Dear Daddy,

Please come home soon.

We all miss you.

But especially mommy.

She gets so short with all of us kids by the end of the night.

And by the time bath time rolls around she has "had it with these kids" and my bath is all but a dunk in the tub.

I miss the nice, fun baths you give to me.

And the massage afterward!!

Mommy kind of just slaps on the lotion.

And she lets Graysen help, but all he does is poke me in the head.

I wake mommy up a lot in the night.

She is very good to get up with me...and make me feel all better, but she sure can be crabby the next day!!

Will you let her know that I just love to feel her touch in the night?

I don't mean to make her so ornery!

She's been eating lots of junk food and when she does she says "I know I shouldn't be eating this", but I think it actually calms her down a bit.

There must be something in sugar that makes her happy.

Will you be sure to get some extra sugar for mommy when you get home?

Even after you're home I think she might need it.

I miss having you feed me my cereal.

I know you didn't always do it, but when you did I thought you were really hilarious when you sang the "all gone" song.

Don't tell mommy, because I think she actually thinks she's pretty funny too, but she's actually sort of crazy singing that song.

Doesn't she know that I already know it's all gone?! Otherwise she would still be feeding me!

Silly mommy!

I'm getting really big, daddy.

I can almost crawl!!

That's right.

Almost.

I scooch both my legs forward at the same time or pull myself with my arms....

because I have incredibly big muscles in my arms, daddy, just like you!

So, will you please come home before I actually start crawling the "normal" way, so you can see me?

I love sitting up, but I find it important to cry every time I tip over....just to let mommy know I'm annoyed that I tipped and can't sit back up on my own.

She usually comes to my rescue, but every once in a while Kyri or Gray will come over and just start pushing me.

Do they really think that's helpful?

Maybe when you get home you can tell them it's not.

I miss snuggling you and having you feed me my bottle.

Don't worry, I still don't hold the bottle by myself for an entire feeding, so you can do that for me when you get home.

I miss seeing you sneak up the stairs when you get home from work.

That always brings a very big smile to my face!

And I miss having you change my bum.

I've had a bit of a bum rash, so mommy has to put that awful bum cream on.

When you get home will you PLEASE take over the diaper changes?!

I think that would make mommy very happy!!

I really miss you daddy!

Please come home soon!

Love,

Tanzi