Daddy's home!!

Not three minutes after we'd arrived home from dropping Mimi off at the airport did my Nick's handsome face pop up on my phone announcing his return!  The girls and I sped to the compound to go retrieve our love and bring him home!  He was dog tired from the crazy sleep that he'd had since leaving Afghanistan, but managed to rally long enough until bedtime, when he promptly fell asleep rocking Sissy to sleep.  He awoke about an hour later to Emmy's bedtime boycott whines and then fell back to sleep just minutes later cuddling her to sleep.  :)

Killing time while Daddy accounts for all sensitive items from the flight home...

Daddy and his little "helper." (and I use that term loosely.)

Sissy's pitiful mood after Mimi's departure took a sharp turn after she laid eyes on Daddy.  She must've said his name no less than 50 times on the drive home. :-P Pardon the frames, they are waiting to display pictures of James and Julia's sweet faces. :)

Daddy and his two shadows. ;)

This meal calls for an extra large beer!