Kristopher's Homecoming

As you all probably know by now, my husband is in the army. Since he's joined, we've been separated for 7 1/2 months. But a few months ago, he called me to tell me that he was allowed to come home for Christmas for 12 days.

You can imagine my excitement! So when the homecoming day was coming closer and closer, I became busier and busier! I wanted everything to be perfect when he came home and I wanted to make sure that I didn't forget to get anything done. I was definitely stressed out but it was all worth it, of course.

So the day before his expected homecoming, I was going crazy. Actually, that's a big understatement. I was going absolutely bananas with excitement but no matter what I did, time seemed to stand still. But then my mother came home early from work, which she never does. She said that she wasn't feeling well, so her boss let her leave early. I didn't have any reason not to believe her.

My sister got home from school not long after that and she was hanging out in our front yard. I heard a knock on the door and my mother told me that she thought Kelly forgot her key and locked herself out. I walked downstairs, opened the door, looked out and didn't see anybody.

Then, Kristopher comes out of hiding and I went crazy! I started screaming and I jumped into his arms! He came home a day earlier than he told me he would and my family had been in on the surprise! My mother came home early and got me ready. (I thought it was weird that she wanted to do my hair and makeup at 3 p.m.?) My dad picked Kris up at the airport and my sister helped plan the surprise. So a few little white lies were told but I think that I'll forgive my family. :)

It meant a lot to me that my family had been so involved in his surprise and I cannot tell you how many emotions I was feeling as I was finally holding him in my arms again. It was an amazing experience to have our first Christmas and New Year together as a married couple and I wouldn't trade that for anything. These past 12 days have been the fastest days of my life and he went back to work yesterday. I cried a lot and I'm sure that I'll be crying a lot more over these next few months but it's not a goodbye, it's a "see you soon."

I hope that everyone had a safe and happy New Year!

-Chelsea