notes to accompany our adventure

Cute clothes!

You are very good at picking out cute clothes for Arlo. He is always dressed very well, and that is entirely thanks to you!

The greatest the world has ever seen.

That is how I feel about you, as a mother, as a wife, and as a woman.
You are beautiful, wise, caring, committed, thoughtful, and passionate. I could not have dreamed of a woman more well suited, capable, or deserving to be the mother of my son, and to share life with everyday.

There is never a moment that I doubt your ability in raising our child, often I am surprised at how brilliant the things I see you doing with, and for our son are. You truly amazing me, on a very regular basis. I love you so much for that. I find myself working so hard to be anything close to as great as you are with him, and I fall short everytime; I could never do it without you and I know he would not be the boy he is today without you and what you do for him always.

Thank you for that, my dearest Kara, thank you!

Beautiful day

This morning has been so beautiful. It’s hard to stop thinking about camping, potato creek, the drive-in and all the other summer fun we have, I can hardly wait to start doing that with our family this year!

DSLR

Thank you for insisting we use the DSLR regularly. We have amazing photos thanks to you and your insistence. 

You are the best!

While I work

Thank you so much for caring for Arlo while I work, wether it’s during the day or after hours I am always confident that he is being cared for in the best way possible when he’s with you.
I appreciate your effort and your sacrifice.
Thank you love

Birthday weekend

I had an amazing birthday weekend, thank you. You are a great wife and a fantastic mother.
I love you so much!

Healthy

ˈhelTHē/
adjective
adjective: healthy; comparative adjective: healthier; superlative adjective: healthiest
1.
in good health.
“I feel fit and healthy”
synonyms: well, in good health, fine, fit, in good trim, in good shape, in fine fettle, in tip-top shape;

That word, healthy, is the word I would use to describe you. It’s what you are, it’s who you are.
You’re young, smart, beautiful, and healthy.

Know that, when you doubt it’s truth, pray it, believe it. I do, we do.
Every morning before we start our day, Arlo and I sit together on the couch and we pray. We pray for good days, for patience, for wisdom, and we pray for health. For you, for him, for myself, for our family.

I understand it can be scary, and I know that a little information can run wild in our minds to give us fears of the unknown, but what we do know is that we have an all powerful God looking over us and keeping us strong. He hasn’t done us wrong so far in life and we have no reason to begin doubting him now.
Keep your head up high, continue praying, and be. Be with us, be with yourself, be in the moment. That’s where life is lived to the fullest.
You are healthy, and you will remain healthy, I promise.
With love,
Dan

Continue praying.

We’re approaching the opportunity to make a big life change. Let’s pray and seek wisdom to ensure we do it wisely.
I know we will, and I’m sure whatever we do will work great, likely not perfect, but great nonetheless.
I love you and I’m excited to takes adventurous steps with you along our journey together. Let’s lead our little man on the adventure of his life with confidence and passion. Love you!

As I walked Arlo to sleep tonight

two thoughts came to my mind that I thought I should share with you…

The first – Walking our son to sleep is one of the most rewarding aspects to my day, I cherish those moments while he snuggles in and becomes comfortable more than almost anything else I do everyday. 

Second – Thank you so much for working so hard and being so persistent when it comes to nursing him. I think about his brain often and how it processes everything new everyday and I am alway brought a sense of peace and confidence when I know the nutrition he is receiving; I know it comes at great cost to you and much effort and I just wanted to be certain you know how much I appreciate it and that I think about it frequently. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for our family, for the mom that you are, for that dad that I can be, and the life that we live each day together. I would not trade any of it. 

You are absolutely amazing, and I am so thankful that I have been blessed with the amazing, beautiful wife that you are. Thank you, love!

I love you, more!

I am excited for the next 6 months

I think we came up with a great plan and I’m looking forward to spending a good deal of time with our little man and set him up for a great afternoon with you :) 

Love you

You can do it!
Remember the feelings of laying in bed with this little man, the emotional struggle of getting out of bed so early in the morning and leaving him, the wonderful weekends that release your from those distractions to be the mom you are...

This Too Shall Pass

As much as I know mornings like these are few, far between, and fleeting, I am no more consoled than if I knew that not to be true. They crush me. This is not the life I desire, this is not the style.of communication I so crave for us.
Without getting into the realm of blame, reasoning, and resolution, I simply wish to offer up a sincere apology for anyway in which I mistreated you, and wish to thank you for your openness and honesty with your feedback about my behavior. I love you and if times like this choose to happen I want to be sure I gain as much knowledge of the cause and how to be best poised to avoid them in the future. I am, once again, very sorry, and I love you more than you ever know or feel; my love for you is unwavering and persistent through all of time. You are my everything, and you are mine. I love you.

You are very beautiful

And I say that unapologetically.

I have a very beautiful wife and our son has a beautiful, caring, and above all else, loving mother.

We love you so!