Wednesday, December 17, 2008

For Mr. Wonderful: 32 Facts For Your 32 Years

  1. Mr. Wonderful was born December 17, 1976
  2. In South Jersey
  3. He has the most siblings of any only child I've ever known:
  4. 1 half sister
  5. 2 half brothers
  6. 11 step brothers and step sisters
  7. When he was little his hair was very light brown/blondish; it is now very dark brown/blackish
  8. He's worn glasses even longer than I have (and I started at the end of 1st grade)
  9. We are nearly equally blind. Super blind. Like bats but without helpful radar. He is slightly blind-er.
  10. He skipped a grade in elementary school. He's smart like that.
  11. He plays piano and clarinet--but mostly piano.
  12. He is a board game playing genius. Unbeatable.
  13. Mr. Wonderful is a fountain of tv/movie/music related trivia/knowledge. He has the kind of mind that remembers everything he has seen/read/watched (although this ability does not translate to remembering to change the oil or things like that)
  14. He attended 3 different schools and graduated from the one where he currently teaches (and has been teaching for 9 years)
  15. He went to Cedarville, where we met (in 1997); which was obviously the most important meeting of his life. Ha!
  16. He graduated with Majors in Piano Performance/Pedagogy, even though he started out as a Math major.
  17. He paid his own way through school--and on his own, through his own hard work and determination paid it all off a few months after he graduated. We are still paying my college debt--b/c I would rather have had fun than worked. Lesson Learned. =)
  18. He never does anything for himself and spends all his time, effort and energy on others
  19. Especially on me and his babies.
  20. He is the most loving helpful father/husband around. He always knows exactly what I need and supports me perfectly.
  21. He cleans my house and vacuums and dusts and whatever I ask and never complains about anything ever. He is an excellent example to me.
  22. He loves watching tv in his 5 minutes of free time everyday. His favorite shows currently are Prison Break and Hell's Kitchen--but he'll watch whatever I want, every time, without complaining--like the Discovery Channel or PBS. Poor guy.
  23. He is an amazing father who spends all of his time inventing games to play with the girls--he rocks. Seriously. I'm so proud of the father he has become.
  24. His parents did an excellent job raising him. We love them all!
  25. The Wonderful family makes me happy--they are fun to be around, I'm glad we live in the same state as them--it is a blessing!
  26. Mr. Wonderful recently earned his Masters In Music Education from Boston University and wishes to be a college level Music Theory teacher. Easier said than done. We're praying that God opens up some doors for us.
  27. His school is 2/3 of a mile down the road. We visit him almost every day. It is awesome.
  28. When he is home he walks around holding Maeve, he hates to put her down b/c he loves her so much. It makes my heart burst. He loves Amelie too--but you try walking around with a 35 pound toddler for more than 30 seconds, it's hard =)
  29. He teaches millions of piano lessons a week to provide for us--it's not easy, but he is always willing to do whatever he needs for the good of our family.
  30. He has excellent fashion sense and doesn't need any help from me to look put together and handsome every day.
  31. His only fault is that he won't let me faux-hawk his hair every day. Oh well, no one's perfect.
  32. He's perfect.

The End. =)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love you honey! Thank you for the wonderful list!
- Mr. Wonderful

Julie said...

Sounds like he's got a wife and family who loves him very much, too!!

Loved that part about the most siblings of any only child you know. That's awesome. And boy, there ARE a bunch of siblings!! We have a "blended" family here, although not quite to that degree...I should write them all down for each child though. It will be interesting to read.

Brie Latini said...

OMG, Michelle, that was the cutest thing ever! Happy birthday to your husband, and let's not forget what a lucky guy HE is! :-)

And Pete won't let me faux-hawk his hair, either. :-(

DeeMarie said...

What a sweet tribute to Mr. Wonderful. Happy Birthday!
Thanks for sharing ... I enjoyed reading & love being enlightened.

Ree said...

You are very blessed to have such a wonderful hubby who does so much for you even though he works!!
How lucky you are that he helps around the house AND with the kids and doesn't just sit around and use the excuse that he works and you are home all day--like most of us other stay at home moms/wives!! LOL

A Repletion of Reverie said...

yep, he definitely takes after his immediate younger brother!!! :)

Anonymous said...

To reach perfection, he followed an example - ME!

Just kidding!

Shelly, that is a very touching list of his attributes. I am glad to see (and already knew) that he is an excellent dad and husband. I can tell his girls love him very much!