Christmas afternoon we waited for the much-anticipated phone call from Ethan.
Brienna answered the phone, and we put it on speaker phone so we could all talk & hear the same conversation.
It was great to hear Ethan's voice. I feel fortunate that I am able to e-mail him each week--and a lot of the times we are on-line at the same time so we can e-mail back & forth numerous times.
We talked for about 10-15 minutes when our cordless phone warned us of "low battery".
And a minute later, the battery died. Luckily we had picked up the other phone (corded) phone & we were able to talk to him for about another hour.
He sounded great--he had been sick a couple of times, but said he was finally feeling better. I videoed the first 10 minutes that we were on speaker phone. I can't remember a lot of what we talked about, but it was great that all the kids were able to talk to him. We did decide that before the next phone call on Mother's Day, we will be buying a new phone with speaker-phone--and I want to take a few notes about our conversation so I can remember more.
After we talked, everyone finished packing for our trip. I was so very tired (from staying up waiting for Santa, talking to Ethan & busy days the past week) & I guess things finally caught up to me. So I told Rusty I just needed to lay down for about 30 minutes (it was 6:15) & then I could finish getting things ready for our trip.
I vaguely remember the kids coming in one time, but the next thing I knew--it was 5:30 AM! Yes--I had slept 11 hours! The last time I had slept that long was--BC (before children). I really must of needed that rest & sleep. I thought it was a little early to get up, so I laid there until about 6:30 & then got up to finish getting things gathered for the trip. I also pakced food for lunch. We finally had everything loaded & ready to go at 8:45 am.
