favorite dad.

I have had the fortune of experiencing a few dads in my life.
I have a biological dad.
A dad who raised me.
An uncle who I looked to when I needed a teddy bear.
And a step-dad in my late 20's.

I've seen a little bit of everything.
So I feel a little bit of an expert on the subject.

That said, I am married to my favorite dad of all!

When I met Mr. Man he wasn't yet a dad.  I watched him with the eyes of a friend become a dad for the first time, nervous and excited, ready and not at all ready.  Five years later I can say he's wrapped around Soapy D's little finger and she loves her daddy.  I've watched him put her first, better himself to benefit her and move mountains to make sure she had what she needed from her Daddy.  And when something is wrong that girl knows her daddy is waiting there with arms open always.

Then he really went and did it.  He became a dad to my children.  It takes an unusually special man to marry a woman who has three children.  It takes an extraordinary man to love them like his own.  I know, the dad who raised me was not the one I was born with and Mr. Man had big shoes to fill with an example like my dad.

I've watched him take on Little Man as his son and teach him the things boys need to know along with a healthy dose of the gross things mom's pretend we don't know about.

I've watched him grow the patience of a saint with two teenage daughters who push and pull and test every boundary but know they can count on him at every turn and love him for it.

I've seen the man I love turn into the man I love even more than I thought possible.  I've heard the best thing a dad can do for his kids is love his wife well.  Mr. Man loves us all well.

And now with a little one on the way...I cannot wait.

I can't wait to share that moment with him.
I am so looking forward to coming full circle.
Completing our family.
Together.
With the best dad I know.

Love you to pieces sweetheart!
-McGee