I want to wish you a very special Happy Birthday today. Its your very last birthday before you turn the big 3-0!
This is the 9th birthday I've celebrated with you and every day together, I'm so thankful for the blessing you are in my life.
You are a one-of-a-kind man that I'm so thankful to call my husband. You have always been so determined, purposeful, and persistant in following your dreams. When I met you, I was so impressed at how big your dreams were. You knew exactly what you wanted and I'm so thankful that you choose me to help you fulfill those dreams along side of you!
One of my proudest moments for you was watching you overcome many obstacles to be able to graduate college. Many doubted and second-guessed, but you were determined to succeed and nothing would get in the way of that.
You helped me in rebeling against my parents. . . well, sorta. I was kinda already good at that on my own! :)
You choose a saphire as my engagement/promise ring because it mean loyalty. It wasn't traditional and neither is our relationship. I've never met someone so loyal and trustworthy. You have stood by me through times and trials when it would have been so much easier to run the other direction or choose the path of least resistance. We then choose our marriage rings together, with the 3 crosses on them, to symbolize our triad of the relationship between us and strengthened in our Christian faith.
In the past 9 years together, we experienced so many joys, pains, celebrations and sorrows. You have been an amazing rock for me through those times, an unfaltering, solid foundation in our marriage that helps to keep us both grounded in the faith we share. We've shed many tears through the loss of our grandparents and other special family members. Life has become so much more precious to us as we start to realize that our timing is is God's hands and we need to make the most of each day we're given.
Some of the most special times we've had are our Christmases together. Although, I'm not sure we've ever exchanged gifts, we are always so excited to give others gifts and try to focus on that during our holidays. Someday, I'm hoping we'll feel a little less guilty in spending on ourselves. Until then, we've enjoyed our family times during the holiday seasons.
Throughout the years, I've endured many of your "animal-loving" days, as you've promised me (like a kid) that you'll take care of the animals, etc. We would have never have had kids if they looked at our track record with animals! :) Despite it all though, you are a wonderful pet-owner and pet-lover. . . just a little lacking on patience at times.
You've been the most amazing husband to me and father to our children.
You've also taken quite a role in inspiring my little brothers.
My most proudest moments with you have been to watch you become a father, 3 times now. The way you handle and care for each of our babies was something to be in awe of. You were almost a natural and right away an amazing daddy to them. Our boys are certainly lucky to have such a wonderful daddy.
Here you are on the first day you became a daddy (and we won't mention much about the first night you were a daddy and the wonderful sleep you got while your wife was desparately trying to get a little assistance in her hospital bed):
Becoming a daddy for the second time. And this time just as special as you were a solid foundation for me as I worried about Logan's health and what was to come in our future.
Here you are with Malachi:
So, today, you are 29 beautiful years old and I just wanted to know that there is no one else I'd rather be on this journey with than you. Happy Birthday dear! :)
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