No, this is not another ode to Oreos or Chocolate Cake. Good guess.
My love interest would be my husband:
I often unfairly exploit him on this blog and he takes it pretty well. While my honest frustrations regarding his quirks and "isms" are always laced in undeniable unconditional love, I realize it may be totally invisible to my readers (and more importantly-- him) so, it's about time I just come right out and say why I love this guy so much, despite the fact that he detests this kind of attention.
His hard work. Remember those leaves at our Chicago house I always complained about? Despite the fact that I threatened to hire a landscaper 23 times, I failed to mention the 82 times that you drove the leaf vacuum through the yard.... Thank you dear. For that, I love you.
His silly quirks. Kyle spends much of his time working via phone. Kyle is also a busybody. He paces a lot while on the phone and roams from room to room shuffling stuff around. He has also taken an interest in running in the last few years. In an effort to help me keep my sanity (shuffling important stuff around and forgetting where he put it, for instance) he decided to start running with his phone. I'm not kidding. This picture is my proof. There he has his i-Pod and his phone and he is ready to go for a run. He'd take and make calls while jogging and if he ever had a quiet stint, he'd turn on his i-Pod. Hilarious.
His handy-man nature. Christmas could not have happened without you, Kyle. Thank you for accepting the contract work from Santa. Santa was a little short on time this year and was unable to have Savannah's kitchen assembled before delivery, so Kyle kindly agreed to put it together for him. It was no small task!
And speaking of Christmas, Kyle gifted me with these blinging Snow goggles for Christmas! I get to try them out this Friday because he is watching Cade and Savvy PLUS my sister's two boys so she and I can go to Sundance and hit the slopes together. That is LOVE! More importantly, not only is Kyle going to watch the kids, but he'll undoubtedly have fun with them and I won't feel rushed to get back and won't feel the need to call and check in on him. He really enjoys the kids and playing with them never seems like a chore for him. He is a kid himself, and that is an irresistable quality I have always loved about him.
His cooking skills. Kyle is always doing small acts of kindness for me. This is what I came home to after a run one morning last week:
I love his omelets. Not only is he mindful of my physical health by feeding me, he is an expert on my mental health. In fact yesterday he told me I had a massage appointment at 3 o'clock. Just like that. He's very thoughtful and is often pushing me out the door to have some quiet time to rejeuvenate.
And speaking of rejeuvenation....
Hawaii. Need I say more? Thank you, sweetie, for taking me to Hawaii in December. It was the perfect pre-move vacation.
His little presents. Kyle was gone for a few days last week and he came home with this:
Isn't that the cutest little mug? Aside from Oreos and Chocolate cake, I also have an affinity for hot chocolate. So sweet.
His ability to teach our kids the value of money. Cade, pictured here sporting his favorite shirt, has a jar full of money. Kyle sat down with him and helped him count it. It was so cute.
His lap top. This is me in my full just-out-of-bed glory, and I am not proud of it. I snatched Kyle's computer and crawled into Cade's bed so I could catch up on everyone's blog. Kyle had been gone for 4 days and took the laptop, so I was disconnected from the world for quite some time. Cade's room gets the best wireless connection, and it is away from all the noise in the house, so I thought it was the perfect hide-away. Eventually Kyle found me and took this picture, no doubt with the intent to post it with some story. In any case, I do love him for his lap top. Thanks to it, I am able to keep in touch with all of you...
His photography skills. When he is not acting like the paparazzi around the house and snapping embarassing shots of me, he has been known to take some amazing shots of our kids and capture their silly expressions. This one, for instance:
Thanks to him, I don't feel too terribly bad for not taking my kids to a "real" photographer. We've got cute candids a-plenty.
There's an inumerable amount of reasons why Kyle is the flame in my fire, but there's a start.
Love you, hon!
6 comments:
okay...i know we both already knew this...but kyle and brandon are SO the same!!! b paces when he talks on the phone TOO and it drives me nuts. maybe it's a neurological disorder. also, he lets me use his laptop :) AND he has many great qualities that his wife does not always enumerate. we are twins! [or our husbands are twins :)]
What a sweetheart of a Husband, I hope mine will schedule me for massages!
It must run in the family. Jason paces and picks up things only to misplace them while he is on the phone too.
The soccer picture is fantastic . . . this reminds me of an essay you wrote for your Spanish class about Kyle. Included the work ethic thing, but not the running and talking thing. Sounds like you guys are doing great.
good going Kyle...I am wondering where you learned this wonderful behavior. Must have read it in one of your MANY>>>>books! love mom
I love that Cade loves the Wildcats shirt! And the hot chocolate mug is so sweet!!! :)
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