Audrey's Hero

Saturday, October 25th Audrey was baptized. She turned 8 in September but she wanted to wait until Uncle Jay was home from deployment and since he was coming home the middle of October, Audrey decided she would wait a few weeks to be baptized. Now Jay is Audrey's hero in more ways then one. Since she was a baby she has loved any guy in a uniform. When she was 2 she used to carry around a picture of Jay in his dress uniform. At 3 Aunt Susan was teaching her how to tell who was ranked what by their uniform. One day while visiting Jay and Susan, Jay beat us home and answered the door in his jeans and t-shirt. Well, a meltdown ensued, and Susan made Jay put his uniform back on for Audrey! When Jay deployed for Iraq a picture of him in camo with a big gun went on our fridge with an "I Love My Sailor" magnet. It is still on there even though Jay has been back from Iraq for 2 years now. In fact when Jay came home from Iraq we went up to visit and while at the hotel we went swimming. Well Audrey was not a good swimmer at the time and was drowning. Superhero Jay jumps up, jumps into the pool and rescues Audrey. Her comment later was, "He really is my hero!!"

Yes, Jay we love you. Even me-go figure! We pray for you when you are away and are always thankful for your safe return.

I continue to find it amusing that even though we are not in the Navy and Jay is, we still plan our families major events around the Navy's schedule. I guess it is our way to be patriotic.