Michael has been away from us officially 4.5 days. We miss him. He misses us. We have learned A LOT in the past few days. I think we prepared for the actual getting him to his job aspect and focused on prepping for reentry into normal life once he got off, but not the middle part. It has been hard, but at the same time it hasn't. I think if we were to focus on the sadness of not being with each other and all of the loneliness, it would eat us up. Having things to do and focusing on the positive part of this new adventure is all we can do at the moment. Hopefully I can fly out and meet him on his way home so we can drive from Billings together and have some quality time.
I miss my Michael though. I took him for granted a little. We were so spoiled being together as much as we were the past year. Every milestone with Olivia, he was able to be there. I guess it is just part of growing up, that Michael will leave the home to provide for us while I stay home with the kiddo(s) and each of us doing our part.
Olivia is just as cute as ever. We really lucked out with this kid. She exudes this happiness and love
