Not quite Savan... he's a Merchant Marine... he's an engineer on a refined goods tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. So he's gone for 2 1/2 months and then home for 2 1/2 months. He did his 7 yrs of Navy reserve time tho since he graduated from Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island. But Kidlet was overjoyed to see Daddy and insisted on being held by him the entire time we were in Circuit City, and had to show him her new blinkie shoes, and her new Halloween blinkie socks and blinkie shirt... and I'm sure when she wakes up from her nap she'll have to show him all her new dressup clothes too. *lol*