Today, June 19, is Dan's 25th birthday. Not that you would know that he was going to be 25 based on how hard he has been begging to be allowed to open his gifts early. It's like inside of this 25-year-old professionally succesful married man lives the soul of a six-year-old boy who lives for Christmas and birthdays. I've written about this before, but in case you're new to the saga, Dan cannot STAND any form of gift-related suspense. It drives him crazy. He can't even wait to tell me what my gifts are on any given holiday. If I wasn't a big believer in waiting until Christmas Day, I could easily convince Dan to give me my presents in November. When we have kids, I'll have to be the one doing all the shopping for birthdays, because if Dan is involved, he'll break down and tell the kids what they're getting as soon as we bring the gift home. Knowing this, I intentionally did not even wrap his presents and put them out in the house until late Saturday afternoon, thinking that if he knew he only had a few hours to wait until Sunday morning, his birthday, he could handle the suspense a little better. But no. Within two hours he had worn me down to the point that I let him go ahead and open up one of his gifts.
I tell you this story to introduce the picture I'm posting below.
Even though I would like to say that I took this picture of Dan with his presents all wrapped this morning, on his actual birthday, I have to admit that this was taken last night, seconds after I caved in and seconds before he ripped into the present in the blue bag. Notice the huge grin he has in this picture: I'm pretty sure it's the victorious grin of a small child who has just won a major psychological battle through prolonged whining.
As you can see, I am going to be a really wimpy mother. I can't even manage the child I have now.
Happy Birthday, Dan. I love you so much. And that's why I make fun of you on the Internet.
Comments (7)
Happy 25th, Dan! Yay for your birthday spirit -- and kudos on wearing Haley down a day early. ; )
Posted by Rebecca | June 19, 2005 2:26 PM
Posted on June 19, 2005 14:26
Rebecca, I was going to berate you for encouraging him, but then I realized that if Dan stops doing this stuff, I'll have nothing to write about. So it's not a bad system we have going. :) Can't wait to hear about your weekend, by the way. I'll email you.
Posted by Haley | June 19, 2005 2:38 PM
Posted on June 19, 2005 14:38
Happy Birthday Dan! I hope your day is a wonderful one!
Love, Aunt Emily
Posted by Aunt Emily | June 19, 2005 2:52 PM
Posted on June 19, 2005 14:52
From the Jackson side of the family (Kelly's) Happy Birthday Dan !!! (sorry it is alittle late) We hope it was a good one and from the picture, it looks like it was.
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