A new member will join Team Mac in August. Life is already changing with this pregnancy and will continue to change in ways we can't imagine right now. I am uncertain about a lot, but I do know I already love this lil' bit with my whole being. I already feel the weight of the power a parent holds. Ryan and I will be the greatest determining factor for how this little one turns out. I know this, in part, due to experiences in therapy. Every therapist starts with, "Tell me about your childhood" and "What is your relationship with your parents?" I know I'll mess up. I know I'll have regrets. But I also know I will love him or her unconditionally, and will always be the best mama I can be. Another thing I know is that Baby Mac has one incredible Dad. Ryan was born to be a father. There are things that are just natural for him that lend themselves to being a good parent. Patience is a certainly one of his strongest virtues; he gets his energy from giving love and feeling that love in return; his energy is boundless when it comes to his passions and to interacting with the little people in his life (and in that category I include our dogs, although one is anything but little).
Just this morning, I woke up pretty early for a Sunday (8 a.m.) and he'd already bounded out of bed. I found him outside playing in the dirt. He was engaging in his springtime passion of planting things. Sometimes, his planting experiments fail, but it doesn't matter. The joy he gets from planting the seeds and caring for these little plants and watching them grow is evident. He is a nurturer, through and through. He is going above and beyond to take care of our baby now by taking care of me through this pregnancy. Our little one is already lucky to have a Dad like Ryan and I am lucky to have him as a husband.
