Meet...Big Daddy...

I'm having a love affair...don't tell B!  Well, never mind...he already knows--gasp!!  He's actually the one who introduced me to Big Daddy! (and you thought this was a family blog ;-)

 I have had an ongoing obsession with Big Daddy for years now...I would be slightly envious when he was in the hands of other women, I would see him in stores and drool, and I would think of him often and wonder when he would be mine....

Well, Christmas 2011, my wish came true...he was sitting under my tree and I didn't even know it!

Pleased to introduce....

Big Daddy!!

In all seriousness though, this is the greatest gift (next to my kids) my husband has ever given me.  I've have wanted what I have always called 'A Big Daddy' camera for y e a r s.  The money has never allowed.  Well, I take that back...one year I had a Big Daddy in a box on my lap and I made my husband return it.  I know, I know, crazy!!  B's sweet gma gave us a generous gift that Christmas and two days later we were off to buy it.  I picked it out, decided on a bag, filters, the warranty, and was sicker than a dog when we took it to the counter to pay for it...I had to go to the car.  It was just s o  much money.  B brought it out, sat it on my lap, and I argued with him for 10 mins to return it!  He did and shook his head all the way home and kept asking why.  All I could tell him was that it didn't feel right....five months later he lost his job.

Of course in the time following that, there wasn't even mention of Big Daddy.  It was a time of survival. 

Its funny how when something happens in your life and all the things that seemed important before then don't mean the same after.  Sure, I still wanted a BD, but I knew it would eventually happen and my life wasn't going to stop if I didn't get the camera, or anything else for that matter, of my dreams. 

So, Christmas morning my gorgeous husband put a big sack on my lap.  I had a feeling I knew what was in the bag...I had asked for a new duffel and was fairly certain it was waiting in the bag and it was. ;-)  I took the duffel out and noticed it felt heavy...bewildered, I opened it up and there was a gift bag inside.  I look at B and he had a huge smile on his face. I was like what is this??....and with an extra smile he said "you'll see". So I opened the gift bag and looked inside and pulled out a camera bag!!!!  I literally bawled for 10 minutes!!  I didn't open it up, I just sat there with it on my lap, with my hands on top of the bag and cried!  I looked at my husband and he was crying and all the kids were just sitting in the array of ripped wrapping paper and gifts, smiling and chanting 'open it, open it'!

After gaining my composure and wiping the tears, I opened and trembled as I took it out of the bag.  I couldn't believe he actually bought it.  When I questioned how (cause I know the finances to the penny) he told me he had saved his per diem money (the money he uses for food while he travels for work) since last January.  Well, I started crying again!!  I just couldn't believe it...

It's funny how things really are worth the wait and I give credit to God...cause its all in his timing!

What I'm truly thankful for, camera or no camera, is that God destined my wonderful husband for me!