Like I said in my previous post, Jess was only given 3 days maternity leave before he had to return to his team. The morning he left he kissed me goodbye, then the baby and walked out the door. Talk about gut wrenching. It could have been played out in a movie! Neither one of us could say a word because we both knew that if we did we would burst into tears. Since Titan's due date was in June, we knew before hand that we wouldn't be reunited as a family for at least 6 weeks. It still didn't make that morning any easier.
Luckily, Jess had a series coming up that would be played in Memphis. And since Memphis is an 8 hour drive from my parents house my sister, mom, me and the baby decided to surprise Jess there. It just so happened to be Father's Day weekend so it was even more special since it was Jess' first!
3 more weeks passed until we saw Jess again. During that time I learned what the term "It takes a village to raise a child" meant. Without our parents I am not sure I would have made it through. They stayed up with Titan, took turns with me during the nightly feedings and watched him while I ate or took a shower. Shout out to all the single mom's and dad's out there that have raised or are raising children. I want you to know that YOU ROCK and your children are so blessed to have someone like you taking care of them. Now, I am in no way trying to say I am/was/is a single mother. But with Jess on the West Coast working to provide for us, I was in charge of Titan on my own (not complaining). Without our family's help I seriously couldn't have done it without them. And I am so lucky to have family that care so much about our little nugget.
Now, 8 weeks later Titan has been in 5 different states and we hope to keep adding to that number! We are so thankful to be a family of 3!
Love,
E
