We had Smoo's booster shots yesterday. It is a good thing that Dan was there b/c I couldn't have held him down on my own. When we got there he wasn't upset or anything, but he started to get nervous when they called us back to the room. When we got in there and he saw the needles, he started to cry. He had to have 4 shots, and after the 1st one he was hysterical. In between his loud, pitiful sobs and crocidile tears, he was screaming at the nurse "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!" and "GET AWAY FROM ME!!" It was a pretty bad ordeal, and I felt horrible when he looked at me like I had betrayed him. Luckily, there is nothing in a child's world that a happy meal can't fix. He had forgotten all about after only 15 minutes.

Won't be long now!

John is leaving Iraq on April 15th. He will be back in Jackson on April 25th. We won't know how much warning we will have to get to the base to meet him, but we do know that is the date. They will be at Camp Legune for a few days, and then they will fly them back to Jackson. From the airport they will bus them to the base, and that is where we can pick him up. We hope they can call before they get on the plane to come to Jackson, so we will atleast know about what time. We are SO EXCITED to have him coming home. He has only been gone since September, but it has felt like a really long time to me. We have missed him at every holiday, birthday and gathering for the past 7 months. We love you John...only 24 more days until you are back where you should be.

(This is a picture of John that someone took this past Christmas in Iraq. )