Dave turned 33 today. I wanted to make a "33 things I love about Dave" list but my brain seems to be missing. I seriously can't remember or think on cue. Thinking and remembering still happens for me, just not when I want or need it to.
We had a fun birthday weekend. I definitely like to go "all out" for birthday because why not add some extra fun to life, right? Especially right now when my life consists of poopy diapers, cortisone creams, and squished bananas all over the floor.
So Saturday night my parents and Kaley came over and watched all 5 children so we could go out. We go out frequently but I hadn't left little AJ yet and this time I did. I missed him. But that is not what this post is about.
For our date we went to dinner at Fuzio's and then saw Avatar. I liked it a lot. I had not been interested in seeing it but since it was Dave's date he got to pick. Anyway, it ended up being really good.
Then Sunday we celebrated with breakfast in bed, delicious dinner, presents and lots of dessert.
I am also an awesome wife because I got him a niiiiice TV. We might be the last family on the planet to have a flat screen/HD/1080p/LCD whatever, but now we have one. Dave was thrilled. Thank heavens for my dad and some friends that helped me know how to pick the right one. Too bad I threw my back out at Costco trying to load it in my trunk because I didn't want to wait for a slow poke worker to come do it for me.
One more thing. Dave and I sort of have an unspoken birthday rule. When it is the other person's birthday the person whose birthday it is not has to do all of the work that day. Like when it was Dave's birthday I couldn't ask him to change a poopy diaper, or get someone
dressed, or let him do dishes etc. I mean you can ask but we sort of try to give that person a break the whole day. Well, this birthday it was HARD. I was dead tired at the end of the day and cursing the silent birthday rule a little bit. I mean, Dave totally helped a lot still but even just trying to do it all and not ask for help was so hard. I am still recovering from Sunday. And I hate the unspoken birthday rule except on my birthday then I loooove it.
Anyway, I love Dave a lot and that is why I wanted to have a nice birthday weekend for him.
Now onto the list.
In no particular order.
Basically whatever comes to my mind is being typed so I can go to bed.
1. Dave is funny.
2. Dave is positive.
3. Dave sometimes lives in an alternate reality where everything is happy and great and nothing bad is going on- sometimes I like that because it helps me, but sometimes I need him to suffer through real-life with me too.
4. Dave gets excited over eating treats with me.
5. Dave plays with the kids.
6. He is good at teaching them and takes time with their questions and explains things to them in a way that they can understand and learn. The kids worship him.
7. Dave has a talent for making up baby talk words.
8. Dave is good at keeping his side of the bathroom and closet clean.
9. He is clean in everything he does. That is why I have to do the dishes because it takes him 5 times longer then me because everything is scrubbed clean before it is placed in the dishwasher.
10. When he does a job, he does it right and well.
11. Dave thinks the best of people.
12. He is kind. To everyone.
13. He works hard for our family. Who wants to commute to work and sit behind a
desk all day everyday? Not Dave. Or me. So I'm glad and thankful that he does it.
14. Dave pretends to be frugal but really he doesn't mind spending money.
15. He is awesome at building things and is building us a super great desk right now for our office.
16. He is also super buff and amazing at moving furniture around. He does not complain when he has to do this almost weekly because of my frequent home decorating crisis's.
17. Dave falls asleep the second his head hits the pillow but tries as hard as he ca
n to stay awake and listen to my nightly monologue.
18. Dave is obsessed with cars and it is all he thinks about and talks about when we drive. I try to listen but it's hard.
19. Dave has one tooth that tends to "catch" food and store it. One time he came home from being at school all day and smiled at me. That entire tooth was covered in a chili bean skin. It was shocking and I died laughing. He was super angry at all of his "supposed" friends who did not tell him about the chili tooth.
20. He loves Egg nog.
21. He also loves to brush his teeth.
22. Dave wins all games he plays and competitions he is in. It's kind of annoying.
23. Dave is up for anything, anytime.
24. His favorite show is Sports Center.
25. Soda makes him extremely happy.
26. He shaved his head this year on January 1, 2010 because his hair was bugging him. I cried and we had a fight and didn't speak much for a couple of days. It was a waste of a good weekend. I'm finally over it (but still glad it's growing back).
27. He can be impulsive (see #26).
28. Dave likes old people and always goes out of his way to help them, smile at them, and talk to them. I hope he'll like me when I'm old.
29. He plays with my hair and gives me back rubs a lot. Even when he is dead tired.
30. He gets up in the night with the baby and forces me to go back to bed. I try to fight him on that but most of the time I am weak. He says he likes it but he has to be lying. Who loves to not sleep in the night?
31. He rarely complains.
32. He can carve a mean jack-o-lantern (once won $100 for one), make awesome home made cards, and sew clothes. He is more crafty than I am.
33. He is my favorite person to be with. We argue more as we're getting older but end up laughing about how lame our arguments are. He is fun to be with and I'm so glad he still wants to be with me.
Happy Birthday Dave. I love you!
