i hope he doesn’t mind me sharing this personal story,
but this is one of those things i don’t want to forget….

cc told me a while ago he had something for me in storage that he had been wanting to give me… so i bugged him a bit and a box eventually showed up at our house that i wasn’t allowed to peek at…

the other night, i finally just asked what was in it.

he explained that when he was with his family in spain they visited the lladro factory, where they make all of the hand-crafted porcelain sculptures.  {mind you this was 4-5 years ago… so about 2-3 years before we started dating}  he saw this one and instantly thought of what his future wife would look like after his first child was born. he was so moved by it, that he purchased it there, and held onto it through all the moves, for all those years, just waiting to give to…well, me.

i was touched. not only because she is beautiful and has long hair and is holding a sweet boy, but because cc thought about what life might be like as a dad, long before he knew he would ever be a husband. it says so much about him and the kind of man that he is. he loves this new job. he has prepared for it, and long awaited it, and it shows.

after we went to bed, i was laying there thinking of a few weeks ago when a man and a woman stopped us in a baby store to ask me if my husband really liked being a dad… she said, “my brother here, has an aversion to parenthood and doesn’t want to do it…”

chris, who was proudly beaming and pushing the stroller when she stopped us, spoke excitedly, “are you kidding? i couldn’t wait for this!  i was so excited, and it just gets better now that he’s here!!”

the two of them smiled, thanked us for settling what i can only assume was a one-sided argument, and walked away practically giggling at how cute that was…

i know. i am so lucky.