You know he's in love when...

- when he brings you bright happy yellow roses.
- when he arranges babysitting earlier than expected so you can have more time on your date.
- when he changes his clothes (without complaining) for your date even though he was perfectly comfortable in his t-shirt and jeans and, normally, you wouldn't mind that kind of attire for a date but this time you did.
- when he lets you eat some of his fries.
- when he doesn't gross out at the fact that, in addition to his fries, you've also totally polished off your own food.
- when he lets you take the last bite of dessert. even though you're super duper full (because, you know, from the fries and all your own food) and really shouldn't. but just because it's so delicious.
- when he teases you for wearing flats without socks even though there's snow outside and it's freezing cold.
- when he takes you to wal-mart on a saturday night (it should go without saying how much love that act alone requires) to buy socks so you can go bowling together.
- when he lets you beat him at bowling.
- when he proves to you during game 2 that he actually DID let you beat him during the first game because he's actually pretty good at bowling.
- when you go to an art auction and have the loveliest of times together, laughing and being sophisticated (but not really).
- when he makes you realize, for the bajillionth time, just how much you love him...and not JUST because he let you spend a significant chunk of change on an oil painting that you love.
- when every single activity you did during the course of the evening reinforces his belief that you're beautiful, that you're funny, that you're his best friend, that he'd rather be with you than be doing anything else.

paul, my heart, i love you so. thank you for the best anniversary ever.