Today Hunter is six-months-old. I turned to Bill earlier this week and said, did you ever know your parents were this tired?
Neither did I.
Watching your child grow is amazing. Loving that child is amazing. Discovering the world with them is amazing. Being a parent is amazing. None of it is cliche and it’s all entirely true: Their smiles make your life worthwhile and there isn’t anything you won’t do for a giggle. It warms your heart in all those sappy ways you surely thought were owned exclusively by Hallmark. (No, you own them too.)
It’s also really, really hard though. So here’s to Six Months of Hunter: The little boy we dreamed about long before we knew he was real, the soul that our family was missing, the smile that makes my day, the cry that wakes me, and those hands. Oh my god, those hands.
Six Months of Hunter: the most difficult, most crazy challenging, most crazy rewarding, wonderful, happiest days of my life.
