happy birf-day

to our daddy/husband/provider.....happy #37. as readan would say: "happy birf-day dad!" as dallas would say: "yay! happy cake dad, happy cake!!" and as kenna would say: "NO!"

life has taken us on a whirlwind babe. we met in december 2006, started dating in march 2007, engaged in june, married in august, pregnant in september. baby dallas was born in may 2008, pregnant again in october and kenna was here in july 2009. heck yah it has been hard, but we're stronger now because of it. here are 37 reasons i would do it all over again:

-you go to work monday-friday providing for our family

-and never complain that you're tired

-you love jesus

-you're one heck of a daddy

-we laugh together...constantly

-you can still give me butterflies

-i've never seen a hotter man in carhart coveralls

-when baby d was a newborn you got to him in the wee hours before i even heard him.

-your fabulous buttermilk pancakes every saturday

-you sing the veggie tales "oh, where is my hairbrush!!??" in the mornings to make the kids laugh
-you're super s-m-r-t, for realz....a masters degree with possibility of phd? whoa.

-you won't kill a spider, you contain and release

-you can sing really good, but keep it a secret
-women hit on you all the time and you're oblivious to it

-you don't mind my gray hair, in fact you said "woman, i didn't marry your hair."

-you don't mind changing dirty diapers

-you saved scout from being put to sleep

-you will eat anything i make, even if it's burnt and tell me (as your choking it down with water) that it's good

-you're humble

-you took me to the fanciest place so we could 'build' my engagement ring together...{sign}

-you forgot condoms on our honeymoon and we tried to explain to the gift store attendee what they were with body language and we laughed until we cried
-i secretely know how goofy you can be and love you more because of it

-you listen to johnny cash with me, and sing along

-you have sacraficed for me. when we got married you had $20,000 in the bank and now we're just trying to make it until i graduate nursing school

-you have allowed me to be home with our children during the most crucial time in their lives,

thank you from the depths of my soul
-i've never had an issue with you leaving the toilet seat up, never

-you never got mad at me when you've had to "recycle" a shirt for work b/c i was too sick to do laundry

-when you come home from work, you never require a break.

-dallas wakes you up every morning at 5am and you get up with him and get his breakfast ready

-you volunteer your time/skillz/smartz to those in need (future africa project)

-you have a love affair with allen edmond shoes, pretty sure you have more than i do

-you could have made major league in baseball if you'd tried

-makenna has you wrapped around her little pinky and you deny it......hilarious

-lately, you have become a mechanic to save our van. your goal? 200,000 miles

-you're a history buff, even though i dislike history....it's hot to hear it from you

-you turn your head when a VS commercial comes on, very respectful

-you knew who i was and the situation you were getting into and still married me.