Happy Birthday Lucy

Above: Our big girl in her birthday outfit: a matching birthday crown and #2 shirt, a pink boa, a white shawl, and a pink tutu.

Well we are parents of a two year old, and it has been quite a ride. At times it feel like she has been part of our life as long as we’ve been together, and at other times it feels like she just got here. She has brought so much joy to our lives that I truly cannot imagine being anyone else but Lucy’s Daddy.

When we first found out we were pregnant with here, I really wanted her to be a boy. I wanted a little boy to play with, roughhouse with, and teach how to be a little man. But now, two years into a lifetime of being a father of a little girl(s), I can’t believe I ever wished for it to be any other way.

Having a little girl who thinks I hung the moon cannot compare to anything else. I have cherished our time together and the amount of love I have been able to pour into her short life, and of course the love I have receive back tenfold. Raising a girl is no small matter, but knowing that I am the most important man in her life has caused me to love and care for her more than I could have ever imagined.

Our first two years together have brought us closer seemingly every day, so much so that I cannot wait to see what the next year holds.