The Awesomeness of Troy

I'm not sure what sparked this horrible, awful gut feeling of mine regarding Lauren and my parents traveling from Louisville to St. Louis on Sunday, but I've had it for a few weeks. I have been trying to overcome it, but it persists. I'm pretty sure it may have been the storyline on Grey's Anatomy last night that pushed me over, or maybe it's my line of work, but I had horrible awful images in my head and literally felt sick to my stomach over Sunday.

Because of that, this morning I asked Troy if instead of meeting my parents in Louisville tomorrow, we could just go all the way to St. Louis to drop her off, then drive back to Louisville on Sunday to catch our flight Monday morning. Being the wonderful, awesome, understanding, loving husband that he is - he agreed. All because of this gut feeling I have. And let me tell you, a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I'm not longer in a near panic.

He has been insanely patient with me these last few weeks as I get more and more nervous about our impending trip. We've made a great team - he reassures me that Lauren will be fine when I need it, and I do the same for him. He just rocks. I love him and am happy that he puts up with my little bit of crazy about stuff like this, and I know he doesn't fully understand this "feeling," but I am glad that he is humoring me and adding many extra miles in order to make me feel more comfortable about our vacation.

Since I'm bragging on him, I want to brag about what an awesome daddy he is. Lauren adores him. ADORES him. She wants to see him first thing in the morning, and their interactions are the best. He dances "getting strong" with her, reads to her, changes poopy diapers, and has conversations with her. She likes to cuddle up with him at night, and if he leaves for work, she usually spends a few minutes while we're getting in the car asking about him. Last night, Troy was on the 6:00 evenings news, so Lauren and I watched. Then she was going "daddy, daddy" and would sign more, so we watched this 30-second clip for probably 10 minutes over and over again.

I <3>

And in 2 hours, I am OFFICIALLY on vacation!