No fitting title. . .

Brian's mom was in town for the last week which was great and JJ had a great time playing with her all week. The first night she was here, she volunteered to get up in the middle of the night with him when he wakes up, but I think she may have regretted it! JJ has been sleeping horribly the last few nights, including waking up every hour one night. Me not having to walk up the stairs in the middle of the night though was great : ) Tonight he's already woken up crying once already, so it should be a long night. Anyone else want to come visit?!?!!?

So, now to explain the title. As you all know, Brian is currently on deployment. In case you don't know, he's stationed on the USS Sterett. And, in case you don't know the significance of that, his ship was the one that was "shadowing" the hijacked American yacht that tragically ended in the Somali Pirates firing at Brian's ship, and missing, and then the pirates murdered the 4 Americans. I have heard from Brian very briefly a few times the last few days and he has been understandably upset. He has only said that he can't talk, not sure if he ever can ever tell me everything that happened, and that they are still planning to come home "on time." He said they still can't say where they're going or what they're currently doing, but that he should still be coming home in two months. It's been a really hard few days and we now count the days even more until he comes home safely.

Random updates -

JJ has become much better at using a spoon, so much fun for both of us : )

JJ comes out with random new words all the time, word of the week - "cheero" aka Cheerios

JJ can now reach the light switches. Unfortunately he can only reach to turn off the lights, so I guess we'll just be walking around in the dark until he grows another 1/4 inch : )