happy, happy birthday

Happy, happy birthday, baby! 25 has arrived!

It is crazy to think that this is the 5th birthday I've celebrated with you.  It is even crazier to think that since you are 25…that means that I have officially known you for 1/5th of your life.  Not sure why I am so impressed with the whole 1/5th of your life thing, but I am :)  The real victory here is that God created someone who could handle me for 5 years, well someone who didn’t have to love me – like my parents. 

For me, your birthday is more than just a time to celebrate who you are today.  It is a time to celebrate all 25 years of your life.  Especially the 20 years before I knew you, that helped mold you into the amazing man and husband you are today.   By celebrating you today, I am appreciating all of the love, time, and energy that your parents, family, and friends have invested in you. 

I am sure that in fifteen years, when I’ve celebrated more than half of your birthdays with you, this will seem really insignificant; however, right now it seems like a milestone.  In 5 years I have grown to love you, know you, and appreciate you more each day.  I can’t fathom knowing you any better or feeling any deeper for you, but I know that I will.

I have celebrated with you as a friend, girlfriend, and fiancé; however, this is the first time I have ever celebrated your birthday as your wife.  I would have never expected this day to feel different as your wife, but it does.  This day feels so much more significant than it ever has before.   You represent all that the past has taught me and all that our future holds. 

Sometimes, it feels like such a long journey that brought us here, and other days it feels like the time has just blown buy.   Regardless of the journey that brought us here, I am amazed by where it has led us to. 

I am still amazed on a daily basis that you love me so much, that you choose to live with me.  I know that I am not an easy person to live with.  I just need to make public that you really are a champ for putting up with me all of the time.  Between my obsessive compulsive cleaning, awful singing, and moodiness – that is enough to drive a person insane. 

In all seriousness, you are incredibly patient, kind, and forgiving.  You are my very best friend and I love living life with you. 

I appreciate who you are everyday, but today, let’s celebrate who you are! 

MWAH!