It was an exciting morning! Dad arrived safely from Nigeria and everyone is thrilled. We were all so excited getting ready for his arrival that we forgot to tell him that we were coming to the airport to get him! Mom didn't even know the plans and scrambled to get ready this morning. Dad's plane landed early and we were late getting to the airport. We tried to have him paged at the airport, but he was so singularly-focused on getting to his family that he didn't hear. We caught him with his bags loaded and one foot in the taxi! Because we were in such a rush, we didn't have the cameras ready for the reunion. We made him turn around, go back, then run towards us again so we could get a picture!
It was a very touching moment. Mom reached up to Dad and said "Is it really your face?" We can never really know the struggles they've had to manage being apart. After less than five minutes of joyful reunion, they began making plans for logistics for the babies - return travel, care at home, supplies, etc. The challenges are many and the work never-ending. These babies will never know the sacrifices that their parents have made on their behalf. But that's as it should be. We do our best to let them grow happy and healthy and let the cares of the world be our burden and not theirs.
Welcome Daddy! Enjoy your mini-family reunion. It's just a few days until the return trip to big sister in Nigeria will make it a full family reunion. Your US family will miss you terribly.
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