Bermuda’s own miracle twins, born eight days apart, were sound asleep when they landed safely on the Island aboard an air ambulance jet.

For proud Bermudian parents Edonna and Ryan Bean it was bittersweet reunion on the tarmac at LF Wade International Airport yesterday.

The Royal Gazette was there for the Bean family’s return from IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Next to one of the pilots, Ms Bean was the first to emerge from the small aircraft to be greeted with open arms by her husband. And he was ecstatic to see his baby boys, who were born last November and December.

The twins are now being cared for at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, with their parents eagerly waiting for the all clear to take them home.

The day began for Mrs Bean and the babies at 5am. First there were some sombre goodbyes to say in Halifax. “I never saw it as goodbye or something final, I believe it’s just until we meet again,” she said.

“It was all so surreal, but it became very real when the air flight team actually arrived at the hospital to transport us back to Bermuda.”

Coincidentally, it was the same team that transported her to IWK Health Centre in November.

“The flight for the most part was very smooth, I was never really nervous because I had the same team that actually brought me here on November 5,” she said.

“We were ready for discharge, I’m just so glad to be home, and the twins have adjusted well to their new environment. I’m confident they’ll be coming out of this hospital very soon.”

By 6pm yesterday she was settled in with the twins on a general ward at KEMH. Lead physician Dr Ryan Bates will be in charge of the twins while they are in hospital.

The Beans expect to hear from Dr Bates today about how much longer it will be before the twins are cleared to leave KEMH.

Both Emyr and Esai were doing well last night. At last check, Emyr, the first to be born in the interval deliveries weighed 4.7lb. His brother Easi weighs 6lb.

Mrs Bean’s lead physician at IWK Health Centre for the twins, Dr Krista Jangaard, in a statement said: “It is with joy, and a little sadness, that the staff in the IWK NICU bid farewell to Emyr and Esai and their parents, Edonna and Ryan — joyful because two little boys get one step closer to being home with their family in Bermuda, sad because daily contact over the past months has built an enduring bond between care providers and the family. We wish the family all the best with their precious little boys.”

For the Bean family this is a journey that was shrouded under a cloud of uncertainty little more than three months ago, when Ms Bean’s pregnancy ran into great difficulties.

For the proud father it was a mixed day of being anxious filled with anxiety that was overwhelmed by strong faith from the very beginning.

Mr Bean said: “I am humbled beyond words, because when you think back to the first story, this could have turned out so different.

“I have to start by saying that I am so blessed and overwhelmed, God has most certainly shown me who he is, I am humbled beyond words.

“The way our angels have progressed ... he has held them in his hands from the time they were conceived.

“Once I knew they were on their way home I was flooded with emotion and sheer joy, dancing around with our dog Teddy, who was actually answering me while I was singing.

“Now knowing that they they’re home and that they did extremely well during the flight and they allowed mama to sleep for a bit was really nice.

“The fact that I arrived to the airport and met them out on the tarmac, my face instantly began to hurt because I was smiling so much.”

The couple received the news of Mrs Bean’s pregnancy in June 2013. Eighteen weeks into the pregnancy last October, Emyr’s amniotic sac ruptured.

Mrs Bean was taken to KEMH and then transported to IWK Health Centre. On November 25, Emyr was born weighing just 1lb 15 oz. Eight days later his brother Esai arrived weighing 2lbs 7oz.

With so much progress since then, the couple are relieved and happy to have their entire family back home.

A KEMH spokeswoman confirmed that while it’s Bermuda Hospitals Board policy not to comment on babies returning to Bermuda, “premature babies born aboard who return to Bermuda are admitted to either the hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit or to Gosling Ward”.

“BHB liaises closely with overseas facilities to assure the care of premature babies is seamless,” the spokeswoman said.

“State-of-the-art equipment allows for continuous monitoring of vital signs in babies. And physicians work closely with SCBU nurses to ensure the best care for each newborn.”

For Emyr and Esai that part of the journey was completed at IWK Health Centre after their premature births. Their journey towards home continues on Gosling Ward today.

And while the couple is grateful for the many prayers and well wishes sent up on their behalf, they have asked that they hold off on the visits until they get their boys home, to their real home, at last.