Graham is 30!

Thirty things I love about Graham*:

1. He let me put this picture up on the Internet
2. He sometimes cries when he says good bye to people he loves.
3. He makes the best pancakes and bacon EVER.
4. He ALWAYS does the dishes.
5. He calls elderly gentleman "sir" when he leaps up to help them.
6. He loves Fred Astaire.
7. When visiting my parents in Canada, he will readily shovel their walk and porch from snow.
8. he has the most beautiful eyes.
9. He makes me laugh every single day.
10. He loves ice cream with a passion that outreaches my own (I thought this was impossible).
11. He loves my songs.
12. He makes up songs on a daily basis about our cats and whether or not they poop (see #9).
13. He will forgive me for sharing the above tidbit with the world.
14. He has a crush on Josh Brolin.
15. I love that he is both the person I love to make out with and stay up all night talking with.
17. He has freckles on his shoulders that KILL ME.
18. He takes books about The Pentagon and Just War Theory on vacation.
19. He makes his students cupcakes.
20. He really LISTENS to people.
21. Sometimes I will come home and he will be dancing to Elvis Costello.
22. When we got married, his vows totally kicked my vows' butt. People STILL talk about it.
23. He is always the one person that gives up his subway seat to those who need it more.
24. He loves Thanksgiving so much, that he can get excited about it 6 months before it happens.
25. His favorite flower is the Gerber Daisy.
26. He invited me to his bachelor party because he said that I was his best friend.
27. He is passionate about not only being informed about the world, but about being engaged in things he believes in.
28. It was his idea to paint all the walls of our apartment bright colors.
29. He will sometimes have wise witticisms at the most opportune times. Recently, when I was having a hard time with a very challenging and needy relative and feeling bad about it, he said, "Summer, you can't meet crazy half-way." Very true.
30. If we have a son, there is no one I'd rather him be like than Graham.

Happy Birthday to you, my wonderful man.

*(this idea was totally ripped off idea from Margaret Mason)