the beard behind the blog.

lovelife

Feb 17

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i can't talk about life over the past few months without talking about Mister Man aka my loving husband aka my baby daddy aka the best person in the world. without him, i would be living in filth, eating peanut butter sandwiches and sauerkraut for every meal, and just generally being miserable.he has pulled so much more than his own weight since i've been pregnant. he cooks when i don't have the energy (or the stomach) to do it. he shovels every time it snows, which is every damn day. and up until last weekend, i hadn't done a load of laundry the entire first trimester. he has just taken care of me so well. and that's huge, because he can't see any outward signs that i'm pregnant...i haven't gotten physically sick, and i don't look pregnant at all. so he's doing this all based on how i say i'm feeling. the man is a saint.so in honor of the father of my child, who also happens to have been gloriously bearded until last night, here is the beard behind the blog:look at that handsome face. and that beard. ohmahgah. it's a new rule in our house that the beard must be grown every winter.i call this the revolutionary soldier 'do. not as good as the full beard. but perfect for playing hockey and distracting the goalie when he's scoring on him. yes, the man still plays hockey and is pretty darn good if i do say so myself (not like i'm biased at all).german soldier circa world war I. fun fact about Mister Man: he's a chemical engineer and a salesman. meaning he's a first-degree nerd (read: smartypants) and a people person. pretty sure that's like the human equivalent of a unicorn.ah, the classic 'stache. this look is best rocked with a cardigan. which he happens to have quite the collection of in his closet. coincidentally, the first gift i ever gave him was a green j.crew cardigan. i think i knew even back then he was the classic type.i can't with this. i just put it in here because it's so ridiculously amazing, like him.this is the face i fell in love with, back before engagements and marriages and houses and babies were even on our minds. this is the face i realized i wanted to spend the rest of my life waking up next to, back on a snowed-in december weekend in 2011. i still like it quite a lot.i owe him a lot of dinners and backrubs and his choice of radio station in the car (classic rock only for him) once this little lemon baby gets here. i'm very happy that he's the one i get to have with me through all this. and i'm very happy that he has stuck with me through all the sauerkraut eating.