He's leaving...on a jet plane...again.

Before Audrey was born we had a great idea that Mike would deploy for a month so we could be on Tricare when Audrey was born. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, his orders sat on someones desk and didn't get processed until after she was born. Not the end of he world, but it meant he was still deploying and we didn't get sweet insurance we were planning on. ;)

We dropped him off at his base on March 13th. Steven is pointing to Qatar on the map.

Mike has started a nice tradition of sending me flowers after he leaves. He is a very, very smart man. (As I write this in May I realized that both plants on the counter have since retired. I stink at keeping plants alive) 

This is a picture of Mike in the sweet hammock he bought for the plane ride over. There are always two crews on long trips so he can relax while the other crew is flying. 

Here are some more pictures from his trip  deployment. 

We did a lot of Facetime while he was gone. Audrey showed him how good she'd gotten at eating her feet. (It's a real talent, I'm tellin' ya.)

While he was gone I bought him a special welcome home gift. A trampoline! He was SO excited when he got home and saw the boxes.

We finally got to pick him up on April 17th. 

Mike brought me a new Nativity from his stop in England. He brought the boys golden camels and Sarah got a Louis Vuitton backpack. (real of course) ;)

Mike and Audrey's first order of business was a good nap. 

Grateful he's able to serve our country, more grateful when we have him home from deployments.