The Westbrooks of Charlotte NC

The Love of My Life

Here I am with the love of my life.  Us being silly like we usually are.  It is quite amazing that this November 8th that we will be married for 7 years and will be together for 12 years.  We have had quite an amazing journey in those 12 years and now we get to make it even more interesting with starting our own little family.  I always knew Zac would be a great Dad just like his Dad, but I get to see it now first hand. He is just perfect.  I feel so bad that I wake him up so much during the night, but he is ok with it and always so sweet about it.  He just laughs about it.  His first thought is always about me.  One night I went to bed at about 4 am  and my back was hurting.  He knew I was uncomfortable and instead of going back to sleep he asked what he could get me and if I was ok.  He always puts me first and will do anything for me.  If I’m hungry he will get me whatever I want, which is like all the time.  He is always helping me around the house.  He takes my pregnancy hormones so sweetly as if nothing.  He is always so open to what I have to say.  When I want more cuddling he is always there to abide.  I feel so lucky to have found my soul mate at such a young age and to have spent so many good years together before we had a family.  I just know he is going to be such a great Dad, as he has already been in that role now for 8 1/2 months. He talks to Astrid in my belly and it doesn’t matter if she is asleep or not.  Once she hears her Daddy she wakes up and starts moving.  But I don’t blame her!  He has that soothing voice that makes you feel warm inside.  It is so funny how pregnancy changes your body.  Like ok ok I snore every once in a while you know before pregnancy, but now, I think I probably wake up the neighborhood.  I wake myself up snoring!  Zac said this weekend that I was in the bedroom, he usually gets up way early and goes to the couch to get real sleep for a few hours, and he heard me snoring over the sound machine and my humidifier in the bedroom as well as the football game in the living room.  But whatever.  He doesn’t make me feel embarrassed about it, he just smiles and laughs.   He rubs my belly everyday and now gives me back rubs a few times a day.  I am just so lucky to have a man who is not only a real man but is sensitive too.  He is just like his Dad.  It is so funny that it is true about genes.  Like father like son.   He has that same goofy laugh as his Dad and the same gene that tells him when you hug your wife you gotta pat her on the butt.   It’s like he was born with the gene that tells him how to swaddle a baby and how to be a labor coach.  I heard stories about how great his Dad was with that process, but now I get to live it first hand.  You can tell by the look in his eyes when he looks at me there is love and still after so many years.  I know he sees the same when I look at him.  He is my best friend, my soul mate, and the love of my life.  I can’t wait for my little girl to experience that and to grow up knowing her parents love each other and her so much!