Year-in-Photos 2009: January

JANUARY:

This was a very difficult month for both of us. On January 1st, Kim and her Daddy took Troy to the airport at around 7 p.m. to board his flight bound for Iraq. I held it together up until the moment he got on his knees to kiss my 6 week pregnant belly.

Six months might as well had been 6 years at that moment. I couldn't bear the thought of sleeping without him, of going more than a day without his amazing affection, and most importantly of experiencing this pregnancy alone.

The next morning, Daddy and I headed southeast for Mississippi, which is where I would live for the next seven months, where I would be close to family to support me during my pregnancy, and where our first son would be born.

Troy on the flight from Maine to Iraq. Smiling in his perpetual optimistic way!

One of Troy's favorite spots at Talil Air Base, Iraq. He emailed me a week or so after he arrived to let me know he had found a place that reminded him a little of Destin, FL, which is where we met.

No Kim pics this month. I was too down and out.