{"id":54,"date":"2013-07-22T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asmaraanyan.wordpress.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2013-07-22T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:41:04","slug":"29-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/2013\/07\/22\/29-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, 29 years ago, on July 22, little Johnnyboy was born into this world. Little did he know what this life would have in store for him, and little did I know that I would play a part in it. Now with 11 years of dating, almost 7 years of marriage & 2 kids, I truly cannot imagine life without him. So for his 29th BIRTHDAY, I wanted to share with you, dear reader, 29 things that I (and I know many other people) love about John Dean Anyan!<\/p>\n

1. I love his heart of compassion for others<\/p>\n

2. I love that he makes up random spellings for names when he isn’t sure how to spell them (that’s a linguist in the making!)<\/p>\n

3. I love that he loves to read<\/p>\n

4. I love that he turned into quite the barista (or whatever a male barista is called…baristo?) with our Aeropress coffee maker<\/p>\n

5. I love that he talks nonsense in his sleep and doesn’t remember anything when he wakes up<\/p>\n

6. I love that he makes up super random nicknames for everyone (current favorites are “taco” for Judah and “enchilada” for me)<\/p>\n

7. I love that he tells me he loves me every day<\/p>\n

8. I love that he diligently spends time with God each morning<\/p>\n

9. I love that he’s such a hard worker, even if (and especially when) it’s frustrating or humbling work<\/p>\n

10. I love that he’s a Lord of the Rings nerd<\/p>\n

11. I love that he is a man who constantly wants to grow as a husband, father, pastor, son, friend, child of God…<\/p>\n

12. I love that he can try out pretty much an sport and actually be good at it (okay, sometimes I get really jealous about it, but I really do love it deep down inside)<\/p>\n

13. I love that he is not a picky eater and puts up with my culinary experiments (only exception: chocolate chip cookies! Thanks to Jackie, I finally found a recipe that actually meets his high chocolate chip cookie expectations)<\/p>\n

14. I love that he makes up random songs about people<\/p>\n

15. I love that he loves to play with Judah (one of my favorite things to do is watch the two of them giggle and laugh!)<\/p>\n

16. I love that he started using a planner! Beaver points \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

17. I love that he cries more during movies than I do (some exceptions do happen when I’m pregnant)<\/p>\n

18. I love that he is a talker<\/p>\n

19. I love that he loves to spend time with his family and still takes me out on coffee dates<\/p>\n

20. I love his bald head :)!<\/p>\n

21. I love that he is a mentor, counselor, teacher, and good friend to so many<\/p>\n

22. I love that he is 29 but can still do a whoooole lot of push ups!<\/p>\n

23. I love that he constantly wants to improve his German so we can teach the language to our boys<\/p>\n

24. I love his biiiiiiiiig heart for children<\/p>\n

25. I love that he is so close to his parents and brothers<\/p>\n

26. I love that he gets me cereal in the middle of the night when I’m pregnant and hungry<\/p>\n

27. I love that he rides his bike to work even in 90 degree weather just so I can have the car for the day<\/p>\n

28. I love that he wants to serve God with his whole life and lead our little family down the right path<\/p>\n

29. I love that he has a heart full of joy, love, compassion, and a healthy portion of silliness \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN!!! We love you more than a million reasons could ever express!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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