This is Aaron and I would like to introduce you to my wife. Katrina is one of the nicest, sweetest, most beautiful people you will ever meet. She has a smile that could melt the polar ice caps and make you feel you're worth a million bucks. She is very smart and would read the classics all day if life didn't pull her in other directions. Her laugh is infectious and she does it so much that it makes you feel like you're the funniest person in the world with the best jokes ever. I personally know that my jokes are cheesy but it never matters because she genuinely laughs anyway. I love her with all my heart and am grateful every day that she's my wife and she chose me.
One thing that I learned about her over the last two years or so is just how great a mother she really is. Sure, I could tell you that she is kind, caring, loving, patient and fun and although she really truly is all those things, I want to share some examples of how that's true.
1. Patient, kind, caring, loving: Several months ago I was sitting on the couch and she was on the floor with Austin changing his diaper. Austin was being normal two year old getting mad and upset that he had to stop playing and get his diaper changed. I felt myself getting upset at how difficult he was making her job right then and was this close to going over there and pinning his arms down and telling him to be quiet. That is not what would do though. Next thing I knew she was looking into his eyes, smiling, and using the sweetest, softest voice she could, she calmly talked him out of his fit. I remember just sitting there in amazement with how she handled it. It was reaffirmed right then and there that she is the example I want for my children. She is the mother I want for my children. I fell in love with her all over again right there.
2. Caring and fun: My wife works so hard to make Austin's life fun. Just this morning she spent half an hour just sitting at the kitchen table with him and two little plastic bicycles. Imagine spending that much time with so few toys and a toddler. She did and he had a blast. He loved it. They just played and played and played. Toddlers have short attention spans but that didn't matter because she kept him having fun with those two little plastic toys for a long time. She does things like that every day! I am constantly amazed when she tells me things like, "We played with cars and beads for two hours this morning." or "We played trains all morning." She astounds me. My son is a very happy boy and I know that so much of that has to do with the fun he has with his mother.
