John snorted softly and shook his head when Rodney started crying. Everybody had thought he had gotten the whole sympathetic pregnancy thing out of his system after he had passed Rocky the kidney stone, but it looked like he hadn't.
Of course, Alex's comment made him start laughing.
"He does, but he's a good guy," he told her before looking over at Fred and nodding. He was definitely ready to go home and spend the rest of the day with his family. After laughing as Chase told CJ goodbye and that he loved her, he looked over at Ronon, Evan, Sam, Daniel and the others, giving them a smile. "Thanks again, all of you."
"Any time," Ronon said. "You'd do the same for all of us."
John nodded, knowing he would. "See you tomorrow morning."
With his family, he headed downstairs to their quarters, and told her where he changed out of his mission fatigues and into a short-sleeved shirt and khaki pants. When he came back out, Alex nearly bowled him over again, wrapping her arms around his legs and hugging tightly.
"C'mere, pumpkin," he said, lifting her up. "What do you want to do for the rest of the day?"
"Can we go to the cove?" she asked.
"Hmmmm...maybe. Why don't we ask your mommy," he told her with a grin.