He's Gone :(

Rob left about an hour and a half ago for Iraq. He will be gone for 10 months (praying that his tour doesn't get extended). It was a very emotional night for all of us. We had all our friends over and we grilled out. Rob took all the kids upstairs one by one and put them to bed. I let them have that moment to themselves. Sydnee even let him rock her to sleep (which is out of the norm for her since she doesn't like to be cuddled much). Rob gave Alex the "big boy" talk and let him know that he was to be the man of the house while Daddy was gone. When it came time for him to leave it took all I had to let him walk out the front door. I decided it would be best for me not to take him and drop him off so our nieghbor did it instead. His flight is 30 hours so I'm not exactly sure when I will be able to talk to him but I will keep everyone updated. Keep us in your prayers.
Love,
Steph