Not Going Unnoticed

Kdawg! You have been so great this week!! Every night I've come home to a hot dinner, a clean house, and a happy family. It's been every working man's dream. I love coming home now! You have proven to be a great wife and mother in the midst of amazing change, and stress. I would never forgive myself if I didn't do everything I could to make you feel like I was noticing, and I'm so, so, grateful! Luv your stuffs!

Mommy Again

You are the most beautiful when you are pregnant! I've loved watching you "grow" into the women that you've become. You have changed so much! I love that you love being pregnant and I love how much you love Dane. I'm so excited to have this baby girl with you because I know she will remind me of you. I hope she has your class. I hope she has your gift to make everybody like you. I hope she has your drive and your ambition and responsibility. I hope she has your modesty and your intelligence. I hope she loves Dane as much as we do. I hope she knows how important family is and respects and loves them the way you love yours. I hope she is adventurous like you but has your self control and restraint. I hope, like you, she'll never say no to a late night run to Dairy Queen. Mostly, I hope she finds a man like me who will love her as much as I love you.

Valentines

Happy Valentines day my sweet wife! My gift to you this year is that in my absence I promise to be thinking of you all day. Every time I take off a toadstool and every time I set down on a platform I will think of you. Every time I make a radio call or check my fuel gauge I will think of you. Every time I get fuel and every time I start my engine I will wonder what you are doing and wish that I were with you. I wish I could be there to say it to your face, but just know that I love you. You are the best wife a man could ask for and I love you completely!

No Fun Without You

I am here in New Jersey! I'm like...20 min from New York City and I can't even think about driving in to scope it out without you. I just know it wouldn't be any fun. Or, I know it would be fun, but I can't imagine having that much fun and having any New York experiences without you. I think it's because everything is just MORE fun when we're together. Well, even if things aren't necessarily more fun when we're together, I just don't want to have any experience good/bad without you. I think that means I love you!

Movies

I love that we love the same movies. I can't imagine my life without you simply because I can't imagine finding anyone else who enjoys EXACTLY the same movies that I do. I don't think we ever fight about movies. I don't know if you always fall asleep during the movie and therefore could care less what we watch, but either way, it seems like we have the same taste in movies. I like that about you because I think I have good taste in movies and I can't respect people who like movies I know are total crap. To me, that says something about somebody. Maybe that's shallow...I dunno. But to me, the fact that you understand, and enjoy all kinds of good movies from foreign to classics means that you are broadminded, intelligent, and deep in a very approachable way. I love that about you. Let's watch a movie.

Keepin' Me Respectable

I love how you keep me respectable. It's not because you nag me to be or because you guilt me into it. You yourself maintain high standards and you influence me through your good example. I know there have been times where I have tried my best to be a bad influence on you and you have never caved on something you didn't want to do or didn't think was right. You've always given me freedom to do whatever I wanted, but I always follow you because I don't ever want to see you disappointed in me. Your respect means a lot to me and it's something I work for. But, your influence for good in me is the root of my actions. You are a good, good person.

Pictures

I love pictures of you. I'm excited to see us 20 years down the path laughing and reminiscing with pictures laid out on the floor. You will be as beautiful then as you are now. I'm grateful that I will get to be in pictures with you both young and old! It's a fun thought that I will know you as an elderly woman. We will putter with our tennis ball walkers. I'll get antsy and want to go on a walk and you'll want to sit on the couch and "dream" about what our lives will be like when we're 110 years old. We'll have a nice house filled with memories of our crazy kids and all their accomplishments and pictures hung of all the places we've gone on all our anniversaries.

You Get Me

I love how much you "get me." You know that coming home after a long trip of eating crappy food, it would make me happy to come home to a roast, a pizza kit, and various munchies! You "get me" in the sense that I trust you to know me in ways that no one else will ever know. You can tell when I'm stressed and know how to fix it. You know when I'm down that an interesting meal with some thoughtful presentation will perk me up. You know I'm going to buy chips when we stop at any gas station for any reason at any time, and you're cool with that because you know that's just me. I hope to grow to the level of understanding for you that you have of me.

Independence

I love how independent you are. I can leave you with my son and my guitars without a care knowing that you are capable of running the day to day operations of our family without me there. You are resourceful, clever, reliable and have great common sense. I trust you with everything I love most in my absence. There have been times I have been out of the picture for over a month and you have never truly complained or shown any inability to function. I love that about you. You know when I like you to be needy and and rely on me, but you know when to step up to the plate. You make me feel safe and grateful for that.

Photography

I love what a great eye you have for photography! Some of the pictures you've taken of Dane have made my heart skip. I love that because of you we will have pictures of our son and homes that not only mean something to us but are beautiful for everyone to look at and enjoy. I hope you never lose that interest. You are a good photographer and deserve praise for it.

Dresser

I love that you consider putting together a dresser "fun because it's like a puzzle!" Today you sat down and dove into a project like you couldn't think of anything more fun to do. I watched you figure out which screw goes where and put together a four drawer dresser in less time than it would have taken me to find the instructions. Kudos to you pretty lady for being so handy and for actually liking it!

Late Night Munchy Runs

I love you for taking late night runs for miscellaneous snack items. You don't want to pass up a chance to be with me, even if it's just to get snacks for me. I love that you like to do that with me. I love that even if there's nothing in it for you, if you think it'll make me happy, you'll do it. You are a great lesson in unselfishness I hope to apply in my life.

Accomplished

I love that you got your associates degree! I'm so proud of you for completing that. I know it was hard for you and it took a long time to do. There were plenty of nights when I begged you to watch a movie with me, or offered other distraction and you showed a lot of determination and dedication to your classes. You even got A's! I never get A's! I love you for being smart and accomplishing more than I have. Congratulations!

Lost

I love that you'd be lost without me. You never know where we are in a car unless you drive it yourself a dozen times first. Maybe that's why you let me drive? Anyway, I think it's lovable that you have no sense of direction. It reminds me of driving around in Ft. Collins when you were so amazed that I knew where we were going after only having been driven there one time.

Let Me Drive

I love that you let me drive almost every time we are in the car together. I know you are a safe, capable driver and there is really no reason for me to drive all the time except that's how YOU want it. It makes me feel like your man, protecting you, and driving you around as my companion. It's one submissive thing you do to let me know you feel safe with me and have confidence in my abilities and I love that about you.

Thumb Mic

Hahah...I love it when you use my thumb as a microphone.

Sleepy

You'll argue this with me, but I really do love how sleepy you always are. You fall asleep in the first ten minutes of most movies. You haven't seen what ten o'clock looks like...ever, probably. To me, it makes me feel like you feel safe around me. You feel safe enough to let your guard down any time and fall asleep. It makes me feel like your protector and I love that about you.

Domestic

You can be so domestic. I was looking around the house earlier this morning and felt so appreciative that you always do the dishes by hand, and the laundry is always done. I have no chores almost! I'm supposed to take out the garbage and I have a hard time doing that 1 chore once a week! You really do take pride in making our house a home and I love that about you.

Friends

I love how easy it is for you to make new friends. You have a knack for getting along with everyone and getting them to see the best parts of you. I can't tell you how relieving it is to know that everyone around me likes my wife and is often better friends with you than they are with me!

Your Neck!

I love your neck. I love to "get on in there" and bury my face in your neck. It's your best smelling place! I get your hair, and skin smells all at once! I love how soft your skin is. This morning I was thinking about how much I love you as I was snuggling you with my face in your neck.