The 30+ hours of solo travel with baby were worth the look of surprise on my cute dad's face when he met his granddaughter for the first time! welltraveledwife.com/2016/12/second-south-african-surprise.html
My mother in law has told me that the love she feels for her grandkids surpasses the love she feels for her own kids and she doesn't understand how that is even possible because the love she has for her kids surpasses any love she ever had before. In short: my mother in law has a very loving heart haha xD
So cute! My grandpa used to "show off" saying I was the prettiest baby girl in the neighborhood😂while my mom said I was actually funny and "ugly" but my grandpa ignored that and kept saying his granddaughter was the cutest and prettiest baby........
Actually hes probably doing quite the opposite he is a mormon missionary president and those men are his students you can tell by their nametags on their chest
He seems like he is an strict man in the office... So it would be a little weird for the two guys to see him in that way... It's kind of funny.. I imagine after that.. He was like "* cough cough* ok.. What were we talking about??" 😶😳
It's church missionary office. He is meant to be be the father figure of those 2 young men while they are serving away from home. So I bet that wasn't the first time they'd seen him emotional. Ha
A knot in the throat and tears streaming from the eyes. What a beautiful moment. As a South African with my Princess living abroad I can truly say that this is a priceless moment. Well done Pops for being a real man and not trying to conceal your emotions from those two beautiful God given dollies who came from so far to surprise you. May God continue blessing you and your beautiful family. Hlalani kahle bantu bahle.
my grandad was always so strict and distant to my mother when she was a child, threw her out of the house when she got with my dad and didnt comply to his wish of dumping my dad, then i came along and he was the proudest and sweetest grandpa of all time. i was his little princess, i could do no wrong. how many times he pulled me and the sled up the hill just so i could enjoy sledding down again. how often i cuddled on his stomach and he sang a child’s song to then tickle me. how often we walked up the hill to the raspberry bushes and he’d fetch me the sweetest ones. how many times he collected bread for me so we could walk to the neighbour’s sheeps and feed them. never knew of his other side till a few years after his death, when i was older. it‘s been 12 years of him passing yesterday. missing you terribly grandpa. I‘m so sad I don‘t have as much memories of you as i would like to, but those i have i cherish deeply.
This is lovely but quite sad at the same time. If I was your mum I'd probably feel a bit jealous, wondering why she didn't get that treatment growing up. It's sweet you had a great relationship with your grandad though. My grandad died when I was 6 so my memory is a bit hazy, but I was definitely his favourite. He was strict with my dad, but I was apparently a very smily happy baby who never cried, so he liked that. His nickname for me was "beamer." R.I.P Grandad.
This comment reminded me of my own grandpa. My grandpa was an extremely toxic, abusive person to his wife (grandma) and his own children (my dad and aunt). But he adored the hell of out his grandkids. He loved us with all his heart, that’s why we never realized he had “other side” until we got older (I’m 20 now) and my dad/aunt couldn’t hide grandpa’s abusive personality anymore. He died just weeks ago due to covid. And to be fair I still don’t know how to feel about it. Like, he did many despicable things to the point he spent the last months of his life all alone because everyone (even extended family) got tired of his bs, but damn, that man would’ve taken million bullets for his grandkids.
Rhae aww sorry to hear that :< my older brother & I didn’t have a chance to also see my grandpa on my father’s side while I was only 2 when my granpa in mother’s side passed away so I don’t remember anything cause we are also from other province in my country I hope you’re doing well my family is not also get along especially on my father’s side I just also pray that they will have a bond like what they used to be when they’re still kids God bless you
My grandpa was the same. He wasn't extremely cold to my mom and her siblings but he didn't show much affection at all but when it came to his grandkids he was the silliest, kindest and loving person. I miss my grandpa so much.
She did say “thank you to all of you for helping!” In the video to them so I think they might have just been there to keep him in his office like a meeting
When I'm around my 16 month old grandson, his little feet rarely touch the ground, cuz I'm holding him so much! I fully understand this grandpa's feelings!
@@konopaskikids3054 yup they sure are lmao I love the look on the 2 young missionaries faces thou. When on a mission they are not allowed on camera hahahah
Congrats on having such a loving family,. Your dad, the grandpa looks so much in love with his grand daughter. Definitely worth the 30+ hours flight to get them together for the first time.
This makes me remember my grandpa, my Tata. I was told that when I was little, I would wake up in the middle of the night and would cry because I wanted to stroll outside. My Grandpa will always carry me and we’ll go around town on his bicycle for minutes till I get back to sleep on his arms while strolling. I have so much memories, all good ones. I will always be thankful for him and will miss him dearly everyday in heaven ❤️
I recently had a dream where I had my firstborn son, and the overwhelming sense of love and excitement I felt looking into his eyes was almost surreal to experience. Oh, the joy it must be to see your child grow.
Funny. I just woke up and I'm still in my bed. I dreamed last night that I had my boyfriend and I's first child. I had just given birth to our daughter and we had just brought her home. I was so tired but we were so happy. I couldn't believe I had created someone so perfect. I was reluctant to let my boyfriend hold her because I was so attached. But of course I did. And then his whole family came to see her and so did my mom.
Been dreaming of having a baby boy,,then I wake up dissappointed,,I don't even have a boyfriend and sperm donors are expensive for me,, Praying hard next year will be my year
So sweet it brought a tear to my eye to see Grandpa meeting that darling baby for the first tine. Well done & so brave of you to make such a long trip with a wee one. ☺
Okay this made me laugh hard. They are full time missionaries fresh out of high school. Can't tell you how many of these young men I've wished to put in detention over the years.
I'm from South Africa. I have to say something in Afrikaans... Julle daai babatjie is te oulik julle ek kan myself glad nie eers inhou nie. Die oom was so verras om die babatjie te sien.
I am my maternal Grandpa's first grandchild. He loved me so much and he treated me like a princess everytime I had time to spend with him since i was born... My Mum told me that he was a bit of a cold-hearted father and they rarely talk together unless there was a really important matter to be discussed since she was a little girl. I never knew about this hidden side of my Grandpa until i was around 15. But my Mum also told me that he changed a lot as well since she had me.. He was the best Grandpa I ever had in my entire life and that title will only belong to him forever to me ❤❤ Rest in peace, my Atuk 🥺
I know, ad soon as I saw those short sleeve white shirts, that they were LDS missionaries! 😂 I was born and raised in the church. So funny! That was the first thing I noticed.
Evelyn Brand I didn't even need to see the badges. I wondered as soon as I saw the shirts. The badges just confirmed it. Lol. They have a very particular style. They are hard to miss.
Kava Farmer haha we marry who we fall in love with. Some people marry outside of the church , and eventually their spouse gets baptized. Sometimes they don't. But there is definitely no rule that says we have to marry into the church. My husband is not a member of the church.
Parents are so funny. No matter how great the surprise trip is they still wanna know..."What are you doing here?" That's the question that needs to be answered. Then they can bask in the joy. I love that the baby girl is so social even though this was her first time meeting her grandpa.
My grandpa always boasted to people saying...I was so beautiful that I would become MISS INDIA in the year 2020 :’) But I’m still looking like a potato 😂😂😂
Whenever my Grandpa would see me he always would continue the story of his World War II days..." You know when I was in the Army and was posted in Rangoon....."...and he has told me the same story since I was a kid....
I thought how adorable and then I saw grandpa's mission tag and I welled up in tears! That must have made the Mission President's day! Our son is currently serving in NC.
