For Brad's birthday I did absolutely nothing. Okay, I take that back, I did manage to mumble a "Happy birthday Brad" when he was standing by my bed while giving me a hot mug of chamomile tea. I'll make it up to you, I promise. He's 42 years old so, I will tell you 42 things that I love about Bradley.
1. He brings me hot tea when I'm sick in bed; and I didn't even ask for hot tea!
2. After he brought me tea, he went and warmed up Emma's rice bag, got some Advil for Emma and made sure that Caleb was properly tucked in.
3. His ability to make me laugh so hard that I have a hard time breathing.
4. His strange, wonderful mind.
5. How he tucks me in every night when I go to bed (he always stays up waaaay later than me) and says, "I love you."
6. The utter and complete joy on his face when he comes back from a long and challenging hike.
7. Just when I think I have him figured out, he does something to prove to me that I don't.
8. The way his eyes crinkle when he smiles.
9. The sound of his voice (Barry White has nothin' on him).
10. The way he says strange, off-the-wall things to confuse/exasperate the kids.
11. His beautiful blue eyes.
12. The way he can pack a car for a road trip.
13. His organizational skills.
14. The way he puts up with (most of the time) three females' hormonal mood swings.
15. How he is always trying to get the kids to appreciate classic movies (those with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart)--and they do.
16. How he honors the priesthood.
17. The way he is close with his brothers and sisters.
18. His knowledge of the scriptures.
19. His ability to relate to kids of all ages.
20. When I want to go out with my friends, he never complains and even encourages me to go out more.
21. How he tries to be fair minded and unbiased.
22. His ability to solve most computer problems. (My personal IT guy.)
23. His loud laugh. You should be in a room when he and his brothers are all laughing their loud, very different laughs, it is funny!
24. His stories about growing up in Laguna Vista.
25. The way he and Caleb are so excited to go get haircuts together.
26. He rarely misses any parent-teacher conference.
27. The way he appreciates a clever turn of words.
28. Sometimes he does things differently than everyone else just because he wants to be different from everyone else.
29. He's never complained about my cooking (see previous post about the hamburger birthday cake.)
30. He loves his children very much.
31. His ability to see things from a different perspective than me.
32. How he is always mindful about spending quality time with extended family.
33. The way he deeply loves and respects his parents.
34. His love of traveling.
35. The way he used to talk in the shower after a disappointing BYU game.
36. He calls me during the day to to talk about nothing.
37. The way he smells (when he hasn't been using the stinky corn bag or is slathered in Mentholatum.)
38. The way he gets out of going places he doesn't want to go. When the girls were younger and asked to go to Chuck E. Cheese's with him, he told them he couldn't because he was afraid of giant mice in suits. They believed him.
39. The way he and Caleb quote random lines from different movies.
40. When he kisses me.
41. He keeps in good shape (and what a good shape that is.)
42. Out of all the girls he could have picked, he picked me!
Happy birthday, love.
5 comments:
aaww. so sweet. happy bday.
What a sweet, thoughtful post, Winnie. You are lucky to have Brad, and he is lucky to have you. So glad you found each other, and that we are in the same family via marriage.
What a lucky lady you are - but of course he's also a lucky guy! Happy B-day Brad! It was fun learning more about you. And I have to ask - what is the stinky corn bag!
What a fun post...it was fun learning more about the "real" Brad that only you know. I loved the Chuck E. Cheese story. What a wonderful tribute to your hubby. Fun picture too!
Has he read this? Because this is a pretty good Birthday gift!!! You should type it up and have it laminated, girl. Aren't you sweet...as well as him!
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