Thursday, May 29, 2008

Best Surprise Ever

Today I received the greatest surprise ever. Addison and I drove down to Heathrow to pick up my grandma and great aunt from the airport...this was my first time driving this far by myself in England so I was hoping everything would be okay.  I was very excited to have visitors and not many of my friends can say that their grandma and great aunt could make the trip over. Addison and I anxiously awaited for them and as they walked out I noticed they didn't have any luggage and I got pretty concerned...lost luggage...uggh. As I walked up to them, they didn't say anything, but they parted ways and there stood my 32 week pregnant sister. I instantly started screaming and my screaming turned into tears and then Addison started crying because she got scared, but I couldn't stop hugging my sister. She planned out this whole surprise and was actually able to keep this huge secret from me...she didn't even tell Kevin so it was a great surprise for him as well. It was a lucky thing though that Kevin didn't come with me to the airport because we wouldn't have had enough room in the car. Also it was a good thing that I decided to back out of going along to Barcelona with my grandma and aunt because Crystal would have been home alone for 3 days. Another funny thing was that Crystal's plans almost got cancelled because her doctor didn't clear her to fly until the morning that they left...how crazy.

Words honestly can't explain how excited I was to see my sister. Ever since I found out she was pregnant I was psyched up to be there for her because her due date fell just around our yearly home leave. Then I found out I was pregnant and due just 3 weeks later, so that foiled all my plans to be with her and her with me.  God certainly works in mysterious and joyous ways!  I do have to thank Heath, my sister's husband, for letting her come over especially in her fragile state....thanks bro!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can feel your happiness from the photo. You must have screamed very loudly as the people at the cafe (at the back) had a 'shock' look.

Amy said...

It looks like you had an absolutely wonderful time with your family. From your stories, I can tell how close you are with your sister -- and I'm so glad you were able to spend a lot of quality time together with her.

Stacey said...

Awesome!!

Holli said...

Love this photo and all the people looking to you in the background. Seriously tears!
Praying for her and the baby!