My wife and I recently had our 3rd child, John Paul, on December 3rd. One of the great benefits for working at Gearbox is they really take care of their employees. So much so that new dads are given a two week paternity leave! And I didn't even have the baby! But those of you who have kids know that it's the dads (unless you're lucky enough to have family close by) taking care of mom and the other kids while mom recuperates from childbirth.
 
So, during my two weeks away from work, working on my own milestone, the rest of my fellow Aliens team members were busy working away on our current milestone.

When I returned to work and played the game for the first time, I was blown away! The game looks amazing. New art has appeared in the place of temp objects. I complete the mission grinning the whole way :)

Two weeks is a lot of time.

The end of milestones are always a blast because things come together so fast as code systems are finished, art comes on-line, and level designers bring them all together.