiting game for at least two hours. I brought a serival kit along that included food, toys, story books, coloring books and crayons. This was a huge success has we had many friends come and join us as the kids were playing.
The kids playing. They were wonderful sharing and being very careful that they did not drop the boys under the bleachers.
As we sat and waited we has the "voice of the eagles" announcing how far out the plane was from arriving at Ft. Campbell. It was nice to hear them say the plane is 15 minutes out you may join us outside. We were able to see the plane land and then taxi around to the stairs. The soldiers then listen to some customs guy talk and talk and talk as they can see their loved ones out the windows waving and screaming. Then the soldiers begin to file out of the plane and everyone screams and cheers. Lot of tears of joy begin. We all then are hearded bad into the hanger to wait for the soldiers to march in and listen to a welcome home ceremony that sounds like the Peanuts teacher talking. It's very hard to listen to when you just want to hug and kiss your soldier. Once that man was finished talking the soldiers were released for our hugs and kisses.
Brenden went right to daddy. Gave him a huge hug and snuggle him. It was very cute. He knew that this was his daddy.
It took Riley a little bit to warm up to her daddy. She was just excited to get to take him home. She did finally go to him and gave him a huge hug.
My family all together. 
Leaving hand in hand.
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