Hi Don,
Your graddaughter is beautiful! And that is a gorgeous quilt!
My husband was in the guard and left for Afganistan when I was pregnant with our first child. We had asked if he would be going, and they told us no, so we decided to get pregnant. He found out a month after I found out I was pregnant and didn't tell me for fear that I would lose the baby. He told me a month before he was deployed there. It is heartbreaking and nothing helps.... My husband decided to get out of the military after our son was born after 10 years of service because he didn't want to be deployed again. His unit has since been deployed 4 more times. We are thankful every day for his safe return to us and I wish your son a safe return also.