34 Reasons to Love...

Happy 34th Birthday Jay!

You are the best daddy and husband the boys and I could ask for. All because of a little baseball game...who knew it would turn into a lifetime of love?

34 Reasons to Love...

1. Your true love for the game (any game)
2. Making "being a daddy" your most important game ever played
3. Naturally being a "hands-on" dad
4. Endlessly rocking both of our boys on your chest as infants
5. Your modesty
6. Your athletic ability that you have passed on to our sons
7. Always being a dreamer (your dreams of winning the lottery & opening a ice cream shop :)
8. Our talks in the car
9. The way you read and play games with the boys
10. Cooking for us when my skills fail
11. The love you have for your mom (wanting to buy her a red Corvette if you win the lottery)
12. Always willing to help me out in any way you can
13. Your love for shoes (tennis shoes)
14. Watching you get teary eyed while watching ESPN's "My Wish"
15. Your ability to play with the boys after 12+ hours of working on the night shift
16. Your love for salad (you could eat it with any meal, anytime of the day)
17. Your ability to watch game after game on ESPN and not get motion sickness
18. Your positive attitude (even when we see the rain cloud above our heads)
19. Always willing to save the day "Super Jay" (you get this from your mom: )
20. Your endless knowledge on random facts/information (always having any sports answer for Jax)
21. Your love for crossword puzzles
22. How excited you get when you/we go home to Michigan
23. Your relationships with your brothers
24. Being so laid back and never letting the little things get you down
25. The way we can look at each other and know exactly what the other is thinking
26. The way you start every sentence about someone as, "He is the nicest guy..."
27. Doing things a certain way around the house just because you know that is how I like them to be done
28. The way you always compliment my haircut every time I get it cut
29. The way you chew your nails when the "Big Blue" is down (this happened a lot this season)
30. Packing our lunches everyday for school
31. How you love to be outside with the boys
32. The "Michigan" in you and sometimes in your voice
33. The way New Mexico has become your home (Now knowing what it means when someone asks you red or green?)
34. Folding all of your AC/DC t-shirts
35. How sweet tea is your equivalent to water
36. Missing a "GOOD" game to do run errands with us
37. "Last Minute" always works for you
38. The way we agree and disagree
39. The fun "Boy Only" weekends with our little X-Men
40. All the little things you do
41. How you greet the boys when you get home from work
42. The endless love and devotion you have for our family

Oops ...I got to #42, see there are so many things I love about you. I could keep going and going!