Hubby Birthday to You!

Tomorrow is Chris' 26th birthday. I always write him a little romantic letter on special occasions but I was thinking this year I'd do something different... and post it for the whole world to see. He might be a tad embarrassed, but if he is, well, that'll be my little gift to me.

Instead of a mushy love note, here's 50 reasons why I love my hubs:

1. He has always seen all of me and loved me despite my flaws
2. When I wasn't quite ready for the commitment he wanted, he never stopped loving me
3. He has sexy long legs
4. He shares my sense of humor and thinks I'm funny
5. He gets a kick out of seeing me rant and rave (which is often!)
6. We have the same taste in nearly everything
7. ...but when we do disagree on something, he normally lets me make the final decision
8. He's a sucker for my pouty face (just like my Dad is!)
9. When he's acting crazy, I can stay calm and vice-versa
10. He is the most patient person I've ever met
11. My family adores him and often joke that they are glad to see him but he shouldn't have brought "his ol' ball and chain" when we go visit (har-har)



12. He is by far, hands down, the smartest person I know
13. He knows when to be compassionate and when to say "no", much better than I ever can
14. His opinion on us having children is go-with-the-flow, like my opinion, so there is never pressure either way
15. He is amazing at his job and is constantly awarded for his hard work
16. When he says he "hates" something, he's still open-minded to it
17. We had nearly identical childhoods and remember all the same things from them
18. We also have identical political standings and spiritual opinions
19. His mind goes directly to rational thinking no matter how crazy the situation
20. He is a good teacher and is always patient when he helps people
21. He's always in good spirits and it takes a lot to bring him down



22. When I'm missing cute things the dogs do, he takes pictures and sends them to me
23. He was 100% encouraging when I wanted to quit work completely and go back to school
24. He took me to Disney World for the first time and never laughed at me when I cried like a baby seeing Cinderella's castle
25. He's not picky about food and will try anything
26. He loves to travel and likes to take me new places as often as possible
27. He agrees that exchanging gifts to each other at Christmas is silly and prefers our annual Christmas dinner date instead



28. His taste in clothes is very sophisticated and admits he would love to dress like Clinton from "What Not to Wear"
29. When I jumped on the organic food wagon, he jumped right on with me and loves it
30. Even our most irrational decisions have always been good ones in the end
31. He could survive for weeks on just cereal and milk
32. When we are on vacation, he doesn't mind getting rip-roaring drunk in the middle of the afternoon
33. He forgets EVERYTHING which always makes me look less like the insane one
34. He can never be peer pressured into anything
35. He plays on "Expert Mode" in every game, even if he's never played before
36. He thinks I'm sexy when I'm convinced I couldn't look any worse
37. He uses skits from different comedian's stand-ups to get legitimate points across during our disagreements



38. He's 100% confident in his sexuality and never references things looking "gay" or itemizes gender specifics.
39. ...and he would never in a million years care if his son or any children we have are gay.
40. He keeps all drama to a minimum, even if it means excluding people
41. He puts our sanity and happiness first above every other person
42. His favorite past time is pestering me until I blow up, just so he can see my reactions
43. Sometimes, for no reason, he will stop what he is doing and lay on me when I'm trying to watch TV
44. I don't know a single person who has ever met him that doesn't love him
45. He says all he ever wants is for me to be happy (and I believe that 100%)
46. When he's excited about something, he counts down the days/hours/minutes and reminds me every second how soon it is about to happen
47. He brings me shot glasses from every where he goes on business trips
48. We both people-watch and then whisper secret things to make fun of them just to get the other to laugh
49. We randomly blurt out what the other is thinking and it is so dead-on it borders on spooky

...and one of my all time most favoritest things about Chris is...

50. His hand blindly searches for me on my side of the bed every night and if I'm too far away he pulls me in... and he says he has never ONCE been conscious or been aware he was doing it in all these years.

See? Even unconscious Chris is pretty freaking awesome.




Happy Birthday, baby!