Life + Pre-Avengers + Drool = The Beacon of Love

As most of you know (ok probably maybe not most, or even half...but some of you surely do) the new Avengers movie comes out this weekend.  True to form we have tickets for the midnight showing.  Austin has been reading all the sneak peek reviews and is more excited than a... (insert your favorite cliche here), well something that is very excited about something else.  Stay posted for my report on that experience.  I just wanted you to be anticipating that for this week.  See, now you're as excited as a.... (you get the idea).

Our son has an extraordinary gift.  He is the baby equivalent of Niagra Falls.  He drools...a lot.  He is constantly wet, and this fact above ALL other baby facts is the most disturbing to his father. 
Austin:  Why does he drool so much?  Is that normal?
Nicole:  Yes, I think its very normal.
Austin:  Why don't you ever hear about it?  Why don't people tell you about this?  I think he has a problem. 
Nicole: I don't think there's a problem.  Drool is one of the more harmless aspects of baby life honey, that's probably why people don't spread warnings about it.
Austin:  No, this is just ugck!  When does this end!?
Nicole:  Well, its worse when babies teethe, so maybe he's getting teeth.
Austin:  Ok, then I'll just hold him when he has teeth.
Nicole:  Lovely.
There are many things that catch you off guard as a parent.  For example, just below drool on the anxiety-raising-meter is the GIANT bald spot that encompasses the back of our baby's head.  "Are you sure that's normal?"....

I have 2 sisters getting married this summer.  Austin and I were talking about these wonderful happenings, and we were musing over specifics in the couple's relationships, for example:
My sister Jessica and her fiance served in the same LDS mission.  As her fiance was leaving, his mission president suggested he go home and "date Sister Beckstrand". 
My sister Kate did her student teaching in D.C. for 4 months while engaged etc.
Austin:  I still trump all.
Nicole:  What?
Austin:  I trump them all, I am the beacon of love.  Unless they did what I did, I trump.  
Nicole:  Yes you do sweetheart, you are the beacon.  
My sweet husband waited for me while I served my 18 month LDS mission.  He wrote me a letter every single week.  He emailed me every single week. He didn't go on a single date.  He went to dinner at my parents every other Sunday.  He moved home the summer of 2008 so he could save all his money for my dream ring.  He purchased my engagement ring the day I got home.  We were engaged 8 days later...yes he IS the Beacon of Love, the Trump Card. 

Hmmm, do either of those make good super hero names??