Being Mommy, Thank You Daddy

Last night Tyler and I went to see a movie and left the kids here at home with the three good fairies Gigi (Fauna), Aunt Sandra (Flora), and Mamie (Merryweather). These ladies are my Grandmother, Aunt, and Mom. It takes all 3 of them to watch my 2 kids. All fussing with one another over how to do things best just like the fairies in Sleeping Beauty. I left explicit instructions on what to do with Tucker in order to stick with this routine I am trying to establish and off we went.

When we returned at 10 Madeline was still up (which I expected) but ready to go to bed and I was happy that I got to tell her goodnight. Tucker was in his bed but not asleep. I went to our room for a minute after Madeline was down and the girls were gone and then went to go and check on Tucker. Tyler was already in his room holding him and for a second I thought NOOOO now we are going to have to lay him down and let him cry to get him to go to sleep...but Tucker looked so happy in his Daddy's arms. Tyler was happy too. He said that Tucker was just laying in his bed awake, looking around, and that he thought I would want to see him so he was bringing him to me. Another big no no according to a lot of books I have read through- you know, keep the room dark, don't talk to or play with your baby at night, don't go in a bright area etc. Tyler was right, though. I did want to see him. And he wanted to see me. When he heard my voice he whipped his head around and smiled so big. He was sooo happy. And then, then he REACHED FOR ME! He stuck his little hands out and touched my face over and over again. I melted. I love how much he loves me. I love being Mommy to my two babies. Makes all of these sleepless nights worthwhile.

Tomorrow will be Tyler's 4th Father's Day. His first with 2 children. I have talked about it briefly before but sometimes I cannot believe what a wonderful father Tyler is when I think about how far we have come. He was 25 when Madeline was born. 25 and at the hospital with none of his family there with him. They were all on a family cruise and everyone was quite surprised when Madeline came almost a month early. Tyler handled everything so well. He was amazing. So calm and composed. That began our amazing journey together as parents. He makes me a better person and gives me the strength to be a good mom. He is such an amazing Dad- patient and loving.

It was one year ago today that I told Tyler we were expecting again. He was judging a horse show and I was home with Madeline. I was laying on the couch about to fall asleep and the only thing that got me up off my bottom was the overwhelming desire to go and get some Mexican food. I decided that that probably meant that I needed to take a pregnancy test. It was positive. I fell to my knees and thanked God. Off Madeline and I went to get the first of a thousand Mr. Pancho pregnant meals and when we got back to the house I told her that she was going to be a big sister. She said that she wanted to hold the baby "NOW." Then I had to decide how to tell Tyler. The next day was going to be Father's Day so I decided I would put the test in an envelope on his pillow so that when he got in he would see it. I did that but it made me so excited for him to find out that I called him. He answered and said that he wasn't really busy right then so I told him. He couldn't believe it. When he got home he told me he had a really hard time judging the rest of the events and cringed when I told him I put the test on his pillow! I explained that it was in an envelope and he felt a little better about it. We told the rest of our family on Father's Day. Tomorrow on Father's Day we are going to Baptize Tucker. It will be a great day. Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful Daddies out there. Especially you Tyler.