Sometimes only Daddy will do!

Though today was a fairly good day for the most part, Luke missed Daddy a lot. He brought me Chris’s shoes, pointed out “daddy’s” coffee cup, talked to him on his play phone, repeated his name over and over again…he just really missed daddy today. Then, as I checked on him tonight, I saw that he had gone over to his shelf, got daddy’s picture and put it in bed with him – how sweet is that! So now he’s sleeping soundly with the closest thing he can get to daddy for now – his picture.

Here are some other ways Luke can connect with Daddy:

Chris read a ton of stories on video before he left. Luke likes to watch them – or just listen to his voice as he plays in the living room. Sometimes I’ll just let all the stories play – when it’s over, Luke will say, “Daddy, gin (again)?” And we’ll play them all again.

Jenny made this awesome quilt that has pictures of Chris on it. When we make up Luke’s bed, he loves seeing Daddy on his “inkit” (blanket.) Thanks Jenny! =)

We look at the map and globe and Luke will ask, “Daddy go? Rack?” And I’ll show him where it is on the map or globe. Then we’ll talk about how daddy had to go to keep us safe.

We keep this picture of Chris in Luke’s room on his shelf. Luke LOVES it. We sit it on the bed when we say our prayers; he kisses it and will talk to it and even “play” with it.


I saved pictures of Chris and Luke together on my camera. Almost every time I get the camera out to take a picture, Luke runs over to see daddy in the camera.

If Chris calls – Luke likes to say a few things in the phone – I think he mostly likes to hear daddy’s voice. I can’t wait until we can webcam! I think that’ll help Luke out a lot.

So, though it’s sad to see how much Luke misses daddy – especially on these days where it’s very evident – it’s also heartwarming to see how much Luke loves his daddy. They are two peas in a pod – that’s for sure! =)