Five years ago yesterday we stood in a church and promised to love and cherish each other until we croak. Then we had a big fat party in the back yard.
At that point we planned to not have children until we had been married five years. A good solid plan. We would give ourselves time to adjust to being "us", to learn one another, to just be. A lot of things we planned for have not come to fruition, or just didn't turn out the way we thought. But this one, this one did. We made it almost to five years without an accidental pregnancy. We have moved seven times, twice state to state. We have learned how to laugh at each other, and, more importantly, ourselves.
And now, at this landmark, we are parents together. On the day Gideon was born I gave D a card to congratulate him on being a dad, and to tell him how excited and honored I am to be able to be on this journey with him. There is no one else in the world who can put up with me. And there is no one else in the world who has always kept my interest. And now, I can say that he is the only person I would ever want to call my partner in parenting. We are able to take the balance we have used in our marriage and carry it over to raising our child.
Now I'm not saying that we are the epitome of a good marriage, and the perfect parents. But, what I can say is that we are perfect for each other, and together we are learning to be just what our little boy needs.
Also, if you ever wondered if all you can eat sushi is worth the price, it TOTALLY IS! Except, we also learned that there IS such a thing as too much sushi.
P.S. Gideon is almost 3 moths old! AHHH!
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