Happy Happy Birthday Hubby Dear!

My sweet husband is 29 today! Here are 29 things I love about him!

1. He isn't smelly. Don't know what it is, but I can at any time lay my head on him and have my nose right by his armpit and he just doesn't stink.
   
   
2. He is an amazing dad. That may sound generic, but it's true. He is so on top of it with changing diapers, feeding her, reading her stories, playing "I'm gonna get you." He adores that girl like you wouldn't believe.




3. His laugh. Have you heard it? I thought it was fake the first time I heard it. He tilts his head back and lets out a big "HA!" You just have to hear it.
   
   
4. He's so spiritually obedient. I always tell people that compared to Tom, I'm the devil. Sometimes people ask me "how so" and I tell them that sometimes I miss doing my visiting teaching. He never misses home-teaching. Just today he said something about a guy that he hasn't home-taught in 3 months. I gasped, then he quickly said, "well, he's been in jail for 3 months." I guess that counts as an excuse. :) He also leads us in family prayer morning and night among many other things. He's a great example to me. P.S. I'm definitely not saying that missing visiting teaching is my greatest sin.


5. The songs he makes up. He will turn anything into a song. The current hit topping the charts is "My Cheeky-Weekys." His album is in progress.
   
   
6. Great provider for our family. He is super smart and got his master's degree from BYU in accounting (I believe it was the #2 or #3 accounting program in the nation at the time). And he now works so super hard for our family and never complains...I do all the complaining for him.
   
   
7. He isn't hairy. The guy doesn't have a single chest hair. I love that!
   
   
8. Awesome cook. I've talked about this many times on the blog, but the guy can cook! He can look in our cupboards when I think we have nothing to eat and create the most amazing meal from the most random ingredients.



9. He makes me believe I'm beautiful. I can be having the most "poor me, my body's not little, my skin's horrible" day, and the second I'm around him I literally feel like the most beautiful woman in the world. It's not just by telling me, he actually somehow convinces me by how he makes me feel.
   
   
10. He looks foreign. The first thing I thought when I saw him was that he looked European with his fair complexion and deep set squinty eyes. He is 1/2 Swedish, but I don't think that has anything to do with it...I'm just crazy. I think it's cute.


11. He rhymes everything. Even when it doesn't make sense. For example: if he wants to tell me that something's out in the car he'll say, "let's just say that it's in something that rhymes with 'shmar'."
    
    
12. He can talk to anybody. People love him! He really can carry on a conversation with anybody. He's a great listener and remembers everybody's name and facts about them.
    
    
13. He has a cute little dimpled chin. It's suttle so it's cute. And he passed it on to Reese.
    
    
14. He can eat a hamburger in 4 bites. I'm not so sure I actually love this one, but it's a pretty neat talent.

This is actually pizza, but you get the idea.



15. He's funny. He loves to be the funny guy especially when we get together with this certain group of friends we have out here. I love how one of his needs from me is for me to think he's funny.


16. He's a dreamer. This can sometimes be frustrating because I'm such a realist, but it's actually a perfect balance for me. He makes me aspire for more.
    
    
17. Incredible husband. Once again, that may sound generic, but I mean it! I lucked out big time when I married him. He treats me so so well! I think I take it for granted a lot. He treats me with so much respect and makes me feel safe. Like no matter how I'm feeling I can always turn to him, just be myself, and feel so comfortable and happy.
    
    
18. His singing voice. I wouldn't necessarily call it great, but he loves to do it and is so cute when he gets into it. My sister Julie LOOOOVES to sing around the piano with him. When she called home for Christmas from her mission she specifically asked for Tom to sing to her.


19. He abbreviates everything. "So how was RS today?" (Relief Society) "Do you want to watch AI?" (American Idol) I tell him that half the time he actually spends more time when he abbreviates because he then has to explain what it stands for. I think it's funny nonetheless.
    
    
20. He's patient. This actually usually goes along with being an incredible husband. I probably get away with too much sometimes. It's very very hard to get Tom upset or to make him mad.


21. He doesn't talk bad about people. But he doesn't judge me when I do. :) Once again, he's a great example to me with this. He always reminds me of something his parents taught him and that is not to ever think that you're better than others. He's very humble.


22. He's hot! That cutie patooty caught my eye immediately the first time I saw him sitting across from me in the Harold B. Lee Library computer lab. I'm the one that asked him out first by the way. I'll save that story for another day.



23. He's entertained by some of the funniest shows. A couple of his favorites include Little People Big World (or "LPBW" as he calls it) and Dog the Bounty Hunter.



24. He pretends to care about my decorating ideas. I always like to ask his advice about my latest decorating project. If he doesn't like it then his opinion doesn't count of course, but he at least has learned to give an opinion and not just say "whatever you like ."
    
    
25. His speaking voice. This is actually quite different from his singing voice. It's deep and just plain hot. He was once told by a random stranger that he has "the voice of God." Look out Morgan Freeman...you might have some competition for some of your movie roles.
    
    
26. He provides great genes to make cute babies. Exhibit A is little Reese. I think the exhibits to follow will prove just as cute.



Exhibit "A"




27. He gives me frequent back rubs. They don't always last that long, but he does it usually without complaint. He also plays with my hair. That was literally something I had on my list for a future husband. On our second date he ran his fingers through my hair (fast mover) and said, "I love playing with hair." Right then, I knew he was for me. :)


28. He has a really cool birthday. There's always a party going on. He says that it can be kind of sad though because everybody's always counting down the end of your birthday. I'm sure his parents also appreciate his birthday as he was a great tax deduction so many years ago.
    
    
29. He's my best friend and I can't wait to spend the rest of forever with him!

Happy Birthday Tom! I love you!

A Bjorkman Christmas

The Snowman Building

The Snowball Fight



The Christmas Music

The Nativity

Narrator= Jon; Angel= Jeff; Joseph= Kate; Mary= Reese; The Star=Samuel; Innkeeper=Tom; shepherd=Becky; Wiseman=Andrea

This year's Mary may look sweet but she was constantly yelling "No!" at all her castmates and throwing baby Jesus on the ground. Apparently her stage demands were not being met. (I edited a lot of it out, but see the post below for just a small sample of some of the attitude.)

The "Buffet"

The Marilyn Bjorkman at the 9 o'clock hour

The Gifts

Thanks Karen for the fun and way creative apron!

The Nose-picking

The Football

The Wife Who Was Bribed to Play Football with the Promise of a Back-Massage (She's still waiting to collect)

The (Almost) Birthday Boy

Tom picked pizza for his birthday dinner this year.

The Goodbyes

We had a great time Bjorkmans! Thanks for all the fun and memories!

Nativity

I think the cutest part about the play was Samuel "the star." Originally we wanted him to be Joseph, Kate to be Mary, and Reese to be baby Jesus. Samuel just didn't like the idea of being Joseph. We kept telling him how cool that part was and somebody finally said, "Don't you want to be the star of the show?" He paused for a minute then looked up at us excitedly and replied, "Yeah, I do want to be the star of the show." He is only 4 so he meant that literally. Thus, Samuel the Star of Bethlehem.

Merry Christmas!

I know little Reesey's bum is cute to look at, but her face is even cuter! Merry Christmas!

My Silly Family

Just some fun family moments:

Tom flipping Reese around. I love baby bums!

Every baby needs a mohawk picture.

Babysitting Gavin. Man, the anticipation must be killing them. Too bad they have to wait for their first kiss to be over the alter just like Tom and me! ;)

Tom "reading" a bedtime story. He's trying to launch his rap-master career so we thought this would be a good place to start. I love how the kids aren't even phased. They're so used to Tom being such a goof-ball.

Bless Their Little Hearts!

I was out and about running errands yesterday and one of my stops was Wal-Mart. I had some returns (like always) so on the way in the little greeter lady put some tags on my stuff then said "Have a nice day Miss." Miss? Oh, so sweet! But it didn't stop there. One of the things on my list of things to get was Krazy Glue. So as I was checking out, the Krazy Glue beeped a weird beep over the scanner and the check out lady paused, looked at me and said, "Are you over 18?" I gasped and exclaimed, "Thank you for asking!" I wanted to hug her. She still waited there for me to respond yes or no. Even better! I'm only 27 so why do I care so much? Well, I used to be mistaken for younger until I hit about 25. Then people started calling me "ma'am" and thinking I was at least my real age which was about the same time my zits were replaced with dark splotches (I'm forever cursed with bad skin). I'm sure she didn't really think I was under 18 and that she was just doing her job, but man that made my day! Kind of funny that they have to ask about Krazy Glue huh? Little does she know...MUHAHAHA!!!

Crazy, crazy week. I have never in my life had to keep a calendar to remember the things I have going on. I typically don't forget things, but with the addition of my new calling (wowsers!), babysitting everyday, two of Tom's work activities, a birthday party, my own work, a girl's night out, an Enrichment activity and a few other things, I felt like my head was spinning. I forgot things right and left. I used to laugh at my mom and her giant planner, but now I'm understanding...and I only have 1 kid. (Does the line "go get me my green notebook" sound familiar to any of my siblings?)

Here are a few highlights of some of the fun things that I did remember this week.

Have you seen the 80's movie "Mannequin"? It's only the best movie ever! hehe The movie is about a guy and this mannequin that only comes to life when he's around and nobody else. He gets so frustrated that nobody believes him and that nobody ever gets to see this person be animated. Well, I was thinking the other night after Reese sat on Santa's lap, "Oh my gosh, that's my little Reese." She can be so shy as soon as we step out the door. It's fun for me to be able to show the silly, fun side of her that we see at home on this blog though.

Thursday afternoon Tom's work had an afternoon reserved at the Children's Museum. We were positive that she would scream her little head off as soon as we put her on Santa's lap. Instead, she sat there and wouldn't look at anybody. Not Santa, not Tom, not me. Nobody! She looked straight forward totally expressionless. We got a big kick out it. Here's some footage of our little mannequin.

A few other activities at the Children's Museum.

Trying to remember what else was on her shopping list.

First art project. She's a natural!

And now brace yourself for "Nerdfest 2007!"

Tom and about 10 other guys got together to play Risk on Friday night. I think they're going to make this a monthly thing.

Kassiah, Hollie, and I just put the kids all to bed upstairs then headed out for a girl's night (of course I mean the kids were in the same house as the guys). We did a little shopping then saw "August Rush." It was so cute when I'd call Tom to see how things were going. His responses were super abrupt and he was always in the biggest rush to get off the phone. I've found that Risk is a very intense game.

We finally got snow this weekend. This is pretty late for our first real snow fall.

All cozy and ready to run errands.

Last night was Tom's work party. It's typically a pretty fancy shindig with good food.

This year, not so much. There were just little appetizers and none of our friends were there. So instead of staying to make awkward conversation with people we really didn't know we took off after only 20 minutes and went out to dinner by ourselves. It ended up being the perfect date night.

All in all, it was a busy week, but pretty fun! But here's to a much more mellow week!

All Done!

We taught Reese a while ago to say "all done" when she's done eating. Of course it sounds a little more like "ah-dun." So the other day Reese was taking a nap and after an hour or so Tom and I hear the sweetest little voice over the monitor say "ah-dun." She repeated it several times until we got her. It cracked us up. She's only done it one other time since, but I think it's so precious and I would love it if she kept it up.

By the way, I think this is a pretty good picture to see Reese's eye color (of course they look different in different lighting like outside, but this is pretty true to what we normally see). The only thing is that we're kind of stuck on what color to call them. We've had people call them brown, hazel, blue, grey, and greenish. I won't say which color Tom and I normally say because I'm curious as to what you think.

Wait, here's a better one of her eyes in outside light.

It's been 5 years?!?!

So Tom and I were out putting Christmas lights up yesterday (yeah we did it), and as we were talking we realized that today would be exactly 5 years since our very first date. We got a little nostalgic reminiscing about that night. It was the best date either of us had ever had. Of course you'd think we'd say that because we got married, but it really was. We talked for 8 straight hours! It was a big group date with all my roommates and he and I might as well have been alone because we were just in complete la-la land with each other. I remember thinking it was so refreshing not having to even try to keep up conversation. I actually had to fight to squeeze in a question before he could ask me another one about myself. When he dropped me off at my apartment that night he didn't skip a beat before asking me out for the very next weekend. And the rest is history. Well, there's definitely more to the story, but I'll save that for another time. My friend Marisa did one of those tag posts with her whole dating story which I thought was so fun. I think I'll do that sometime too.

Not that we usually celebrate our first date, but it gave us a good excuse to go out last night. We went to Coldstone and then to see "Enchanted." Alright, that's now 2 movies we've seen since Reese has been born! I'd give the movie a "medium" rating. It started out cute, then got annoying, then got really cute again. I'm a great movie critic huh? Let's just say that it was good, but I thought it would be better.

Tom putting up our Christmas lights. What a guy! Can you believe that we've been in our house for 3 years and this is our first time putting outside lights up? What a bunch of bah-humbugers we've been!

We tried to get one of those oh so cute shots of our child all tangled up in Christmas lights...not so much! She was fascinated at first when we plugged them in, but freaked out when we put them around her.