true love...

I have a chest cold.

It isn't terrible but I am not sleeping well at night due to all the coughing.

Last night, I took some cold medicine with a sleep aid in high hopes of skipping the hour-long coughing fit that consistently shows up at 4:00 am every morning.

It didn't work.  I still woke up coughing in the twilight hours of the night.  To add insult to injury, Adell and Colter were both up a couple of times in the night.

Luckily for me, I am married to a Champion.  Will always gets up with the kids when they stir in the middle of the night.  It is one of the nicest things.

Last night, or this morning, Colter woke up for the second time.  He was screaming and growling--apparently Colter thought he needed to throw up.  Will took him into the bathroom and calmed Colter down.  After a minute Colter said "Dad, I need to go to the bathroom."  Will responded with an "Ok buddy" and helped Colter get situated in the dark.  Minutes later Colter was back in his bed and Will was back with me.

The whole exchange lasted maybe 10 minutes but it made me fall in love all over again with my husband.  Nothing is sweeter to me than hearing my children call Will "Dad".  Nothing is sweeter than hearing him patiently care and teach them.  I love Will so much and am so thankful for the wonderful Father and Husband he is to us.  I know he likes being a Dad but sometimes (when you are waking up with a screaming three-year-old for the second time, for example) it can be difficult.  I am so thankful that Will is a loving father in the fun times AND in the difficult times.

I sure love you William James.