i miss josh!

my husband left earlier this week on a business trip, and i miss him. the first couple of days are always okay because the kids and i are settling into a routine without him, and some things are easier... like bedtime, because he's not here to get the kids riled up, or he's not sitting in the living room while i'm trying to nurse micah to sleep but she won't fall asleep because she knows her daddy's on the other side of that door and she hasn't gotten to play with him nearly as much as she'd like to today! mealtime also seems to be easier, because i'm the only one involved in the decision-making process. the kids will eat whatever i fix for them.

but bathtime is considerably harder. our usual routine is i get in the tub with both kids, and as soon as micah is clean she gets out. josh is usually there to towel her off and keep an eye on her while i bathe rowan. but when he's gone, i have to cajole micah into staying in the bathroom with rowan and me until we're ready to get out. bathing myself is also next to impossible. yesterday i brought a basket full of toys into the bathroom, but the toys barely held rowan's interest and i spent most of my shower picking them up out of the tub and rinsing the soap and shampoo off before handing them back to rowan so he could toss them in again.

i don't just miss josh because of the help he lends with the kids, though. i miss him because he's my best friend! i talk to him all day long; we call each other at least 3 or 4 times during the day, and we're usually together all evening, talking about our days and the kids and stuff we want to do and places we want to go. as cheesy as it sounds, i feel like a big piece of me is missing when he's gone like this, out of town.

he doesn't particularly enjoy having his picture taken, so this is the only one i have of him on my computer... i love his smile in this picture, though.

this is josh holding our daughter and the son of a close friend.

i hope he's having fun. he works with one of his best friends, and he's also good friends with his boss, so i bet he is having a good time. boy time. at least we get to talk more often this time. last time he left town, he was in a more rural area in texas and his cell phone was on roaming the whole time.

(the word 'time' is in this paragraph five times.)

i'm counting the days until he's home again. : )