It's been so long since I last posted anything and so many things have happened during that time. We were in the U.S for the summer and we were planning to go back to Dubai again in August. However, this didn't go as planned, and the kids and I are staying in the U.S this year while Justin finishes his contract in Dubai. As most of you know, Alan has some feeding and other issues, and speech and ocupational therapies are supposed to help. Therapies in Dubai are very inconvenient, especially because I would have to take Eric with us too. It's a really long drive with horrible traffic, and therapies aren't as good as they are here. In the U.S he would also be getting therapies at school; so we thought about it and decided that the best thing would be to stay in the U.S.
It's been really hard and sad not having Justin around. The kids miss him a lot; but they actually love it here. Alan goes to a preschool in the morning and to another one in the afternoon and he loves them. He didn't cry or complain at all for the first two weeks. Justin came to visit last week and he's staying for two weeks, so last week Alan didn't want to go to school because he wanted to stay with us, so I had to tell him that we were all going either to work or school and then he was ok.
The kids were so excited to see Justin even though it had only been a month since the last time they saw him. Eric was screaming out of excitement running everywhere with his hands up. Alan went to his bedroom and got a bunch of toys and told Justin he could play with them. Then he went to the fridge, got his favorite soup and yogurt and told him he could have them. Alan doesn't stop telling Justin how "proud" he is that daddy is here and how much he loves him.
We've had a really good time, especially since fall is Justin's favorite time of year. We went to Curtis Orchard and got some apple doughnuts and peach pie. We went shopping for Halloween stuff and decorated the house. We've been going out to eat to Justin's favorite places and we're having a great time having him around.
He's going back to Dubai next Thursday. The kids and I will go see him in December and then he'll come back with us for all of January, so it won't be that bad. I think we made the right decision, and even though it's hard for everyone, we're getting used to our routine and are trying to make the best of it.
