where’s Mac?

The week before school started Albi and Mac drove to Montgomery to meet G and Deeda, so Mac could go home with them for the week.  Copeland was a mix of emotions the whole time Mackey was gone.  He started off confused, then sad, then mad and finally a happy/sad mix. 

Before Mac left they made sure to give lots of hugs, and then Coe and I waived bye bye as daddy and Mac pulled off.  Coe asked to go with them, but when he found out I wasn’t going he was perfectly fine staying home with me.  When Albi got home 5+ hours later without Mac is when the confusion set in.  Coe immediately asked where Mac was. “G’s house, remember?”  “I wanna see him!” which he said in the sweetest most pitiful little voice.  Thankfully he had Finnie to play with and quickly got over his brother’s absence.  When rocking him later that night he kept asking where Mac was and if we could do a video of Mac so he could see him.  I promised we would face time the next day.

When Coe got up the next morning (and every morning for the next 4 days) the first thing he said was "where's Mac?" I reminded him (for the 100th time) that he was at G's house. Coe said "let's go get him!"  Thankfully after a breakfast bar and yogurt and getting to pick the morning show to watch on tv (a rare occurrence for him!) he quickly forgot about his big brother :)

Mac had a great time in Birmingham.  He went to DeSoto Caverns (HUGE hit with Mac!), the BHM zoo, and spent lots of time in the pool.  G sent me some pics of their adventures.

Mac made is home safely after 5 days in BHM and Copeland was very happy {for about 5 min} to restore order to our family.  G and Deeda stayed for the weekend so we spent Saturday at the beach as a belated birthday celebration for G!  I let Coe skip his nap, and both boys did surprisingly well the whole day.  The waves were rough and the undertow strong but they had a great time playing at the water’s edge and “chasing” the waves. 

 

{I’m working on some new photography skills – the last 3 photos I was trying to freeze motion – so hopefully my photos will improve in the coming weeks/months :) }