This is Daddy Bean.

Here are the Top 11 Reasons Why I Love Him.  I went to 11 because it’s one louder.)

11.  He has the biggest smile and the longest eyelashes of anyone I have ever known.  He passed both on to our son the Bean.

10.  In the 17 years we’ve been together, I have never once had to mow the lawn.  And I’ve only had to take the garbage out a handful of times.

9.  He is, hands down, the absolute best player of “That’s what she said” I have ever met. 

8.  He is the only person in the entire world, and I do mean the ONLY person, I’m comfortable farting in front of. 

7.  He NEVER gets embarrassed.  Never.  Not about anything.  Ever.

6.  If I’m backing the car out of the driveway, or pulling in, and he happens to be outside in front of the house, I will honk my horn.  First it scares the hell out of him, and then he gets really pissed.  I find this hilarious.  He always gets over it.

5.  He would never admit it, but he’s an optimist.  He’s had many jobs over the years (it’s the nature of the restaurant business), and he firmly believed that every one of them was going to be the Best. Job. Ever. 
He got super-excited about one job because he got a free t-shirt at the interview.   

4.  He always addresses our waiter or waitress by name, even though he’s never 100% sure he’s got the right name.

3.  I got him addicted to The Bachelor.  He tried to pretended to just be a casual watcher, but I asked him one night which Bachelorette he thought was going home and he knew which one it was, called her by name, and then explained to me that she would have to go because “she didn’t open up enough.” 

2.  He loves both of my parents like they were his own, and would do anything either of them ever asked of him. 

1.  His face lights up when he sees the Bean.  He is the most wonderful father I could ever have imagined. 
He loves me and the Bean more than I ever could have hoped for.  And he’s in it for the long haul.

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Happy Father’s Day, Daddy Bean!  I love you more than words can say!