Through thick and thin...

After spending the last few days with my husband, I am struck but how much we have weathered together. It sometimes feels like it is hard to remember a time when he wasn't in my life. I am completely comfortable admitting that our relationship has not been without it's struggles but I will say in spite of it all we are intensely committed to one another and our family. Watching his transformation over the past 17 years has been amazing but none quite as amazing as watching him become a father. Nothing makes me more weak in the knees than seeing him snuggling with our son. And last night, I was touched as he kissed my belly without a second thought.  To top it off, he smiled as he relayed to me of how the night before as I was sleeping he snuggled with me after coming to bed that as he held my belly our baby girl was moving and kicking. He refers to her by her name, "L", he talks to E about her arrival, lets me show him all the clothes coming into the house, and teases me about my royalty status since I am carrying the princess. Yes, I think we are just are just about ready for this baby girl's arrival.