I Love My Wife

For those of you who have had children there is a new respect that you have to have for women as they go through pregnancy. I can't express how much I love my wife and how proud of her I am for carrying our child and doing all of the things she does.

I know that her, and all women, go through so many changes in their bodies during pregnancy that it is hard for men to really appreciate the experience.

In all actuality it has been a pretty smooth. We are so grateful that everything has been going so well and that she has had a healthy pregnancy. While she was nauseous a lot she barely had any really bad morning sickness. At 32 weeks and going strong she has still only gained about 20 pounds and she looks great but she is starting to feel uncomfortable.

Through the first two trimesters, Christine has literally glowed. While I don't always share her enthusiasm for looking through catalogs of baby stuff all the time, watching her nesting habits, now in full swing, and how she talks about all the little outfits our son will wear (and continues to cry when she sees the tiny socks), has had a profound effect on me. I do now catch myself comparing children's clothes and toys everywhere I go and of course saying, "I would never put my son in something like that."

Christine is worried to death that I will let our son wear outfits that don't match or just run around with nothing on but a diaper or a onesie.....hey, I hope he takes after me.
It also never gets old how excited people are to see us and Christine's growing belly.

So with seven months down, things are starting to get uncomfortable. She never did quite make it to the yoga classes and workouts have fallen by the wayside (mostly because I have not been the drill Sergeant I promised to be). The most mundane tasks have become a bit of a comedy routine (for me at least). Her struggles include rolling over, getting up and bending down, and pretty much doing anything that requires a lot of movement.

I know that she is ready for this baby to come out as she constantly tells him to quit kicking her and she is starting to have a lot of trouble sleeping..fun fun.

I am sure she will kill me for writing this but she will now snap about little things that in the past would have just rolled off her back. But no matter what may upset her, you can be assured that a half hour later, she will come to me with a sheepish look and say that she's sorry.

And then there is the stuff that all guys know about but I am probably not allowed to write about here.....oh what the heck...the gasiness, the indigestion, the belching, the peeing when she sneezes, the new hair growth.....and all the while she looks more beautiful to me everyday.

I write all this because it is just amazing to me what a woman she is. That she is able to work and do things around the house and still carry our child. She eats well, she takes care of herself and I am sure this will all help our baby have a smooth delivery.

So I just got an IM from her that said she had "hobbit feet" so she was going home. See that is the best part of all of this..Christine is very funny and we do constantly laugh together about all of these things.

It is just amazing in and of itself....but going through it with my soul mate makes it even better.

Honey....I LOVE YOU!!