My children's daddy

In our house he answers to Papa (German for Dad) and his boys absolutely adore him. The sun pretty much rises and sets over him as far as they are concerned. They run to the door when he comes home. They fight over who gets more attention from him. It's truly amazing. Seeing them play together, wrestle and do all kinds of boy things together just melts my heart. Listening to the way they talk to each other and the things that he is teaching our boys is a true joy.

I fully believe that when the Lord created John, he intended for him to be the daddy of two boys some day. He has endless energy for them. He is so creative with coming up with new activities and games. And he knows exactly what makes a little boy's heart tick. He takes my breath away when he challenges one of them to do something scary...I just want to rescue whoever it is but he waits patiently and gives all the right kind of encouragement until they succeed.

I certainly could not have hoped for a better partner in the parenting journey.  Our tears over the possibility of not having children of our own have given way to tears of joy, and sometimes, let's be honest, of frustration over our beautiful boys.  We have been blessed beyond measure with our boys and they have certainly been blessed with their daddy!

I love you, babe. Thank you for being such an awesome daddy for our boys!