Jaesen phoned from Iraq

Well we have actually heard from him several times in short little calls to let us know that he is doing fine. The funniest thing he has told me is one day we were talking and he said he was drinking his 9th gallon of water. Now if you know Jaesen, you know that he doesn't drink water, coke, yes, coffee, gallons, sweet tea, definitely, but plain old ordinary water, never! He said that there were pallets and pallets around the base and the troops walk from pallet to pallet to get their gallon of water and walk off to the next pallet maybe a five minute walk and get another and they walk across base this way. Of course I guess you have to when it's 130 degrees and you are in full battle uniform. Their flight into Kuwait took them almost 24 hours I guess and they stopped in Bangor, Maine where the local USO members lined the halls as the Marines and Sailors unloaded from the plane for a couple hour pit stop. He said it was very moving to have all these folks out there to welcome them and then send them on their way. I am still waiting to hear that he is all the way safe and sound at his new home over there and will let everyone know when I do hear something. On a much lighter note: Savannah is trying so hard to crawl and doing a lot of rocking on her hands and one knee. Tristan is reading a lot of books now and loving school and Jack is creating wonderful stories for me about what he does at school during the day. School has started for me now too and there is a lot of reading, hopefully I can stay on top of it all and not go too insane here. Love to all!