what a weekend!

I may take some time to work on this blog, but we'll see! My husband is going to call soon (yay!), so I may not get much written.

BMT graduation weekend was incredible. I barely know what else to say about it. Thursday morning started with the Airman's Run. I thought it was going to be cheesy - especially because everybody pulls out banners and homemade t-shirts - but it was actually exciting. It doesn't last long because they run 1.5 miles and pass you twice. They sing their jodies as they run by and the adrenaline definitely starts flowing as you try to get the first glimpse of who you came to see. Sean was near the back of his flight, so we saw him and he caught my eye on the second pass. Then they shower and change and there is a couple hours before the first ceremony. That one is called the coin ceremony. They recognize the honor grads and then pass out an airman's coin to all the trainees. It signifies their transition from trainee to airman. After that ceremony loved ones can "tap out" their airman from formation. Sean was in a band flight, so we had to wait an additional half hour while they returned the instruments and we didn't get to tap them out. But the first hug is still AMAZING. Sean was sooo handsome in his uniform. He'd lost weight, but also put on muscle - pretty sexy! We got our first hug and Shannon's first interaction with him on video. I'm so glad we have those moments recorded. :-) After that you have on base liberty until 8pm, or whenever their MTIs decide they need to return. Sean had to be back at 7:30pm. Most people don't like on base liberty because it's hard to find somewhere to sit and talk, but I liked it just fine. Sure, there are plenty of people around, but we found a place in one of the food courts and talked for several hours. Sean's mom needed to get out of the heat (she has MS) so they took Shannon back to the house we rented so Sean and I could just catch up. We couldn't hold hands or have more than a brief hug, but just TALKING was so worth it.

Friday was the actual graduation. If I'm being honest, the ceremonies were a bit boring. The graduation gave me a few chills, but overall I wanted it over with so I could escape the heat and spend time with my husband. They had off base liberty after the graduation, so we went back to the house. Shannon was napping so we all just chilled out for a while, but when she woke up his parents and brother took her out so we could have "us time". ;-) I won't say anything else about that, lol. I took him back at 7:30 again.

Saturday I got to pick him up at 9am. We had some stuff to do on base for his uniforms, but then we headed back to the house again. We went to see a movie with Aaron (the new x-men) and then went to the Verizon store to check out phones. We had more time for just us and then had dinner with the family. 7:30 was the curfew again.. Sunday I picked him up at 9am again. His squadron had earned off base privileges for Sunday for getting PT excellence. His MTIs took it away Friday, but ended up giving it back. He had to be back at 3:30 instead of 6pm though. I don't really remember what we did that day. I know we spent some time just the three of us as a family at the house.

Overall it was incredible, very emotional and intense. We were able to talk ALOT which was SO needed.

I'm talking the husband now, so I'll post more later. It's SOOO nice to be able to talk on the phone and text! He can't during duty hours, but that's fine. It's so much better.