Daddy Out of Town

Daddy went out of town today and won't be home until Thursday. This is the first time he has been out of town since she become aware of things like that. She was asleep when we dropped him off at the airport and slept for several hours. When she got up, she walked around the house looking for Dada. She finally got side-tracked with something else and quit searching.

Everytime an outside door opens or a dog barks, she goes running to the door yelling DADA!! Of course, there is no Dada. So, she has been disappointed many times today :)

I texted Daddy this evening after he got checked in to his hotel and told him what she was doing. He said it was sad, but made him smile! He said he would call when he was done with dinner and talk to her. She has never talked on the phone (and I am now thinking it is not something she should do often).

When he called I put the phone on speaker phone. Between hearing his voice and seeing his picture on the phone she had the BIGGEST smile on her face and kept pointing at the phone. She was very excited! She kept putting her hand over her ear while she talked (like she was holding a phone).

THey had a good conversation, kinda one-sided with the talking, but there was continual babbling (although quiet and hard for him to hear some of it) and a LOT of giggling on this end! When it was time to hang up and Daddy told her night night, she kept kissing his picture on the phone and waving while saying bye bye.

I am guessing there will be many phone calls this week. They both need to hear each other I think!