Today is N's birthday. Yesterday he was talking about how he is probably still 13 on the inside, yet older physically. It made me chuckle, because that's one of the things I love most about him. He's still goofy and silly, yet mature. He still tries to get out of his homework. He spent all last week finishing a 3-hour presentation for work. It was on things like the difference between AC and DC power. What kind of water they use to cool off those electrical things. Where this power line connects to this generator where it connects to the knee bone and where the knee bone connects to the shin bone. I stopped listening about half way through when all the lines on the diagram started to look like one of those magic eye pictures.
When it came time to doing his homework for Sunday School, he was tapped out. We basically had to give our testamony, but in a new, fresh way. When I got done with mine, he just said, "what she said." Oh he's funny and witty alright.
Since he's turning 238 in dog years today, I thought I would do a list of some of the things I love about him:
1) He's humble.
2) and goofy.
3) He teaches our girls things like when to say "awkward" or how to bump the rock
4) while still teaching them their worth and how they should be treated.
5) He loves with everything he has
6) that would include his ladies and his video games.
7) His dimple shows when he's lying
8) and when he's smiling.
9) He still likes some of the same things that Zoe does
10) like Mr. Potato Head, bean bags and paddle ball.
11) He's been told he looks scary because of his facial hair and tattoos
12) but he's the exact opposite of scary.
13) He's a hard worker and takes his job very seriously
14) and he works equally hard on our marriage and parenting.
15) He's introverted
16) yet loves when I host parties so he can be the social butterfly that's secretly inside him.
17) He can come up with a knock, knock joke at the drop of a hat
18) and has such a quick wit that it's sometimes hard to think of a come back.
19) He makes me smile with just a look.
20) He loves anything and everything music
21) and encourages it in our girls.
22) He would drink Mt. Dew through an IV if he could
23) yet is willing to go out to a restaurant for a date night that he knows doesn't have it just to spend time with me.
24) He has tremendous patience
25) always being kind when I'm being totally impatient or frustrated.
26) He prefers meat and potatoes at dinner
27) yet is willing to have a salad instead if I don't feel like cooking.
28) He's generous
29) even willing to give me the last piece of chocolate cream pie, even though it's his favorite.
30) Most importantly, he's in love with Jesus.
31) It's not something that he just wears on his sleeve,
32) He shows it through his actions.
33) He's compassionate, loving and flawed.
34) He was made just for me.
Happy birthday N. I am so glad you were born. I love sharing this life with you. I pray today you are reminded how much you are loved. I love you completely.
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