It's a miracle! There's a million little details that went on behind the scenes and it was uncertain up until Ben got on the plane whether he would actually get back to the US. Even though we were only apart for 9 weeks, the uncertainty for 5 of those weeks made it seem much longer. Ben even had to get special authorization just to let me pick him up from the airport. It was a unique homecoming with just the two of us, but it was also very nice to have time to catch up a little. We sat at baggage claim so long that we almost missed his bags!
Unfortunately Alison had class and the boys weren't feeling well, so it was a little anti-climatic when we got home. We thought for sure Maya would lose her mind, but she also was very chill.
(Eli's standing on the step)
That night, it was like Santa had come to town early. Ben bought us so much stuff while in the Philippine's that he had to buy another suitcase to bring it all home. We crashed Colin's basketball game watching to have present time.
I've never liked the song 'All I Want for Christmas is You' until this year. I don't need a single thing, my Christmas wish came true!
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