Meme Monday is cancelled due to..

A celebration of the Alpha Male's BIRTHDAY!! We are celebrating by telling you some of the reasons we love the AM.

The AM, seen here in Italy, can be a very silly man.
It is quite amusing really.











He is a keen observer of the obvious. He is also a good sign maker.








He is very good with babies. This little princess has been fussinging at her mum (the AF's sister) for fifteen minutes, once "Uncle Dude" (the name bestowed upon the AM by this little girl's older brother) got ahold of her she settled right down. Uncle Dude rocks!





He is willing to spend hours doing things he doesn't much enjoy just because his family likes doing them. Seen here at a pool after 5 hours. He is hard-core.








He took the Alpha Female to Venice for Carnivale even though he hates crowds, and it would be hard to find a bigger crowd. He even had a good time!





Continued below (stupid blogger would only let me post 5 pics at a time).