The D word

Bailey and Daddy before he left

Our family pic in the neighbors front yard because they have a tree and we don't, lol!

Well Mike's gone. We're ready to start this deployment though and it's not going to be all bad. A lot of things have transpired since I last wrote. I withdrew from grad school because I realized how much work it was going to be and how little time I was going to have with Bailey. Isn't wasn't what God wanted for me at this time. I just wasn't listening. But I'm listening now, God! I'm so much happier now that I made that decision. I want to be there double for Bailey while Mike is gone and this allows me to be able to do so. I'm still working doing ABA and I have no idea what the next step is but I'm confident that God will lead us where he wants us.
We also got Bailey dedicated last Sunday at church. Heather recorded it for us but I couldn't get it to load. It's basically us getting up in front of the church and the preacher prays over us to raise her right and prays that she will become a good Christian little girl. It was so sweet because there was another baby being dedicated too and he was just laughing and flirting with her and she was smiling and cooing at him too!
Bailey and I are getting into a routine with Daddy gone. Bedtime now has a couple new steps. First we eat dinner, then she gets a bath (depending on the night), we watch Daddy on TV (he made her a dvd of him reading a bunch of different books), play a little, we read our own story, say prayers, get a goodnight kiss and an "I love you sweetpea" from the Daddy Dog (stuffed animal Mike made for her at Build-A-Bear with his voice) and then we say goodnight. She also has been sleeping with one of his t-shirts and his woobie (an army blanket we had made into a baby blanket). I always find her on top of or near his t-shirt. She likes that stinky daddy! hehe