Today I got to see Kylie for the first time in about a month and a half! I met her and Tiffany at Bob Evans for dinner, and Kylie was very excited to see me, as I was to see her. When I walked in to the restaurant Tiffany pointed to me so Kylie would see me, and then she got all excited. She jumped up and down in her chair and pointed at me and said “Daddy, Daddy.” When I got over to the table she put her arms up to me and I picked her up and got a great big hug. She then sat on my lap for the majority of dinner, and when she wasn’t in my lap she was seating in her chair across from me with a great big smile on her face.

After dinner we went back to Kylie and Tiffany’s house where we played for a little while and then Kylie got ready for bed. I was able to read her a bedtime story and rock with her before she went down to sleep for the first time in a long time. The whole time I was telling her that I was home for good this time and that I would not be leaving again and she would see me more often now. I am sure she understood me because she went down to bed without a fuss over me leaving.

It’s really good to be home and near Kylie again. She has gotten so big since I have left; it is really quite amazing how much bigger she has gotten over the last seven months. I am sure if I had been here the entire time I would not have noticed it so much, but she really has gotten big.