So, it’s a half an hour before your birthday, but I’ve gotta go ahead and wish a happy 42nd birthday to Jerry, my partner in crime! Here are 42 reasons I celebrate you:
- I love your smile.
- You’re such a good ‘dada’ to Miss Emmalee. She’s lucky to have such a man in her life.
- I’ll always remember how you made her giggle as a baby.
I love watching you do tai-chi with Emma.- You’ve taught me the value of introvertedness — sometimes the best thing you can give someone you love is some alone time!
- I think you’re kinda dreamy.
Our shared sleep-deprived nights because of a certain little baby who wouldn’t sleep.- Your kindness to others.
- The fact that you’ll do most of the driving for us, especially in the wintertime.
- Your passion for martial arts.
- Your other passion for dill-flavored sunflower seeds.
- I’ve loved watching you evolve as a writer.
- And you WILL finish that book one day.
- Our late-night show watching (from Downton Abbey to the Walking Dead!)
- You’ll often buy me a Tim’s steeped tea to drink first thing in the morning.
- I love how you embraced gardening with me! We plant a mean garden of green, we two.
- Daddy-daughter jam time.
Your tolerance in listening to (most of) my rants.- Our hands fit perfectly together.
- Your support for my career — in good times and in bad.
- I also love your drive to pursue a new career, because I know you’re going to rock at it.
- Thanks to you, I now know more low-German words than ever before.
- Including “Shnodda Nas“
- Your odd affection for wool socks, even in the summertime.
- Our late-night conversations.
You keep me accountable, and aren’t afraid to call me out.- Your drive for knowledge, and how you’re so good at teaching yourself.
- You have a crazy ability to make me giggle incessantly. Here’s one example.
- Your Luddite tendencies.
- How you can act like such an old man at times.
- How you can look like someone 20 years younger at times.
- There’s no one else who I could have had a baby with.
- You were so awesome in my pregnancy days!
- And I still love reading your perspective on Emma’s birth day.
I love that the holidays I look forward to the most are the usually the ones when it can just be us two.- But then again, we also make a great team of three. (3! It’s a magic number!)
- As much as I complain about it, I sorta love hearing you sing aloud to 80′s rock songs (yes, even Supertramp).
- Your intrinsic understanding and empathy — especially when times are hard.
- You’re so musically talented. I love listening to you and Emma sing together. How many 5 year olds know the lyrics to ‘Hotel California’?
- Our cafe times — sitting across from each other, reading and drinking coffee. (we need more of these)
- I love your questioning and questing mind.
- You’re the one person on this planet who I’ve loved the longest.
Happy birthday, my love!