The Fifth Birthday We've Celebrated Together

Yesterday was my darling Jason's 22nd birthday.  Being the impeccably perfect girlfriend I am, I still have not sent him his present.  So I decided to honor his birthday by wearing a Gator shirt on UCF game day (ah, who am I kidding. I don't even know if they played, who they played, or who won.) and sending him periodical texts explaining 22 reasons I love him.  Today, I will share those with the 5 people who read my blog. (Thanks, guys!)

1.  I love him because even when I freak out on him he still loves me and lets me ask for forgiveness.
2.  I love when he butt texts me from work because it means I was the last person he spoke to and I love talking to him.
3.  I love his voice.  I love how he always knows what to say when I'm upset and when he doesn't need to say anything at all.
4.  I love him because of the man he is becoming. A man worthy of my trust and respect. I love that I can be proud of the man he is now.
5.  I love him because of the way other people admire him and feel inclined to follow him.  He is a natural leader, and I love that.
6.  I love his big, strong muscles.
7.  I love that he loves music and singing and singing with me.
8.  I love him because he is such an amazing chef. I love that he knows his way around the kitchen and likes to share that with me.
9.  I love him because he's hilarious. He is so funny and clever and I love his sense of humor.
10.  I love him because he is a tender warrior.  He is so sweet and gentle with me, but he can be fierce and strong and rugged.
11.  I love that he is a REAL bear! (inside joke)
12.  I love our almost 5 year long game of Who Can Find the Big Dipper First?
13.  I love that I have only grown to love him more as our relationship has progressed.
14.  I love him because he loves me dearly and loves my family as his own. 
15.  I love that he has fun and silly inside jokes with me.
16.  I love that he is my very best friend.
17.  I love how he smells (when he isn't sweaty and icky).
18.  I love him because he makes me want to be the best I can be for him.
19.  I love watching him come into his own, defining himself as a man in his own right.
20.  I love that he is a Disney freak just like me. :)
21.  I love he loved Oliver as his own and that we were a little family unit together.
22.  I love him because he's adventurous and always ready to try new things and he pushes me to try them with him. I love his wild spirit, even when I try to contain it.

And a bonus for not posting this on his birthday and not sending his present on time (Have I mentioned I'm the perfect girlfriend?):  I love getting to watch his faith develop. I love watching what God is doing in his life.  I love watching him learn from his brothers and I love that he gets the opportunity to turn around and influence the lives of his pledges. 

I love you, Jason. Happy (belated) 22nd Birthday.

'11 - Phi Lamb Spring Formal

'11 - Epic Disney trip

'08 - Teamwork putting up drywall.