Why I am so Happy Aiden got to meet you....DALE!!!!

I recently found out that when I did my "why I can't wait for Aiden to meet you..." posts while I was pregnant, not only were people paying attention, they were keeping score. I apparently have unintentionally hurt a few of my family members feelings when they didn't make the cut. This was not on purpose, I chose people totally at random and then when Aiden came I completely forgot about it; along with everything else that had been in my head up until that point. SOOOO I am sorry. To that end I will now write a tribute for my uncle Dale....



Dale is my uncle. He is my dad's brother. For those that have not met Dale he is quite the character. Those of you who haven't met him have undoubtedly heard stories about him, they are in fact legendary. I am so happy that Aiden got to meet him at Padre. 

I have many favorite memories of Dale, some involve him tricking me into doing stupid things such as putting peppermints on my eyebrows and some involve things that I only got to witness but really had nothing to do with. Dale is our resident comedian and one man entertainment show in the Cox family. You can always count on him for comic relief or for bits of trivia that no one else in the world knows. However; my favorite memories of Dale come from a better place, they are the times when he used to play with me when I was little and take care of Jarod and I. When he would let us do things and eat things that our parents wouldn't. Most recently he treated Ben and I to a movie and bought us rock candy! :) All in all Dale is a very funny guy, anyone who has ever met him can attest to that fact. He is loud and outspoken, for this reason it has always been the running joke in our family that we didn't want to bring our friends, boyfriends, etc. to meet uncle dale until we were certain they didn't scare easy. 

I would have to say (grudgingly) that Dale is one of my favorite people, he can always make you smile or laugh. He can make a bad day better and he is one of those people that you never question their loyalty. Dale puts his family and the love he has for them and all of us first. In the most recent times I have grown to love and respect Dale more than ever, for his obvious faith and dedication to the Lord and for the love and selflessness I see him portray. 

Dale, I am so happy that Aiden got the chance to meet you. You were absolutely brilliant with him ( I never had any doubt!) and I loved that your singing to him made him stop crying. You have been an amazing uncle to me and in the future Aiden will be very lucky to have a relationship with his GREAT uncle!