 Mom didn't expect to hear this when Navy Dad returned from sea. As every parent knows, the moment you see and hold your child for the first time is impossible to describe, but to one dad, Navy Lieutenant Michael Lemons did not even know this incredible moment was going to happen. When Lemons arrived on shore after eight months at sea, he could no longer hold back. Military families face many challenges when a member is deployed, and more when this member is a parent. More than 40% of children in military families are less than six years old, at this age or younger it's when the children are most dependent on their parent emotional and physical availability. As they are sent for their tour of duty, they must bid farewell to their loved ones, sometimes not knowing if they are going to return. But Lieutenant Lemons did return, and when he did, he knew his wife had been lying and was incredibly surprised. The family members left at home don't have it quite easy either. They have to hold down the fort and handle life's challenges alone without the help of their loved one nearby. This can be quite difficult as the person at home has to be their 200% for the family. To Michael Lemons wife, her husband's deployment was even more difficult as she was not telling her husband the whole truth. Lieutenant Michael Lemons of the United States Navy knows the hardships of service. The honor of serving for his country is too high to give up the comforts of family life, no matter how tempting that may be. Lemons and 27 crew members aboard the USS John C. Stennis were excitedly ready to return home to their families and many to their newborn children. But Lemons wife Holly did not expect her loved ones words and compassion. Holly Lemons delivered her incredible news about being pregnant just 48 hours before her husband was sent for deployment. Holly explains as she desperately waits ashore for her husband to arrive, I think we found out about the baby and that we found out that they moved the deployment up by about five months. Holly never expected to be raising the child's first months on her own, and this is when Lieutenant Lemons knew he had made a huge mistake. Both Holly and Michael have three children, Samantha the eldest, Michael Jr., and while Lieutenant Lemons was overseas, his wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Hunter Ethan Lemons, making their family complete. In a military marriage, duty is first, Lemons knew what hardships he had put his wife through, as his ship approached the dock he had two things in mind. Lemons and 27 crew members aboard the USS John C. Stennis all missed the birth of their children after being deployed for an extended period of time. All members were eager to be released so. They could see their families and their new additions. A reporter at the scene states that all members of the ship awaited, not for a reunion, but to say their first hello to their newborn babies. As the ship pulled into the naval station in Bremerton, Washington, Lemons wife quickly spots him out from the crowd. While every single military homecoming tugs at our heartstrings, this one goes a step further. All because of an incredible and sweet reaction Michael Lemons has as he sees his wife and meets his new baby boy. When the soldiers started coming off the ship and onto the shore, it is Lemons children who first spotted him. His son, Michael Jr. points out at a distance saying, there he is. Then, Holly instructs Samantha, the eldest child to let him know where she and her new baby are, without wasting a moment Samantha runs to embrace her father. As Navy Lieutenant Michael Lemons dashes over to see his wife for the first time in months, his eyes light up, but before he could hold back any emotion, he blurted. For words that make this incredible homecoming all too heartwarming, he's perfect. Thank you. In awe and love, he gives his wife a kiss, still, she can't handle all this emotion. When Holly Lemons heard him express his gratitude, tears immediately started forming in her eyes, and she began to weep. Because he was not home, while she endured childbirth and the care of three children, Michael Lemons understands that it is not easy to raise a family all alone, and that is what he wanted to let. Her know as soon as possible, how incredibly proud he is of his wife doing this all alone. The recognition is all she wanted, she knew she was doing a lot while her husband served the country, and not once did she let her husband know how difficult things were. Still, the moment couldn't have been more bittersweet. With the newborn between the couple, Lemons and his wife held each other tight. The family was finally complete and united. But as Lieutenant Lemons can't stay home for very long he plans to soak up amazing moments with his family and, of course, his newborn son while he can, taking the load off his wife. These four words he busted out to his wife when he saw them might have been tiny to many, but they hold more meaning than he probably ever imagined.