To a Special Daddy

I'm still here, it's just gotten really busy around here so the time to blog has dropped to an all time low.

So, I figure there has to be a correlation between exercising and having a clean home and being happy. Exercising helps being happy and having a clean home. Being happy helps you want to exercise and have a clean home. Having a clean home helps you want to take the time to exercise and definitely adds to my happiness :) I usually go walking with a group of friends every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. Since starting this I have found it easier to keep my home clean and it has been a much happier home. Of course, between being gone for Thanksgiving and now the girls are sick I haven't been walking for over a week and I'm feeling pretty grumpy and my house isn't as clean as I want it to be, and I really don't feel like folding my laundry. If they were just sick I would take them and just keep them away from the other little kids, but Emily has had a cough (they are all strapped into strollers the whole time so they don't get near them anyways unless I let them afterwards). I think she's getting better though, so hopefully by tomorrow I can go :).

I was reading a post earlier and it was about a father tucking in his little girl and singing to her. My favorite part of the day is when Nathan comes home. I love it best when I'm finishing up dinner while he plays with them. I love hearing the squealing and excitement from the girls and I think it is so peaceful to cook while everyone is happy. Another thing I love is when Nathan tucks the girls in bed and sings them to sleep. I love tucking in my girls and singing to them and sometimes Nathan and I both do it together and sing together to them (Emily will even chime in now and then) and I love it, but I also love seeing Nathan take care of our girls and love them and sing to them and I'll just hang outside the door to watch because I love it. Nathan has also taken it upon himself to check on our girls every night and put on an extra blanket (the nights here are fairly cold and we still haven't turned on our heater because we haven't really had to). To Nathan - I love you. Thanks for being such a great Daddy.

We're eager as a family to have a Christmas break. Nathan has had to put in some late nights with all of the finals and projects that are coming due. I'm hoping he just skips out on the cold the rest of the family has.