February is a busy birthday month for our family! This week it is my husband’s turn. We celebrate his 35th this year! We have been through so many wacky seasons of life together. I guess that’s what happens when you literally grow up with someone. He is my absolute favorite and I am so thankful that he chose me to be his girl. Although, when I think back on our story, I often think, “How the heck did we get here? The odds were certainly not ever in of favor.
Here are 35 reasons that we defy all odds:
- I told my cousin when I was 13 years old that I was going to marry that kid someday. I just knew it. BOOM. Nailed it. (no pun intended)
- Those plaid pants you wore. Really? Yikes.
- How I broke your normal black umbrella and replaced it with a loud zebra print one for you to walk around our high school with.
- That we started dating when I was 15. (Our kids will do nothing of the sort!)
- How I had raging jealousy issues and almost EVERY girl you knew had a crush on you.
- Your overt goofiness, my default RBF. How in the world did we get through that?
- Remember how you didn’t eat sushi?
- That time you broke up with me.
- The way it took quite a while for my big brother to like you. I’m sure he does by now.
- My somewhat creepy daily “Dear Josh” diary from before we were actually even friends. *Super creep*
- That other time you broke up with me
- How I was the girl with all the baggage and you were the guy with all the pride. Classic combo.
- How it was the late 90’s and your hair proved it. (Those frosted tips were on point, Babe. For reals.)
- That time I traipsed my rebound guy in front of your face cuz I was movin’ on…. sorry about that.
- That time we didn’t talk to each other for over a year. Glad that’s over.
- The fact that we actually did become best friends. C’mon. That’s pretty cool…
- How I couldn’t articulate anything ever without processing it through writing. “Hang on. I know we’re fighting, but let me go home and write it all out and figure out what I need to say based on what I assume you’re going to say and then I’ll put it in a box and pretend nothing ever happened and never need to talk to you about it again because I already processed and wrote all my feelings.” Yeah… whoops. That’s what you get when you date at 15.
- That time you broke up with me… again. *That’s 3 times if anyone is keeping count*
- How you proposed while we were “on a break”.
- That I said “YES”! You’re welcome…
- That we got married whilst I was a teenager. (I was 19, he was 21. I’m sure his maturity had something to do with our success)
- How, in the beginning, I didn’t know how to cook anything that didn’t come in a box with flavoring packets.
- That we had a baby right away. “Happy 1st Anniversary, Honey. Let’s take our brand new baby home from the hospital!”
- Because, after 5 kids, I look nothing like that cute little teenage floozy version of me that you fell in love with.
- Because we really had no clue what we were doing.
- You eat black licorice.
- The fact that I never learned how to keep a tidy house.
- That season of life when we had to live off of “Just Add Water” pancakes for 2 weeks.
- You don’t like “Somewhere In Time”. What? I still can’t believe it.
- We’ve been married almost 14 years. That right there is tramples a lot of statistics. Proud of you!
- Every time you say “Westren/Northren”. C’mon dude.
- My default sassiness… I try to keep it in check, I promise.
- You were raised an upright Baptist boy. I was raised in the dance circles of the 90’s Vineyard movement.
- How I am the only girl you’ve ever been in a relationship with.
- Because a love like ours is the stuff of movies and tear-jerking country songs.
I don’t know why you, my sweet husband, have chosen to love me so devotedly for so many years, but I am so grateful that you have. You are my best friend and dance partner for life and there is absolutely no one else I want to tackle the rest of our years with. Thank you for standing by my side all of this time (not counting the previously mentioned 3 times you didn’t, of course… Kidding! I’m kidding…) and for giving us the most wonderful life together. Happy Birthday, Superman. I seriously can’t wait to celebrate the next 35 one glorious year at a time. “Turn down for what?!”
Thank you for sharing the best pictures of me over the years and all of our proudest moments. This is definitely my love language! 😉
Dang. This is so cute.
“You were raised an upright Baptist boy. I was raised in the dance circles of the 90’s Vineyard movement.” So funny!!!!