Happy Birthday Chase!!!

This is Chase. My sweetheart for the past 8 years. It's his birthday today so I thought I'd embarrass him a little. Here are a few things you didn't know about the man I call my best friend.
1. He cries whenever he sees him mom or sister cry. He also cries whenever we say goodbye at the airport (mostly because I am misty myself). He still gets choked up watching the Red Sox win the world series. When we sold the Jeep....that's right...serious tear drops.




















2. So you might be thinking my man is a wussy man. Oh how wrong you are. My man is an IRONMAN. I hope I get these facts right. Chase has completed 2 full Ironman Triathlons. This is a 2 mile swim, 115 mile bike ride, and then after all that, he runs a 26 mile Marathon. His goal is to one day qualify for the Hawaii Ironman. I hope he does too so I can go to Hawaii. He has also completed several 1/2 Ironmans for training purposes and ran a 50 mile race in October of last year. I hate to mention this next one because I am still mad about it, but he ran a marathon with his equally foolish brothers in Death Valley. This was in the middle of July. He still wears his shirt that they had made that says "I conquered Death."
3. Chase has always been the one who gets up in the middle of the night to make sure Sadie is breathing or to put an extra blanket on her. I wonder if Sadie knows that he goes in there every night to look at her. Sometimes when he gets home late from school he'll pick her up and have her sleep on his chest for a few minutes. He just can't get enough of her.




















4. You all know him as the "hot bald man" but I'll have you know there was a time (very long ago) that he had a full head of hair.























5. He shaves his whole body sometimes. He always shaves his head (an occasional mohawk if he's feeling sassy), chest, and if he's running a race he shaves it all. His legs look better than mine when they are shaved.






















6. He is a serious sun glass snob and won't even wear them unless they cost over $100.


















7. He'd rather save up for a ski boat than a house. The kid can water ski!!!
























8. He is an amazing cook. He makes a delicious salad and even caramelizes the nuts. When I was preggers with Sadie he took over the cooking duties because all the smells in the kitchen nauseated me. He became pretty good.


9. He does the best cookie monster impersonation I have ever heard and Sadie LOVES it!!






















10. You knew this but he is the sweetest person I know. He waited 18 months for me while I served a mission and waited a year after that for me to become normal again. I'm so glad he's more patient than me. I LOVE CHASE!!! I'm so glad I found someone like you to spend the rest of eternity with.