These two special items I wanted to (finally) share with everyone. The drawing in her right hand was made for Eddie and me on November 17, 2008. This was our "first" weekend away (Eddie and me) from Eden since returning home from China (Jan. 2007). Though she adjusted to Eddie's work schedule (him being away four days out of the week driving for Wal-Mart transportation) very well, she never has spent the night with anyone without Mommy & Daddy........... She did try on Memorial Day weekend 2008. My parents were over and asked her to go home with them, we (Eddie and I and probably them too) expected her to say No like she had said before when asked. They had only asked her a few times before, but this time she said Yes! She even went and got her bag with her baby and some other things in it. When she got in the car to go I tried to smile and be upbeat even though my heart was in my stomach. They left and Eddie and I didn't say a word for about 30 minutes (seriously), still stunned that she went. It was late when they left that night but within a couple of hours our phone rang......"She's o.k. We are leaving now to bring her home" my mom was saying.... She wants to talk to you." She placed the phone up to Eden and she was heartbroken and said "Mommy, I'm coming home." When she arrived back home, at that moment we knew that unless it was an emergency she would not be spending the night with anyone (without us) for a while. It was still too soon for her (o.k. probably for us also. Ha ha!) So,........later that year (late Sept/early Oct 2008) I started talking to her and asking if she would like to have Meme and Pappy over to spend the night with "just" her? Mommy and Daddy might be going out of town and instead of her going to their house "she" could have them over to "her" house to help "her" take care of Tallie and her, Meme and Pappy could sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed, and they could play with "her toys" and maybe do, go or make some other special plans of things to do while we were out of town, but we would still be able to talk on the phone like when Daddy is away at work. SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT PLAN!!!!!!! She/We talked about it often for about a month and when the time came I knew she would be just fine and she was! She spent the day in Somerset and that evening they came back home and Eden done great!!!!! So the drawing in her right hand is of Daddy, Mommy, Eden and Tallie (Meme did help with this and the other project too.) She gave it to us when we returned home. I will cherish it forever!
And the one in her left hand was our 2009 Valentine card that she cut out (two hearts) and painted one day while at Meme and Pappy's house. The cute/funny thing about the Valentine card is she brought it home and told me that it was a secret and she was suppose to hide it until Valentines Day then she would give it to Daddy and me. It was hard not to laugh, so I just encouraged her to go hide it. Of course I was watching her when she went into her bedroom, went to her bed and lifted up the bedding and then lifted up her mattress cover sheet and placed the envelope on the side of her mattress and then covered it back up with the mattress cover sheet. I still can't believe I didn't start laughing out loud! She was working so hard and it turns out that she did a pretty good job because it stayed there and didn't bend up or anything. On Valentines Day, Meme reminded Eden to give it to us. She didn't get it until it was time for bed. I guess that is when she remembered, but she was so so so proud of it and it is beautiful and special to us!
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