27 Candles

Much to the dismay of some, I only saw the movie Sixteen Candles a few short years ago for the first time. Today, this guy is celebrating with 27 candles on his cake, and I've already reminded him of how OLD he is, since he did the same to me...two year ago...when I turned 27 - thanks babe.

June 11th has always been a birthday celebration day for me, because it is my brother's birthday [happy birthday old man!], and now I get to celebrate it double because it's also Terry's birthday. (Or really triple, because it's also Adele's husband's birthday - happy day Tom!)

But for now, I'll celebrate my hubs and the candles on his cake with some of the reasons I'm so thankful for getting to be the one to celebrate this day with him. Here are my 27, in no particular order:

1. Well, just look at that face

2. His sweet spirit that loves others so well

3. He is HILARIOUS

4. He thinks I get funnier by the day - this is a big feat folks...I'm not that funny

5. He has enough athletic genes to make up for my complete absence of any [lets just hope the babe gets HIS and not my duds!]

6. He will eat anything I cook and like it - with the exception of one time when I made him what he refers to as 'fratwursts' because they were made with soy instead of meat, anything 'fake' like that gets an 'f' put in the front of it

7. He makes up words that start with 'f': my Frada purse, fausage for the soy sausage, etc. and puts up with all of my 'fake' things

8. He loves a lazy day or night at home with a movie just as much as I do

9. He never lingers, rarely angers, and always gets over everything quickly

10. As a result, we have great communication, thanks 100% to him. If it had been up to me, I'd probably still be sulking about some tiny thing that happened 2 years ago :)

11. He L-O-V-E-S his family - the one he grew up with, and the one we are about to start

12. He has never had a fight with any of his siblings, all five of them. Sorry Adam and Laura!

13. When he sleeps he reaches over and rubs my head or back and doesn't even know he's doing it - now that is love

14. He rescued me from the rat house, my hero!

15. In highschool, he pretended to love to rub my elbow [weirdo!] and now admits it was just an excuse to touch me :)

16. He keeps me sane and grounded - like when I'm sobbing about reading about car seats or a hormonal mess while pregnant and he just pats my back and lets me be irrational for awhile

17. He prays for our baby to be strong and sweet every day (among other things)

18. He is a great leader

19. He loves his friends, deeply

20. He quilted when he was a kid and is 500% proud of it even if/when made fun of for it

21. He is going to be a fabulous father and a nervous wreck if we have daughters

22. He is 100% himself and never tries to conform for others

23. He listens to great music and keeps me cool

24. I am such a better (and as we know from Laura, cooler) person because of him

25. He loves my pregnant belly

26. He keeps me young

27. He is the best husband. Ever.

I love you birthday boy - hope it is a fun day of being loved and celebrated even if it's not your blowout party days of old, and you can't hear from anyone because your phone got run over by a car :)