One Down, a Whole Bunch To Go!

Things I love about my husband, on our anniversary:

• He loves our kiddos as if they were his own.
• He is my best friend.
• He does the laundry.
• and the grocery shopping.
• and the taxi service.
• and he rarely complains about it.
• He makes me happy even when I am feeling totally down. and don't want to be cheered up
• He proofreads all my papers for me.
• He lets me practice my speeches on him and is able to give excellent feedback.
• He thinks I'm pretty.
• He loves me.
• He thinks he is the lucky one. (ha!)
• He does 97 % of the cooking.
• and 99.9% of the cleaning.
• He takes the kids out of the house so I can sleep the day away (occasionally).
• He tells people (and me) what a great mom I am. even when I don't believe it.
• He goes to class for me when I am sick.
• He gets excited about all the little things I might forget to notice.
• He has introduced new traditions to our family (like St. Patty's Day celebrations)
• He loves Christmas.
• He covertly got my friend to babysit tomorrow night so we can go on a *free* date. It is not sad and pitiful, either. We are going to eat a picnic and watch a movie in the van.
• He's romantic like that.
• He knows not to buy fake diamonds.
• He knows I would wear them anyway.
• He is everything I ever wanted in my husband and I am excited each day to spend another day on this spinning rock that's hurtling through space with him and the kiddos.
• There is no one else I could laugh this hard with.
• We're stupid in the same ways (nerdy stupid). Like, we critique our arguments by how well we obeyed the rules taught in every communications class across the land.
• He served his country in the Coast Guard and has MANY stories to share about it.
• We got married on a Tuesday at some random time in the afternoon JUST so we could be married on April Fool's Day. It fits us.
• We're cheesy together.

These are some of the bazillion reasons I love my Aiden. My midgety, crippled Aiden.