~The Army part of my life~

~The past couple of days have been really hard on Alex.~
Mike is National Guard and he travels quite often. With Eli and Heath it wasn't so bad. Yes, they missed Daddy but it just was the normal for him to be gone days, weeks maybe even months at a time. We learned to adjust...it wasn't always easy but you do what you have to do! And ~btw~ I love my husband and my boys more than I could ever express so I am in no way complaining...just...uuummm we will call it emptying! :~)
It's never easy, when he is gone for a few days no big deal it disrupts our daily schedule a bit but nothing we can't recover from. Weeks or longer, on the other hand, are a little more difficult. We usually have to kinda rearrange our schedule to make up for Daddy not being here, and just about the time we get it set, here comes Daddy. LOL
But with Alex he has really turned into the Daddy's boy. For the past few weeks he is always asking about Daddy...Where's Daddy? Daddy work? Daddy home? He has just really fallen in love with Daddy.

Mike has been gone for two days and both nights Alex has woke up crying for Daddy and it just kills me because he just isn't old enough to understand that Daddy will be home tomorrow. I need a baby whisperer...lol

So what do I do...I go up lay in his little car bed with him, like his Daddy would do, with my feet hanging off over the headlights. Lightly rub his head and back with an ever so soft ssshhhh! And then I pray..~And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.~ Matthew 21:22 ~ until he falls asleep....

And then I go back downstairs and thank God for my family, and my amazing friends and for ALL he has done for us.
It's hard enough for me, as an adult, and I understand him being gone. In the beginning I am not going to lie it was HARD...but now we are going on 7 years of marriage in July and , don't get me wrong I miss him terribly when he is gone but I deal with it...But poor little Alex doesn't understand and I feel so bad for him.
But just think how excited he will be tomorrow when he spots Daddy's truck pulling in the driveway and sees Daddy walking up the sidewalk. I can tell you one things for sure...the squeal will be so high pitch, it will be painful!! And Heath will mutter an "Oh Brother" as he rolls his eyes and smacks his hand against his forehead...8~)