I have been wanting to write a post about the baby for awhile. Tate and I are so blessed with this little boy. It is a fun story. Tate and I had been thinking about trying for a baby, thinking it would take at least a few months and by then we would be ready. After two weeks of being off birth control we decided we weren't ready and started taking precautions again. Well you can guess what happened next.....Neither of us thought I could be pregnant but I took a test just to make sure. When I saw the very very very faint line my heart started pounding! I showed Tate in a panic and he said that he didn't think it was positive because you could barely barely see it. I had my doubts too but in my heart I knew. I took another test the next day, ( Father's Day). I had Tate read the results to me. Both of us were so surprised I don't think either of us remember much of the following 15 minutes or so. I remember a lot of surprised laughter, staring at the test and asking each other, "Are you okay?" Of course we were both extremely happy but in the moment it was pure shock.
I have been thinking about being a mom since I was a little girl playing with baby dolls. Throughout my teenage years I remember wanting to be a mama in the future and wondering about the husband that I would make a baby with. I feel so very blessed to have fallen in love with Tate. If anyone could know Tate the way I do they would understand what I mean. He truly LOVES me for who I am. He is so supportive and after a hard day I find myself wanting to go home into his arms. My happiness is his goal in life. ( Now I'm crying ha ha) Not to mention he is handsome, athletic and very smart. Not bad genes if I do say so myself.
I feel so very blessed and thankful for this opportunity to be a mom. Even though he isn't here yet, from the day I found out he was coming I have wanted to protect him and give him everything and every opportunity. I know every new mom feels this way. I think about him all the time and how I want to:
Teach him to say "please and thank you"
Watch him play soccer with Tate
Take him to the pet store and let him pick out some weird exotic animal and then end up taking care of it myself.
Be the person he hides behind to when he meets somebody new.
Watch him learn to walk
But mostly i just want to hold him when he's born and shield him from those bright lights:)
