He arrived at Baltimore-Washington airport at 0430 on Sunday morning.
Welcome Home!
The darn weather and delays interfered with my plans for meeting him at the airport (not at 0430, but his original arrival time of 1045pm Fri and then 830pm Sat.) So we were not there to celebrate the big homecoming, which made me a little sad - I wanted him to have his family greet him at the airport. But I have to let go of what I can't control and just remember the fact that he's home!
He did have an overnight layover so he was here all day Sunday and we saw him after all.
When the roads were in a better condition to drive on, I went to Baltimore to pick him up and bring him back here. No one told the kids where I was going, or that Joe was coming home.
Right before we got home my mom had Kayla and Lucas hold their 'welcome home' signs... and I think Kayla was so focused on making sure she was standing still and holding her sign she didn't quite know how to act when Joe came in! She very nonchalantly said "hi daddy" but didn't move from her spot! Not the reaction I was expecting out of her at all! It was nothing like when she saw him here and here. I think she was too stunned to react!
The kids loved having Joe here...they had so much fun with him all Sunday afternoon. Sunday night I stayed in Baltimore with Joe and Monday morning he left to go back to N.M. to inprocess and all that 'fun' stuff.
He'll be back here at the end of March when he takes a few weeks leave before heading to Charleston, S.C. in April.
I'm so glad this deployment is over ... now 5 more months to go before we're all together at our new base - Charleston AFB, S.C.!
