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Happy Fathers Day to my husband Emmanuel, who tells everyone at every opportune moment that 'Husband' and ' ' are the most important titles he'll ever hold. A man who is an outstanding and truly Godly father despite lacking an example of the same.

Happy also to all other out there.

It is a wonderful gift to be a because the love and joy that children give to you is enormous. It is also a very sanctifying journey because the expectations and responsibilities are huge.

To plan for a child. To support your partner/wife throughout a pregnancy. To co-labour with her. To take extra special care of her during the fourth trimester. To co-parent - nappies, meam times, bath times, reading, bed times, school runs, PTA meetings, extracurricular activities runs - all of it equally. To be fully present, every moment of every day. To not let work upend your primary priority of , and at home. To love your partner/wife in a way that shows children what true love looks like. To create an environment where children look to you as both a steel rod of security and a blanket of comfort, both as a lion that protects and a lamb that loves.

If you are this , thank you for being a shining example in a world where many men have lost their way.

If you have a man like this at home. Love on him a lot every day and in an extra special way today.

"For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given... And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah‬ ‭9:6‬)

As we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, in a world still marred by the ravages of war and conflict, my wish is that we would all aspire to embody the qualities attributed to the child born in Bethlehem - to be harbingers of .

Wishing you all a Christmas filled with the warmth of , the joy of , and the promise of a more peaceful world. May the Prince of Peace guide us toward a future where triumphs over discord, and the light of understanding dispels the shadows of strife.

✝️🕊️🌟

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"Car un enfant nous est né, un fils nous a été donné... Il sera appelé Merveilleux Conseiller, Dieu fort, Père éternel, et Prince de la paix." (Esaïe‬ ‭9:5‬)

Alors que nous célébrons la naissance du Prince de la Paix, dans un monde encore marqué par les ravages des guerres et des conflits, mon souhait de est que nous aspirions tous à incarner les qualités attribuées à l'enfant né à Bethléem : être les précurseurs de la .

Je vous souhaite à tous un Noël rempli de chaleur de l'amour, de joie de l'unité et de la promesse d'un monde plus paisible. Que le Prince de la Paix nous guide vers un avenir où la triomphera de la discorde et où la lumière de la compréhension dissipera les ombres des conflits.

✝️🕊️🌟

Today, we took some moments out as a family for our annual . It was very nice, and as always, we are super looking forward to getting the pictures back.

Look out for your 'Famille Adeniyi-Ugochukwu' coming through the post very soon 💌 📫

Trying my best to hold it together this week as I spend eight days away from our loves 🩷 💙

I had travelled in August away from them for four days. That didn't seem so bad. This time, these extra four days seem a lot 😔

Fully cried when they dropped me off at the airport. Emmanuel, however, wasn't having any of my tears. He just told me he didn't wanna pay for the (minute drop-off) parking (i.e., less crying, more leaving) 😂

And so it was that the "see you soon" kisses were brief. Probably for the best before I embarrassed my very grown self at the airport drop-off point.

It's amazing how things come full circle. I remember my mom travelling a lot when I was very young (she's travelled all my life tbh, right up until COVID). And do you know what, even though sometimes she'd be gone for weeks at a time (dunno how she held it together), I never ever held it against her, because when she came back, she poured all those weeks of love right out on us. I never felt that I missed out. In fact, I feel closer to my mother than many many of my friends whose moms never left them to go anywhere.

Between Singapore now, the UAE in October, Ghana in November....I hope they'll feel the same way, happy to see me when I come back.

Counting down the days until I'm back already. Because that's what 🤍 does!

Someone turned one this week 👶🏾🤎
We are so grateful for his life 🙌🏽

Celebrating 🥂🍾 our wedding anniversary today 👰🏽‍♀️♾️🤵🏾‍♂️
Eight years loving, five years married to infinity, and beyond ❤️🚀

I missed posting about Mother's Day this year because my life has just been a crazy rollercoaster between my Executive MBA, my full-time day job, and my other full-time job - Wife & Mom.

Firstly, can you see the way we're all looking at him? 😍😍😍

I ❤️ moments like these. I ❤️ being climbed all over. I ❤️ having "let's do the alphabet" moments, which generally result in being covered in letters until she runs out of space. I ❤️ that he watches on and beams his trademark smiles 😃 at her.

I marvel every single day at the privilege that God chose my body to create and nurture them. I ❤️ being their mom. I ❤️ them so much my heart is full to bursting with love.

What an honour it is to be their mom 🤰🏽🤱🏽

Today, we are celebrating our champion - Joyeuse fêtes des pères Daddy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
We 💚 you the whole 🌎

Amaretto cake with strawberry buttercream 🎂 🍓
There's been a whole load of Mother's Day baking going on around here 😋

Summer is here 🌷🌺🪻🌼⚘️🌸🌹🌻

Baked for the first time in a very long time the other day - a champagne sponge with strawberry buttercream and strawberry coulis, for a BBQ we were going to at friends'. Also made a large new york cheesecake, but this was lots more popular than the cheesecake and was devoured in no time!

Swipe to see what was left when it was time to go home.

Summer is here ☀️

❤️ melts like wax 😍

We're a week away from celebrating his half birthday. And what a provilege it is to be his parents. We love him the entire world 🌎 💙

Then came the day when our souls said to one another: "Oh, there you are! I've been looking for you."

It will always be the best day of my life.

Happy Forever, My 🖤

Joyeux Noël de notre foyer a la votre ✝️🎄🎁🥂

Que la guérison de chaque douleur, la restauration de toutes les choses et des moments perdus, le réconfort du ciel et la joie qui a rempli le monde à la naissance de Jesus se trouvent et remplissent chaque espace de votre foyer lorsque vous fêtez et commémorez.

Every Christmas, we get a custom decoration for our tree, celebrating the most important part of that year. This year, this was it.

We are so grateful for the life of our son Rafi 💙 🎁

Merry Christmas from our home to everyone celebrating today and tomorrow ✝️🎄🎁🥂

May healing from every pain, restoration of all things and moments lost, comfort from heaven and the joy that filled the world at the birth of Christ be found in and fill every space in your home as you commemorate and celebrate.

And now for the fourth member of our 🤎, who for now can only contribute by being cute 👶🏾

There's something uniquely special about being happily married. The whole world will lie to you and tell all sorts of rubbish designed to break you down. And then there'll be him, shielding you from all of it and telling you the only truth.

I love being in his team 🙏🏽
I love being his wife 😍
And I love him ❤

I wish everyone had what I have in this love.

Making memories with our first fruit, who is our reminder to invest only in legacy that endures.

We're celebrating Daddy's birthday today with dinner out. Happy Birthday SUPERDADDY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊
Thank you for being exhausted for us 😴

We love you the whole world 💖 🌎 💙

We recently had the roofer-carpenter come and advance a few things.

They put the beams in that'll hold the ceiling on on the first floor and the floor on the second floor (but only for one of the houses for now as the second half for the second house will be done next year).

They also changed part of the down pipe outside that was damaged and leaking water on our external wall.

They removed the beams from the garage that had been there since the houses were built in 1949 and it turns out all sorts of 💩 was above them which rhey all got rid of.

They also fixed two leaks - one on the garage roof and the other on the roof of house no:2 which'll hold us out until next year when we'll redo the roofs of both houses and the garage.

We have family visiting this weekend. Today we're taking them to our favourite not so little hideaway - our local park. It's a sunny and slightly crisp day at 17 ° Celsius - perfect for a walk through the park to the deer sanctuary and back.

There's the museum of the French revolution there too but only for history boffs 🤓

What are you doing today?