*Note to self-please consult this list during conflicting times.
This is a list of the many reasons (not all) that Aly is the one for me. Only some examples of the extraordinary husband, father and man he is.
1) After 15+ years in the corporate world, he left to pursue a career in the non-profit sector where he is making a huge impact and difference in the lives of kids
2) On his last birthday and only a few days before his daughter was born, he made a steadfast decision to lose weight. He lost 40 pounds and began his journey during one stressful, life-altering week where emotions were high
3) On a particularly rough day during my first maternity leave where I hadn’t had the chance to pee or eat, the doorbell rang. There was a delivery for me from Swiss Chalet. Guess who had a ordered a hearty healthy lunch for me?
4) He is my personal shopper and stylist. In fact, he knows my style and what will look good on me and fit me well better than I do.
5) As much as he is my children’s father, he is their mother too. He is an equal parent in everyway. It is his name that the children call out in the middle of the night
6) He is the anchor for his family. The go to guy with a idea or question
7) His proposal to me. Intimate, creative and soulful.
8 My gift on my 30th birthday-a trip to Hawaii.
9) His spontaneous adventurous spirit. He does not take the same path anywhere. He has shortcuts and a knack for discovering the unknown. He is the guy if craving a certain slice of pizza on College Street will go from our house in Richmond Hill and go get that slice. He keeps life exciting.
10) He is a morning person
11) His impeccable sense of timing. Always on time, if not early for pick ups etc
12) His great fashion sense
13) He was/is commonly referred to as a metrosexual before the word was even invented. He loves shopping, fashion, spas, pedicures, poetry…
14) He writes me love poems
15) His time has come. In his 40′s he is totally blossoming.
16) His passion for golf
17) He has always done the laundry me and now for all of us. He also cleans.
18) It’s kinda endearing how scared of bugs he is.
19) His surprising unexpected public speaking skills. Wish he used them more
20) His quiet charm has won him some definite perks at Starbucks and the Dr’s office. He has a way with people.
21) He has introduced me to some of the best TV of my life (Lost, Entourage etc). Insisted I would like the shows if I gave them a chance. So grateful I did.
22) The love note he tapped on the washroom mirror on that random Saturday morning
23) Never loses his cool-Zenmaster
Things that drive me nuts about the same man I just put up on a pedestal:
1) He is a morning person
2) The way he laughed at me during my labour with Mila is simply unforgiveable
3) That he thinks I am a bad driver
4) He is impulsive
5) His neat-freakness
6) He is obsessed with cars-I have know him for 10 years now and he has had more than 10 cars in that time. Every year, this guy gets the car itch. Drives me nuts.
7) His obsession with golf
8 His obsession with everything shiny and new. Typical guy in that sense. The stories I can tell you. What he did to get his hands on the Iphone4 during it’s impossible to get stage is ridiculous.
9) The amount of shoes and jackets he owns is just greedy.
10) He snores
11) He doesn’t fold up the dirty diapers and dispose of them right away. Yuck.
12) He challenges me to be better. Can’t he just accept me with all my horrible faults? 
