Excited

I am not quite to the point where I am counting the hours but time is getting closer.  It is getting SO hard to keep it a secret from the kids.  Every morning I wake the kids up, I want to tell them get up, we are one day closer to daddy coming home!  I have bit my tongue but more and more people are asking and it is getting harder.  Every time I turn around I feel like someone is going to spoil the surprise. 

I was sure that as soon as October hit they would ask continuously when was he coming home.  Maybe it is because my answer has been the same; sometime and I don't know yet.  I think they believe that I will tell them "as soon as I find out."  Oh, I so can't wait to see their face.  They will buy leaving for the weekend.  That is nothing new.  It is stopping at the airport that is going to be hard.  I plan on telling them we have a friend to pick up but I don't know how I am going to lie to them.  I know if I can pull it off it will all be worth it. 

As much as I am completely excited that he is coming home our good friends' dad is still deployed.  I know all the kids will understand but at the same time it is going to be hard on them.  We knew this time would come before they left but I still feel guilty.  I am hoping that having him home will give the kids some much needed male attention and make their remaining time go by a little easier.