The James Family....Our Story in the Making

I remember hugging Ned goodbye at the SLC airport on May 28th and being completely terrified. The knew that the next few months would be full of uncertainty, physical pain and discomfort and extreme fatigue and exhaustion. When is that EVER a good combination? So for the past 3 1/2 months my predictions came true. A lot of unknowns, some pain and seriously next to NO SLEEP for the past 8 1/2 weeks. I remember talking to Ned the day after Raegan was born and listening to his voice on the ship it sounded a million miles away. I wanted him there so badly because life is always better with Ned by my side. So the months have come and gone and now Ned is coming home tomorrow. I can quite honestly say that I have never been more excited for anything in my entire life. I'm just so excited to have him meet Raegan and hold his new beautiful daughter in his arms. He is such a wonderful father and I'm reminded of unconditional love whenever I'm around him. His coming and going the past few years has been difficult, but in it I have found a personal strength that I had not known was there. I am strong, I am able, I am a person who refuses to give up. These things have helped my life in so many other ways than just dealing with deployments. Being a Navy wife has taught me that nothing is ever perfect, nothing is ever going to go exactly as planned and nothing is impossible. Now I'm starting to sound like a recruiting commercial or something. It's not. I'm just slowly coming to realize that we are all given opportunities in life to grow. They may not be the way you want to do it, but it's always for the best. So welcome home Ned. I love you so much and we are all anxious to have you back home where you belong. Now....enough of this sappy stuff. I'm ready for a NAP y'all!!!!