Isn\'t he cute?I have to post about how much I love my husband since I posted how much I can’t stand him sometimes.

It’s good to mention that all the reasons why I can’t stand my husband are petty ones -  EXCEPT for number one: forgetting my birthday or our anniversary. But I doubt that will ever happen again.

It’s also good to mention that Ian and I have been married for only a little over 3 years. I still consider us a young marriage. We both have been married before, and we joined with children from our previous spouses. We are now a blended family of 4 children. Two from my previous marriage, one from his previous marriage, and one together. We are the all American family, but I happen to be Filipino, he is white, my 2 children are Filipino, Black, and White, and he and Cloey are well, white:)

Anyway, so here’s my list!

10) Dear husband tells me at LEAST once or twice a week that I am beautiful. He tells me how fit I look all the time and that I look great. He tells me I always know how to put a good outfit together, and that I have the prettiest smile he’s ever known.

9) When I text message him to pick up something on his way home from work (like diapers or milk), he automatically says yes. He never is too tired or too busy to do it. He may not come home until late, but he’s always got the things I need in hand.

8)  He manages to get me to smile whenever I am down. He goes out of his way to turn my gloomy day around. He’ll put on some music and dance to make me laugh, he’ll try to sing, he’ll pretend to cry… just goofy things to bring a smile to my face, and I love it!

7) When a long time has passed and we have had zero one on one time with each other, he will surprise me with a special date he has planned out, or better yet, a weekend getaway. Just me and him, complete with romance, back rubs, and yummy meals.

6) When we are fighting he’ll send me emails telling me how much he will never give up on us because he loves me so much. He text messages me with things to make me smile, and he’ll call me and leave messages on my work phone telling me how much he can’t wait to see me.

5) He always manages to get me in ‘the mood’. I can be dead asleep at 3:00 in the morning and he still rocks my world. Man I am a lucky woman.

4) He offers to make me a drink when I clearly have had a bad day at work. And if I drink it real fast, he makes me another one and makes no comments. He lets me talk as much as I want, he listens, he smiles, and then he offers his witty advice. He’s one of my best friends. And I am one of his.

3) He is younger than me! I benefit in this in so many ways! Ian is 8 years younger than me and most of the time we don’t even notice the age difference at all. But sometimes, he reminds me how being with a younger man for some reason keeps things simpler. A lot of it is him just being a simple man, he just doesn’t require much. But he is young at heart, young in spirit, and goofy like our kids. He makes me laugh out loud.

2) Dear husband is genuinely concerned about my happiness. He really cares that I love what I do, and that we look forward to our future planning for upcoming celebrations, vacations, kids growing up and us rekindling our romance from the start again. Neither of us can wait.

**And the number one reason I love my husband so much:

1) He loves me for who I am. I am neurotic, a clean freak, a doting mother, super sensitive, and way too hard on myself. He is the complete opposite of me and he loves every bit of me. He tells me all the time I cannot be any better than I am and that he is totally weak for me.

So loving my husband is easy, as you can see. And yes, most of the time it’s this good.