Daddy's Goodbye

Dustin is now in Eau Claire Wisconsin for Seminars. Every year the Managers of Menard's have to attend a Seminar in Eau Claire. The Seminar is 2 days long, starting today, sleeping at a hotel nearby, then going thru tomorrow and then he will be brought back home to me tomorrow as well.
This is our 3rd year of dealing with Seminars and each year it's hard. Sure Dustin and I are still Newlyweds, but we've been together and been living together longer then we have been married. Its' still hard for both of us to be away from each other overnight. This morning we were just reflecting to each other that this year is just as hard as the first year of him going to seminars. We just hate being away from each other and knowing that we aren't just a few minutes drive from each other. (Dustin's overnight shifts are bearable at least because he is only 20 minutes away.)
I think that this year is actually harder for Dustin though. He's always afraid that something will happen to me and Baby S when he isn't around. So this morning he made sure to give me a few hugs and kisses before I left. What surprised me was that he had a talk with Baby S too, without me prompting him. He bent down and said "You better be good for Mommy. Don't cause any problems while I'm away. I'm going to miss you! I love you!" and then he gave my belly a hug and a couple kisses. I didn't have the heart to tell him he was talking to Baby S's butt at that moment, it was just too precious.

Dustin is going to be a great father, I know it. He's always worrying about this and that with Baby S, even telling me I have to learn how to drive with a baby in the car because he's going to be so fragile (By the way, I think I'm a good driver, though I know I have a lead foot sometimes). I just try to remind Dustin that its not about money and what Baby S has, but also about what we do with him and the memories we help him to make and the person he becomes later in life. He just needs to know that we both love him and would give the world for him. Its obvious that Dustin loves our precious little boy and would give the world for him, I just need him to focus on that more and stop stressing about what he wants Baby S to have material wise. He has everything he needs, the rest is just extra.