Friday, June 09, 2006

Awesome family


This is why I love my husband. He is the world's best father. He absolutely hates this book, but Corbin loves it, so they read it. Over and over again. As many times as he wants. He gets up at 4:30am to get ready for work and is home around 4pm. From the time he walks in the door, till they go to bed, John is super Dad! He feeds Aeva-Grace while I start dinner, all the while entertaining Corbin, a little boy who idolizes his Daddy and can't wait till he comes home. They all run and play and make Rosie nuts. They read and watch Dr Phil, and by dinner time everyone has the giggles. Sometimes I stand in the doorway, quietly, and just watch them. He is so natural with both kids. Some men are just born fathers. John is one of them.

Tonight, John and I switched off at bedtime and I took Corbin, he took Aeva-Grace. It was nice to trade. We try to switch kids at bedtime a couple of times a week, when he works days. When he works afternoons, I do both by myself. After Corbin's storytime tonight, we cuddled on his bed for a bit, practising his new words. Then Corbin pointed to me and said "pretty". I thought I was going to cry. I asked, "you think Mommy is pretty?" He touches my cheek and whispers, "yeah, pretty Mom" I almost lost it. It's moments like that everything makes sense and the world is right. I love my family!

1 comment:

Nan said...

Awww!! Don't you love that? I get all melty when my boys tell me I'm pretty (one major perk of having a houseful of boys... they all think I'm the most beautiful woman in the world!) :^)
Sounds like your husband is just a great guy. I hope he had a happy Father's Day.
Nan