The homecoming!

Chris's flight arrived, as scheduled, at 3:45am on Friday morning.  I fell asleep around 10pm on Thursday and woke up at midnight, unable to fall back to sleep since I was excited and nervous about missing my alarm, set for 1:30am.  I got ready first and then woke the boys up at 2am.  We arrived at Green Ramp a little before 3am.  While Chris's flight was on time, it took forrrrrever for them to clear customs and de-board the airplane.  Meanwhile the boys were going back and forth and back and forth, outside and inside, inside and back outside, trying to find the best spot to see Daddy walk into the hangar.

Here are a few pictures from our special morning...

Even at 3am, Pete was hungry...

The big boys were being entertained by Petey...

Dancing

The soldiers march in...

Looking for Daddy in the crowd...

We found him.

While Pete wasn't sure about Daddy at first,
it only took a few hours until he was comfortable.

Needless to say, after getting so little sleep, we were exhausted by the afternoon.  We all fell asleep in various spots around the house at the same time.   I have a feeling it looked like a crime scene around here!   It feels great to be together as a family again!  Thank God he's back home safely.