How Lucky am I?

Every day I hear about women with husbands who don't help with housework or with the children or both. The more I hear these stories the more I am starting to realize that this is the norm rather than the exception to it. Hearing these stories from friends makes me feel like the luckiest woman in the world that I have such a wonderful husband in my life.

From the start Ted and I have always felt like we were partners in this relationship, neither one of us in charge, we work together, and I think that's part of what makes our relationship so great. I do the cleaning, he does the cooking, I do the grocery shopping he runs other errands, and neither of us really have set chores we just try to split things as equally as possible. While I was on maternity leave for 3 months I took on more of the housework and cooking because I was home more to do that, but now that Ted is home he takes on more of that.

I have friends whose husbands never do laundry, or have never cook a meal and I can honestly say that Ted has done way more laundry over the years than I will probably ever do and we share the responsibility of cooking meals. I am thankful every day that Ted and I are partners and we work together to make our family happy. Now I know that some people are happy having one partner do more of the work and there is nothing wrong with that, I am just saying how amazing it is that my husband truly supports me and I do the same for him.

I cannot imagine being a working mother without the support of my husband helping with the baby or the house. And whats the best about it is that Ted doesn't see it as helping he just knows that the house, the baby, and the dogs are our combined responsibility and he steps up to the plate with out complaint. I am truly grateful every day that I have such an amazing husband and that Elliot has such an amazing father, I hope that every one can be as lucky as I am.

I love you Ted!