SJ "Met" Daddy! +

Today M was finally able to video chat with me and SJ.  It was the first time I've gotten to see his face since he left in May!  It was also the first time he was able to see SJ in real-time and the first time she got to see him, even though she was mostly sleeping and I'm pretty sure her eyes can't focus that well yet.  Last week M got to tell her he loves her over the phone, but video chatting is better :)

The FRG is holding a half-way party tonight, which means that we are (hopefully) half-way through this deployment!  We're holding out hope that the HST will not be extended and will be home earlier rather than later.  It's been a long few months, but at the same time I can't believe how quickly they've flown by.

It's almost inconceivable to me that SJ will be one month old tomorrow.  It seems like she was just born yesterday, but then again I can't remember life before she was here.  It amazing how one day changes the rest of your life.  It's been a wonderful change and I wouldn't want it any other way!  I never knew I could love someone the way I love her.  Every day I marvel at how blessed we are, that God would use M and I to create such a perfect little girl.  Of course I know that she isn't really perfect, and I'm sure as she grows that will become more and more evident to us!  But I'm still amazed that we are so blessed that He used us in such a way.  Becoming a mommy has given me a whole new perspective into my relationship with my Heavenly Father.  I know how I love SJ, and I also know that my love for her is far from perfect.  To know that He loves me with a perfect love absolutely blows my mind!  I cannot fathom the depth of His love.  I hope that He enables me to love more and more perfectly like He does as I grow stronger in my relationship with Him.