It hasn't been a very fun year so far for our family. I was gone for four months to Iraq and then was back in Cyprus for three weeks. I was able to come back to the US for Zak's birth, but had to go back to Cyprus again after only a couple weeks. And now, finally, after six months of being apart, our family is back together!

I was expecting Jonathan to forget who I was, but he remembered his daddy well. And he sure missed me! Last night, we had Jonathan and Zak sleeping in our room, since my mother is in one room and boxes filling up the other. Jonathan had a little blanket in the corner that he was sleeping on. But every time Cheri got up to feed Zak, she came back to find Jonathan had "stolen her spot" and snuggled right up next to me. It's great to have a little boy that loves me so much!