Birthdays
This weekend we're celebrating my husband's birthday, something we've done more successfully some years over others. My favorite was his 25th birthday when I surprised him with tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld. He loved the show and I knew he would love to see Jerry's stand up routine. I got some great tickets, planned a fun dinner out and was so proud of myself. We were poor college students so this was a big splurge and I couldn't wait to see the look on his face.
Somehow he found out that Jerry was coming to our area and he got all excited, making me frustrated that he was ruining my surprise. I had to purposely take him to some websites that had tickets for exorbitant prices and was able to completely discourage him from going. While I had been disappointed that he found out about the show, it only made it that much more of a surprise when he opened up his birthday card and the tickets for that night's show were inside. We had such a fun evening going from our little college town to the big city and having a night out on the town. Jerry was incredibly funny and it was one of the best birthday surprises ever.
Other birthday celebrations have included spending one night in a fun hotel, getting one of the first ipods, and one year I got him a birthday gift for each one of his five senses. Then there was the year we moved here. There was a two-week gap between when he had to start his new job and when we closed on our new house. A kind family from church offered to let Josh stay at their house while me and the baby stayed with family until the day of Josh's birthday. We flew down and I was exhausted from carrying all of the baby stuff and the baby through the airport, then we drove down here and stayed in the Navy Lodge (which is a glorified dorm room). We grabbed Wendy's for dinner and I gave him a subscription to USA Today and we talked quietly in the dark while we hoped our baby would fall asleep.
A few years later I was due to have another baby girl but she was taking her sweet time being born. By the time his birthday rolled around I was ten days overdue and went to the hospital to be induced. That didn't seem like the best way to spend his birthday but I needed to get that baby out. As it worked out she was transverse so I spent all day in bed getting pitocin but it wasn't until the doctor kind of pushed on my belly and turned the baby around that things started moving along. So we spent all day hanging out in the hospital room, watching movies, talking and then watching the championship game of the NCAA tournament. We had Wendy's for dinner because it was close to the hospital and then I wasn't allowed to eat again until after delivery. We were up all night and I finally got into some serious labor by 4am and she was born at 8am, so they are birthday buddies that we get to celebrate back to back. I thought it was kind of a bum birthday but he says it is one of his favorites because we got to spend the whole day together.
This year he got a basketball hoop, a new basketball, basketball shoes, a baseball mitt and a few books. His parents said it was a lot like his 8th birthday and were marveling how things haven't changed much in 30 years. I love celebrating him in whatever way works each year. He is as wonderful as a husband as I ever could have dreamed of, my best friend, a fantastic father, and an all around good-hearted man. I love his gentleness, patience, how I have never heard him raise his voice, how he is such a good listener and so fun to play with. We've had epic water wars and wrestling matches and adventures and I'm grateful for each year of his life that we get to celebrate. It is a good life and I'm grateful he chooses to spend it with me.
Somehow he found out that Jerry was coming to our area and he got all excited, making me frustrated that he was ruining my surprise. I had to purposely take him to some websites that had tickets for exorbitant prices and was able to completely discourage him from going. While I had been disappointed that he found out about the show, it only made it that much more of a surprise when he opened up his birthday card and the tickets for that night's show were inside. We had such a fun evening going from our little college town to the big city and having a night out on the town. Jerry was incredibly funny and it was one of the best birthday surprises ever.
Other birthday celebrations have included spending one night in a fun hotel, getting one of the first ipods, and one year I got him a birthday gift for each one of his five senses. Then there was the year we moved here. There was a two-week gap between when he had to start his new job and when we closed on our new house. A kind family from church offered to let Josh stay at their house while me and the baby stayed with family until the day of Josh's birthday. We flew down and I was exhausted from carrying all of the baby stuff and the baby through the airport, then we drove down here and stayed in the Navy Lodge (which is a glorified dorm room). We grabbed Wendy's for dinner and I gave him a subscription to USA Today and we talked quietly in the dark while we hoped our baby would fall asleep.
A few years later I was due to have another baby girl but she was taking her sweet time being born. By the time his birthday rolled around I was ten days overdue and went to the hospital to be induced. That didn't seem like the best way to spend his birthday but I needed to get that baby out. As it worked out she was transverse so I spent all day in bed getting pitocin but it wasn't until the doctor kind of pushed on my belly and turned the baby around that things started moving along. So we spent all day hanging out in the hospital room, watching movies, talking and then watching the championship game of the NCAA tournament. We had Wendy's for dinner because it was close to the hospital and then I wasn't allowed to eat again until after delivery. We were up all night and I finally got into some serious labor by 4am and she was born at 8am, so they are birthday buddies that we get to celebrate back to back. I thought it was kind of a bum birthday but he says it is one of his favorites because we got to spend the whole day together.
This year he got a basketball hoop, a new basketball, basketball shoes, a baseball mitt and a few books. His parents said it was a lot like his 8th birthday and were marveling how things haven't changed much in 30 years. I love celebrating him in whatever way works each year. He is as wonderful as a husband as I ever could have dreamed of, my best friend, a fantastic father, and an all around good-hearted man. I love his gentleness, patience, how I have never heard him raise his voice, how he is such a good listener and so fun to play with. We've had epic water wars and wrestling matches and adventures and I'm grateful for each year of his life that we get to celebrate. It is a good life and I'm grateful he chooses to spend it with me.
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