Happy Father's Day, Brian!

Father's Day marks the beginning of a series of events (our anniversary and his birthday are coming in short order) that make me think of all of the reasons I am so grateful and happy to be married to the man I snagged. He is the most excellent of complements to me in so many ways. Here are the things I appreciate most (today) about the dad he is.

Strong man. 

He can rough and tumble better than I can. I do my best to be as physical as I can be with Nathan. I know it's good for him and let's be honest, he's a boy who loves drama, but the reality is that Brian is stronger than I am and some of the things he does with Nathan scare the heck out of me. Too high! Too fast! Too dangerous! Nathan couldn't love it more.

Calling it. 

He is good at calling a stop to things that we've slid into out of force of necessity or the course of events. When Nathan's reflux kicked up again and I had made multiple calls into the pediatrician's office to see what may be the problem (and an ER trip one night after he'd been up and crying for 3 hours) just to be told that "babies sometimes have trouble sleeping" and "separation anxiety is usually bad at that age" I had given up on finding a solution. We had gone from sleeping through the night to waking up every 2 hours again, and I was defeated. Brian, the voice of reason, said, "that's enough," called the pediatrician, and got us in the same day. We left with a prescription doubling his Prevacid and 4 nights later, Nathan slept through the night again. I couldn't have loved him more.

Leaving him alone.

Brian is better at leaving Nathan alone to entertain himself. Either that or Nathan will let Brian leave him alone. It's an invaluable skill and so good for him.

Getting Active.

Brian has pushed us to take Nathan out and stay active since he was born. I'm naturally more inclined to stay closer to home, but Brian encourages us to try to new things with Nathan and see how it goes. While they may not all be complete successes, more often than not it goes really well.

I couldn't be more grateful to be in this with him. It's incredible to so intensely share the love of a person with someone else. I wouldn't choose anyone else.