Ideas for Deployment

William and I have been doing a lot of planning.
One of the things we feel like we have to plan and get in order is special things for Levi.

Here are some of our ideas... I'd love to hear if any of you have any other ideas.... we will take all the help we can get.

1. LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES - Levi will love seeing pictures of himself and his daddy.  So we've got 2 months to take as many as possible. We are also going to get a professional shoot done of the 3 (4? including Lucy) of us before William leaves.
2. Home Videos - Again, I know Levi will love these... so I've got the flip cam charged and in the diaper bag! 
3. Recorded books - William is going to record some books for me to "read" with Levi
4. Build a Bear - We will get a special build a bear made with a recording for Levi's first birthday
5. Make an alphabet book with pictures of William - We are going to make a book like an alphabet book only William will be with something that starts with each letter!
6. Daddy Doll - most children have comfort items and I would hope that Levi would choose something like this to be his.  
7. Shirts - I want William to wear a bunch of his shirts before he leaves that way Levi (and maybe me) can have something to cuddle that smells like him
8. "Special Moments for Daddy" box - I'm going to make a special box where we can put things that we want to show William when he gets home
9. Letters/cards for special occasions - William will never know what his schedule will be like over there, so it's important for us to plan ahead and have things lined up for special occasions so that he doesn't have to think about it or worry about it not making it on time. 

This is what we have so far... but like I said I'm happy to entertain more ideas!