Josh Came Home for Christmas!

December 17 my husband came home for a visit...it was the best day! It was almost as if I were in high school again because I had those high school "first love" butterflies in my stomach. There are no words to explain how happy I was when I saw his bearded face. :-) It had been 5 long months since I had seen him and I definitely shed some tears...happy tears!

That night, his family and Josh and I went to The Varsity (Josh's request) where we ate chili dogs, burgers, fries and shakes. We had a great time there. After The Varsity I had a surprise for Josh---The Ritz Carlton! He had no idea we were staying somewhere but I thought it would be nice, since he just came back from the desert. When we got to the The Ritz they asked where we were coming from and Josh happened to mention that he just came back from Afghanistan. The gentleman was so gracious and upgraded us to the Executive Suite on the 11th floor all the way at the end of the hallway where there were lots of windows to the see the city. We were so excited! We ordered in room service at about 1am and ate the most delicious hamburger and fries! :-) We had the most wonderful time together.

The rest of Josh's visit home was spent visiting with his family here in Atlanta, my family in Pensacola, and his family again in Auburn, AL (at his brother-in-law's family's farm house). We were also able to see our dear friends Mac and Hannah and their adorable son Elias (who I could kiss all day)!

Josh and I stayed in my apartment (across the street from my in-laws) and it worked out well. We spent the day with his family a lot and had our evenings together to talk, laugh, and just spend quality time that we hadn't had in 5 months and (definitely needed as a couple).

Here are some pictures from his visit home. (They are out of order...sorry.)

Rachel, Jonathan, Hannah, Mac, Me, Josh, Charity, Dave--The New Haven gang except for Hannah and Randy)

Mac, Hannah, Me, Josh (I consider them our best friends)

Mac and Josh

Mac and Josh--they have a serious Bromance!

Rachel, Me, Hannah (all good friends growing up)

Me and Eli and Elias (my two friend's baby boys)

Josh and I the night before he left to go back home.

The day Josh came in!

Running to hug Josh!

I was SO excited to see him!