Yankee Doodle Sweetheart

It's the final countdown. 

 You did it Kelsey Jo! You've counted down a grand total of 10 months, and I'm so stinking excited that you can now say there is approx. ONE week and some change until you welcome John home in Savannah!

 

My very own Yankee Doodle Sweetheart, born on the 3rd of July, has been anxiously awaiting October since late last December when she realized John John would be deployed.

 

Since then, she's handled herself extremely well during what I can only imagine to be a wild and crazy roller coaster ride of emotions and she's gotten by with the help and support of her TNB's, her family, his family, lots of prayers and a lil medication :)

Now, since I can't take off work and drive to Savannah to photograph this glorious homecoming (of which I've been talking to Kels about for months--which angles I'd take, exactly what clearance I'd need to be able to essentially be their shadow as they finally see each other again without being escorted out by men in uniform...on second thought.. might not hate that..., and even annoyingly trying to get her to take pictures in an American flag (i.e. Kris Jenner in an American flag with Bruce's gold medal) for her hunky hero), I'm doing my best to imagine how it's going to be. This is what I've got so far...

So, add all of these pictures together, sprinkle in some tears and running mascara, and then multiply that sum by roughly 4 billion and you might be close to the emotion I'm foreshadowing.

Wishing I could be the photographer of these precious moments always and forever, and busting at the seams of excitement for both of you, know that I'm always here for patriotic themed photo shoots in the future for my Yankee Doodle Sweetheart and her Army hero.