Happy Father's Day!

I want to take some time to wish a Happy Father’s Day to my incredible husband Joe, who is also an amazing father!  Yesterday, we had a great time together as a family at the newly renovated YMCA near our home, where daddy and Justice got to have lots of fun in all the various play areas and in the pool!  It was great to watch them interact – Justice definitely loves his dad!  Sometimes I think Justice likes Joe more than me, which is actually totally fine with me, because I think it’s fantastic that they have such a great connection.  While Joe loves to wrestle and tickle and encourage Justice in his reckless adventures, he is also tender, cuddly, patient, and so incredibly loving towards his son.  They are a great pair and I am looking forward to observing Joe when our daughter arrives and how he interacts with his little girl!

I am also continuously thankful and grateful for Joe and what a tremendous help he is as a father and that he is absolutely hands-on and involved in all our parenting decisions and adventures.  He is right there cleaning the dirty diapers, feeding Justice meals, playing with him, giving him a bath, putting him down for the night, and everything in between.  We are 100% partners in this thing and I love that about my husband!  I think that recently though, the thing I appreciate most about him is his spiritual leadership in our family.  A couple weeks ago, Joe shared with me his desire to really make prayer for our family a priority and he lovingly encouraged me to join him by getting up early in the mornings to spend time praying together.  I am definitely not a morning person, so it was hard for me to agree to this arrangement, but I have already noticed that it has made such a difference when we start out our day connecting with God and asking for His help in our marriage and in raising our kids and whatever else is on our hearts to pray about.  I am so thankful that God gave me this man and for his leadership in our home – he is definitely the best husband and father EVER!