My Wishes for You, Henry

With only 5 more weeks to go, I have been thinking a lot more about Henry. Who will he look like? Whose personality will he have? Will I be a good mother? Well, Henry, here are some of my wishes for you (and I guess some for Matt and I too).


I wish for you to love the outdoors and really appreciate spending time with nature


I wish for you to stick up for those that don't have the ability to stick up for themselves


I wish for you to have your fathers skin tone --- no sunburns and a pretty tan


I wish for you to enjoy sports --- your father cannot wait to teach you everything!


I wish for you to always feel you can be open and honest with us, with no judgement in return


I wish for you to be grateful for all of the blessings in your life, no matter how few or many there may be


I wish that I will have patience with you when I don't think I have any left


I wish for you to love animals and for our animals to love you as much in return


I wish for you to have the height of the men on my side of the family


I wish for you to love the water (and with that swimming, fishing and getting a little dirty)


I wish for you to have many life-long friendships


I wish for you to always know how much your father and I love you, even when you think we are completely unreasonable


but most of all, I wish for you to be born into this world happy and healthy!