Ode to my wonderful HUBBY

Looking back over the last couple of months worth of blogs I've written...I notice they are ALL about me and the baby! Unbelievable...how self absorbed can one person possibly be?? Believe it or not, Lane actually IS in the picture, which is the only reason why I'm able to get up each day with a smile (or not) and know that everything is going to work out ok in the end. He's been such an amazing help to me during the last 15 weeks and I feel like he needs some recognition for that, I'm sure it hasn't been easy for him dealing with his pregnant hormonal wife! This list is by all means not meant to be all encompassing, just a brief look into some of the ways he's been such a huge support and encouragement:

~Right off the bat, when the home pregnancy test I took at 5am turned positive,I was in shock and didn't know how to feel. It was Lane's excited reaction that set my mind at ease and gave me an immediate positive outlook on this huge life changing event.

~He has been so incredible supporting my decisions about where and under what circumstances I feel most comfortable pertaining to pregnancy care and delivery.

~Of course he's been much kinder to me than I've been to myself regarding all the changes my body is going through. Always there to remind me of the miraculous reasons my body is reacting and changing the way it is.

~We can't forget the chores he's had to pick up since I've become pregnant; cleaning cat litter (ALL the time since my sense of smell is super sized these days). For the first couple of months there, he'd have to do just about everything else around the house as well seeing as I could hardly drag myself out of bed to go to the bathroom! Yet, he did it all with very LITTLE complaining;)

~I don't know how many times I've sent him to the store in search of that one magic food item that will fulfill my every want and desire at that moment!

~Speaking of food, he's been such a good sport about forgoing one of our favorite foods SUSHI! I owe him big time once our little one is here...

~Maybe this one should have gone first, because I think, in his mind at least, he shows his love for me and the baby the most by getting up each and every day to go to work and provide for us. That single act alone gives me such a sense of safety and security that cannot be replaced. Lane's dependablility is overwhelming and makes me love him that much more than I already do!

~Lane balances me out so well and though this one spills over into our lives - pregnant or not - it's still an important and key way that he adds so much to my life...and even more important now that I'm pregnant and even MORE unbalanced!

~Bottom line, I couldn't ever imagine my life without my WONDERFUL HUSBAND!