Showing posts with label joel is a daddy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joel is a daddy. Show all posts

June 23, 2011

To Joel

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You are an amazing father, but I always knew you would be.  I know that your own amazing dad has helped shape you into the man you are today but so much of it is just you... the way you are.  And I love the way you are. 


 I look at our son and feel so happy that he gets to have you as his dad.  I thought I knew how awesome you would be before Jonah was even born.  I thought of the camping trips and hikes you two would go on (while I stayed home comfortably with AC and my comfy bed) and the grand adventures you would experience as father and son.  What I see is SO much more than that.  It's the little things of the everyday- the songs you sing to the Jbear, the nicknames you give him, the way you play, how you can get him to say so many words, bath time, your mornings out together and the way our baby boy looks up to his dada.  


I don't need to dream up all the things I think you will do as a dad.  Right now, today, you are the greatest father and all of Jonah's laughs and smiles when he is with you lets me know he feels the exact same way.  I, however, love you so much more than bananas.  Happy (belated) Father's Day. 

March 24, 2011

to pieces and pieces...

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photos by: Kimberly Hurst

March 24, 2001.
I was a sophomore in college and probably hanging out with my friends- possibly at the mall while one of my friends looked for a birthday present for Joel.
Joel was either at school or home celebrating his 20th birthday- the last birthday he would spend without me. Although I had a MAJOR crush on Joel for a long long (it's embarrassing really) time we didn't start dating til the end of 2001. However, every birthday since then we have spent together.

Ten years later and I'm overwhelmed with happiness and love for this man who I get to dance with, take long drives alongside, talk about my hair dilemmas to, get excited over Sonic creme slushes, sit next to on the couch, cuddle with, eat french fries pizza and ice cream, reminisce about the past, live each day together and get pumped for the future with.

I also got to experience how the boy I started dating when we were both 20 became a father right in front of my eyes. Joel is such an amazing dad and if you even knew him half as well as I do you would agree. This sounds SO SO SO incredibly corny- but it's SO unbelievably true: to know Joel is to love him. I, for one, feel so lucky to have him in my life.

I love you to pieces and pieces.... my love. Happy 30th Birthday!!!!
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