We Miss You Daddy: A Guest Post By Monica Shepherd

Well this is the middle of the week and that means I have two more days of Student Summer Camp. In my absence I've asked some friends to guest post for me. Monica is my amazing wife who is not only missing student camp for the first time in ten years, but she is staying home with our twins. I miss her like crazy. Enjoy her post.
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Our last self-family portrait before Daddy left!

Dear Daddy,

We are so glad that you got to go to student camp for the week, but we really miss you! Mommy misses you too, and we think she's a little bit more tired with you gone. She's also jealous that you get to spend the week with the WEC students at Crossroads! Since you left, we have eaten 12 times each- 24 bottles, 24 burp cloths, and at least 24 bibs. Luckily mommy has lots of people that love her and us because she has only had to do two of those feedings alone. We especially miss you at 6:00am because that's our time with just you while mommy sleeps and you feed us. (We think mommy misses you a lot during this time, too!)

Hayden's nap in the monkey chair. Dreaming of daddy!

Reese hanging out on the couch in a new outfit.

During the first day you were gone, lots of people visited us and helped mommy. We stayed home all day and played, nap, bathed, ate, and pooped. Grandma Brownell came, but she asks that we call her Grandmaster Dode.....is she a rapper, daddy? Good news- we both slept all night your first night at camp.

Hayden is the happiest in the morning. He likes to laugh and make sounds on the changing table. He slept in his Batman shirt because he missed daddy so much.

Mommy woke Reese up from her nap, and Reese realized it wasn't daddy....or was mad at mommy for putting those stupid socks on her.

On your second day at camp, we played at home all day because it was like a bazillion degrees outside. Grandmaster Dode spent the night Monday and Tuesday, which is a big help! We get to eat at the same time and hardly have a chance to cry because there are 2 people here all day to swoop us up. We think Grandmaster Dode is hilarious- she talks to us in lots of different voices, sings to us, and holds us non-stop.

It was turquoise day for our outfits. We finally like to look at each other and make sounds.

Later in the day Tuesday, mom and Grandmaster Dode loaded us up in the car and went to get yogurt at Sweet Frog. They didn't share, so we got them back by crying on the ride home. You should know that mom might eat at that yogurt place every day your gone because she misses you- you've been warned.

Hayden laughing at Grandmaster Dode!

Reese wore this bib for daddy. We hope our friends Dan, Chad, and Britney read the bib carefully!

We love looking at pictures while Mom reads to us.

We are worn out and Mom is sure we'll keep sleeping through the night all week. (Well, we know Reese will, it's me she's worried about. -Hayden) We have a lot more fun stuff planned so we don't miss you as badly. Today Auntie Danielle is coming over for a sleep-over because mommy is a chicken. Thursday we are going to run errands, and we are going to visit Mamaw and Papaw Shepherd Thursday evening. We are going to the pool with mom and Auntie Mollie on Friday. It'll be our first adventure in bathing suits and in the pool!

We've got to go because it is time to eat again! We miss you Daddy and can't wait for you to get home. Maybe a kind, unsuspecting blog reader will take pity on you and mommy so you can go on a date Saturday or Monday night. Four nights is the longest you two have been apart and the longest we've been without our daddy. We can't wait to see you Friday!

Love,

Reese & Hayden

PS- Mommy typed for us because we aren't very fast typers yet.

We love you!