An ode to my husband...

I’ve always known that I wanted to be a mom. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of having children of my own. Because of that desire I knew that when I was choosing to marry someone I was choosing him not only for myself, but also for my children that would come someday. I always knew in my heart that Mike would be a good dad, but I never, never realized how simply amazing he would be. I never knew what it would do to my heart when I watched him with our little girl. There really are no words to describe how amazing he is. It all started when I was in labor, actually no, it started when I was pregnant. He would talk to my stomach every single day, he would tell our he/she child how proud he already was of him or her, how much he loved him or her, and how excited he was to meet him or her. Then while I was in labor he was so supportive and so not annoying. (:

The minute Hadley was born I looked at Mike and I saw him fall in love with her. I always thought for some reason that he would want a boy, he never said that, in fact he always said that he would be excited for either, but for some reason, probably just because he was a man, I thought he would prefer a son. I was wrong. I am sure that he would love a son just as much, but there is no question that he is madly in love with our little girl. Right away at the hospital he jumped right in to taking care of her. He changed all her diapers, calmed her when she was upset, and was the first one to want her back from the nursery when they took her so we could get some rest or because she had to have a test or something.

When we got home from the hospital I seriously don’t think that I could have made it through the first two weeks without him. When I would start crying for no reason because my hormones were out of control he would reassure me. When I had to get up to breastfeed Hadley in the middle of the night, he got up every time to talk to me so I wasn’t alone. When I wanted to quit breastfeeding a million times because it was so hard and I was in so much pain, he talked me through it. He was always there, right in the middle of things, never once leaving our side.
I could never imagine doing this alone, or without a husband that is so supportive. I am brought to tears so many times when I watch him with her. When I hear him say to her how much he loves her. When he comes home from work and takes her from me the minute he walks in the door because he missed her so much. When he looks at me and says how incredibly thankful he is that we have such a beautiful daughter. He is an amazing man, I always knew it, and now I am so thrilled that my daughter will know it too…