V-Day: A Song and a List

This weekend while I was gone to a baby shower, Josh and the kids made me valentines.  My favorites are Anna's unpredictable message- "Yellow," - and Noah's drawing of me, him, and Anna.  ♥

Josh is out of town today and the next few days, too.  Doesn't exactly make for a special Valentine's Day ... except it does.  Sweet treats in surprising places saved the day.  Josh slipped little Kit Kats in my make-up bag, under my pillow, in the cabinet, in the car, and he tells me there are a few I haven't found yet apparently.  The card he left named day-to-day things married couples do and then summed it all up with, "There's no one I want beside me besides you."  This made me grin because it's so us.  And it's so the exact same message I had in mind for dedicating this song to him today. 

I Want You With Me
by Leann Rimes

When I'm walking down the street

on a quiet afternoon

Or when I hear our favorite song

and it gets me in the mood

When I don't know who I am

and the world is not my friend

When I fight my way back up again

Oh, I want you with me every move I make

I want you to see all that I see

Through the laughter and the madness

And every moment in between

Oh, I want you with me

When I tell my daddy bye

for the very last time

Or when I learn a whole new love

in our babies' first cry

When you can tell I've done it all

by the lines on my face

When I start regretting my mistakes

Oh, I want you with me every move I make

I want you to see all that I see

Through the laughter and the madness

And every moment in between

Oh, I want you with me

Back when Josh and I were dating, I listed a bunch of things I liked about him. I can't remember if it was for Valentine's Day or not, but he keeps it in his wallet to this day (at least last time I checked it was still there).  So in honor of another Valentine's Day, I added some more stuff I love about Josh - some of the "real-life" romance that I would take over a flashy fancy holiday dinner date any day!

Stuff I've loved and still love about my man:

• How he checks on the kids before he goes to bed every night
• How he is King of the kids' bath times
• How I don't have to tell him how to pack the kids or what all needs to be done to put them to bed
• How he takes one of the kids with him to do a grocery run for me - double blessing!
• How he reads every bit of our blog
• How he always makes hearty breakfasts 
• How he picks up my slack when needed
• How he loves and genuinely enjoys our babies
• How he is just plain and simple my best friend - I am completely myself with him
• How we laugh so hard together remembering specific commercials from years gone by that we liked
• How he can fix anything
• How he always cures my computer woes even though I am an impatient customer
• How he sews buttons for me and cut, ironed, stitched, and finished oven mitts for Anna
• How when he empties his pockets there are coins, trash, receipts, wallet, and little pink barrettes
• How he made a light sabre out of a stick and painters tape so he could Jedi spar with Noah
• How he gets pummeled as he walks through the door by all 4 of us
• How it continues on til bedtime 
• How he knows why Anna's being 2 years and 5 mos. old is significant
• How he knows my unspoken pet peeves and laughs at them with me
• How smart his Lego-selling idea was!
• How he is such a stickler about Noah's breathing treatments
• How he is not lazy - like, ever!  (only highlighted by the fact that I am)
• How he laughs (me, too) when I growl "Aggravation!" cuz it reminds us of his dad
• How it is so important to him to be available and active within our family
• How he surprised the kids with valentines in their car seats today

Happy Valentine's Day, Josh!  I ♥ You always.