45 days.

Joe (the hubby) leaves for the Gulf this weekend and will be gone for 45 days! I know! So long! And what makes it so bad is that he will be gone on Valentine's Day which is one of my favorite holidays! And usually he is able to use Skype so we can still talk at night or he will just turn off the mic and we can watch him work. But this time they won't have Internet service or phone service or anything for three weeks while they are out there!

So I have decided to make him an envelope that he can open on Valentine's Day for his present because he can't take anything more than that and we can't send packages to him either.

This is where I need some good ideas. What should I put in this envelope? I have decided a couple pictures of us together, a letter from both me and Ryan, and a "I love Daddy" page that's colored by Ryan. But do you have any other good ideas that you think he would like?

I am open for all suggestions : )

We are also making a "Countdown for Daddy to come home" that we will tear one day off every morning for Ryan and a pic of daddy to kiss goodnight when it's time for bed.

He has been gone for a week before but never this long : (