"My Da-dee!"

I try to always somehow include Ben in our everyday. We have a routine of getting to talk with him nearly every morning on Skype. We talk about him throughout the day. We read the book he recorded for them. We push the buttons and listen to the messages on our Daddy-Monkey and Daddy-Bunny at least once a day. And we pray for him every night.

But my favorite thing of all? It's not something that I instigated.

It's when Ellie begs for my phone so that she can sit back and look at "my Da-dee" on my "fooooone". A silly photo that he had sent me is my wallpaper and she figured out that if she pushes any button, the black screen will light up with Daddy's picture. Heaven help you if a text thread was left open - she'll throw a fit until she gets to see "my Da-dee pease!!"

"HI, Da-dee! Yov you!"