Oct 03, 2010 00:00
i might have fudged the time just a smidge (not just cause its east coast time but perfectly at midnight? yeah right like that happens) but i wanted to make sure to be the first to wish you a happy birthday like this- and as soon as i post this i am going to find you and wrap my arms around you and not let go for a super long time. and man i am really really excited to get to write this- it means you spent a whole nother year of your life with me- and you are about to spend another one. i love getting a chance to try to show you how much you mean to me. you arent just a part of my life- you really are my life. my better half and soulmate. you are the best thing that has ever happened to me by far baby. i dont know how many times i can say that before it sounds like a line to get your pants off but it never is. its just a bonus your pants usually come off when im being romantic haha. but i mean it completely.
you are talented, smart, gorgeous, hilarious, and probably the best person to hang out with i have ever met. even before we dated and got married we had the best time hanging out together- and there is no one else id rather watch movies with (even chick flicks because i can mock it and you laugh with me instead of getting pissy) and do new things with. you are definitely my partner in crime and every time i hear something the first person i wanna tell it to is you. i think thats how marriage is supposed to be- youre supposed to want to share everything with your spouse. either way thank you for always listening and being the most amazing wife i could ask for. i think you are brilliant in everything you do and you are the most real and down to earth person i have ever met. when you met me you could have been a snob or rolled your eyes at me- sometimes when i think back on it all im a little shocked you didnt. i really wanted to impress you and several years later i still do. just because you are my wife and married to me doesnt mean you are stuck with me- so i want to spend the rest of my life making you feel as wanted, needed, and as loved as you really are.
when you came into my life you gave me hope- the fact i actually attracted you and caught your eye. me. i got your attention. this loser from chicago that didnt have any luck in love at all. turns out the problem was i had never really experienced love before i met you. you saw something in me no one else ever had looked for or tried to. i seriously have like no self esteem and i dont think a lot of people realize that. i used to even hate myself. but youve given me several reasons to think im a pretty okay person- and youve made me one in the process. seeing myself through your eyes makes me think maybe i am not all that bad.
without you and without bronx i dont know where i would be- or if i would even be here typing this up for you right now. i think the best part of my life is knowing you are under the same roof as me- that i now have a little family of my own to take care of and protect. its such a huge responsibility and every single thing i do you two are at the front of my mind when i make those decisions- at least i try to make it that way. i have faltered and made a few bad choices but then this voice in the back of my head reminds me who and what is really important to me and it snaps me out of whatever dumb decisions i was about to make or just did- such as getting punched in the face. should have definitely thought that one out more.
you two are my family. growing up i never realized what a big deal it was or what exactly my parents were going through to raise me. around the time when you told me about our little guy i didnt think i would have a family for another 5 to 10 years. i just didnt see myself being a good husband or a good father but you gave me motivation to become one. i wanted to be a better person, the type of guy you deserved to be with. i didnt want to let you go to find someone else who deserved you and could treat you right- i knew i could step up and be that guy. now watching you grow into this amazing mother and perfect wife blows my mind. you have the biggest heart of anyone i know and i get to spend the rest of my life protecting it from ever hurting again. i cannot believe how lucky i am to have you in my life- to be 31 and have found my soulmate young enough to enjoy a full life with her. i get goosebumps and butterflies thinking about it- about whats still to come and whats already came by us.
i hope this year is a lot better for us than the past year. i hope that it doesnt feel so much like you are raising two children instead of one- but you really put up with a lot to be with me and to stick with me and i hope you know how much i appreciate it. whenever im feeling depressed you dont pull away- you pull me closer. i cant think of anyone else in my life that has ever done that for me. i think anyone should be grateful to have you in their life as a friend or at all. im blessed to have you in my life as my other half. there is no way in the world anyone else out there would finish my sentences for me, pull me out of my bad moods, get my sense of humor and put up with my weird moods where i barely make any sense. i can be myself with you and you still love me. thank you for spending your life with me ashlee- i hope what i have planned for your birthday doesnt disappoint.
i love you more than i can say because any words i can use someone else already said before to someone else and you deserve so much more than that. you are the most unique person and such a perfect fit for me- you deserve the best of everything baby. it frustrates me sometimes that as much as i have a way with words you leave me speechless and stuttering, trying to find the exact way to describe and say how i feel about you. you are one of a kind and so is this love. or, maybe this is what love really is when people finally find it- either way i am just glad we have it and that i have you. i want to spend the rest of my life falling asleep with you in my arms and waking up to your hair (extensions) all over my pillows. happy birthday baby- i love you