I miss you too, Daddy.

Thomas is really changing right now in his personality and what he says or how he says it. We've worked really hard on teaching him lots of things and words. I have realized that as a Mommy, I have a very important part of being an example to him. If he knows how much I love Daddy and he hears my continuously talk about Daddy, then he will grow up to know that his Daddy works hard to provide for our family. Daddy loves us and misses us. He's always thinking about us. Daddy is good at his work and loves being outside. Daddy can't wait to come home and go play with us, too.
Jim has this really cool device called a SPOT device. When he's in an area where he can't get cell service, he just hits the button, which sends a message to my cell phone and to my email. It is a GPS tracking device, so on a google map, it marks the exact location where he's at. I love when I get the message on my cell phone, because I feel like he had a moment to say "I'm thinking about you guys". To know that he has moments during the day when we cross his mind, in the midst of being hot, tired and working in extreme conditions. During the day when I get the GPS message, I tell Thomas to come to the computer so we can see Daddy. He sits on my lap and as I zoom into the map, you can actually see a red dot in the exact area where Jim is. Obviously it's not a live picture, in most cases it's about a year old satellite picture. But Thomas gets excited, puts his finger on the dot and says "I see Daddy!!" He leans in close to the computer screen and kisses it. He started saying (this week) after he kisses it "I love my Daddy".
This morning, Jim had time to SKYPE so we actually got to see him on the web cam, not just talk to him on the phone. Thomas was so happy to make silly faces at Daddy and watch Daddy be silly back to him. Thomas loved to talk to Jim, too. Even though it's only been 7 days, I miss him really bad and it was so good to see him on the web cam. Technology has made somethings really great!!
When Jim is gone, I pray a lot for him and have started to teach Thomas how to pray for his Daddy, too. Each night we kneel on the floor next to his bed and say our prayers. Usually I say the words and he copies me. Tonight he said he wanted to do it "all by myself". He knelt by his bed, folded his hands bowed his head and closed his eyes. He softly whispered "God....Daddy....Fire....Home......all done." I loved hearing his tender voice talk to God about his Daddy. As I was rubbing his tummy and watching his eyelids fall, Jim called to talk to us. I put Jim on speaker phone and he told Thomas how much he loved him and to have a good night sleep. Jim said "Daddy misses you." And with eyes half open, he said "I miss you, too Daddy." I watched Thomas roll over into his pillow and close his eyes. Thomas fell asleep wearing Daddy's shirt and I know he loved falling asleep hearing Daddy's voice, too. I was able to sit and talk with Jim for a while longer, which was nice.

Have I told you how much I love being a Mommy and a Wife!! I feel so blessed!!