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He can always make M laugh.
He is an amazing & creative cook!
He's rebuilding our home.

This is a really awesome thread! I would love to know how my husband would respond. I might ask him later!

1. My husband is incredibly concerned about our safety. Everything he does, he asks himself, how can we do this more safely?
2. He manages all of the finances and the budget activities. He really enjoys it and makes suggestions on how we can improve things.
3. He makes sure we have fun, whether it be planning vacations, weekend activities, etc.

Our baby isn't here yet so I've picked three household things.

1) Cooking. He is a much better cook that I will ever be. He doesn't need recipes, he can just throw ingredients together and experiment. He seems to know what flavours will and wont work together and exactly how to combine them.

2) Taking the bins out... in that he always remembers to do it. If I had to remember, it would never get done!

3) Controlling the dogs. He just has a way with them. They walk perfectly on the lead when he walks them and don't come near us when we are eating. He makes sure they tow the line!!

Oh, can I add a fourth! He's awesome at putting the king sized duvet cover on the duvet!!

LO isn't here for a few more weeks, but household:

1) Loading the dishwasher-- he's just better at it than me (though admittedly, I don't try that hard to improve since I prefer him to do it-- plus I shop and cook, so it's fair)
2) Handling the finances, knowing what we can afford in terms of the big things (rent/mortgage), keeping on top of bills.
3) Assembling things like furniture and hanging things on the wall, general handyman stuff. This does fall a bit under parenting since he put together our crib last night! I sat and watched and handed him the screws.

Lo's have a few months cooking left...there's plenty of other things for me to choose from though

1. He's great with his hands...heh...yard work that is. He's always making the yard/flower beds pretty, even in sweltering humid weather.
2. He's the most thoughtful, sweet & caring person I've ever met...whether that's surprising me w/ a tasty bevvie at work, a cute pair of shoes, or making me soup when I don't feel good.
3. He's a wonderful cook.

1. Mowing the lawn/shoveling the driveway
2. Dishes
3. Taking out the trash

I can't wait to see what a great dad he will be once LO is here

1.) Repairing or building things. If it breaks, DH can fix it. If we want it, he can usually build it.
2.) Putting C to sleep. He's had the magic touch since day one.
3.) Getting C to do something he doesn't want to do, i.e., look at his teeth, take his medicine, etc.

1. Cleaning, tidying up (he does it quicker and cleaner)

2. Finances

3. Picking out TV shows and movies (we are home bodies, so this is super important to us)

1. yard work/mowing
2. Giving LO baths
3. Other manly chores/projects around the house

1. taking out trash
2. cleaning rotten things out of the fridge or car that have been forgotten
3. pitching in and picking up the slack on any task if i'm just not up for it- he never gets mad if i don't feel like cooking, even if i've been home all day, it might not be the best meal i've eaten, but he will cook or he'll go pick something up without making me feel bad about it.

1. Cleaning out the pool filter and doing any other "gross" jobs necessary around the house.

2. Takes great care of me when I'm sick and always offers to make rice porridge for me to eat.

3. Takes care of all the car needs.

Mowing the lawn.
Paying the mortgage (I pay the rest of the bills)
Taking the dog out for runs.
Making LO laugh.
Saving for retirement.

@mrbee: he's the best swaddler, excellent at car seat installation, and a whiz at trimming teeny tiny baby nails. Our LO also seems to prefer when daddy does bathtime. Household chore wise he can do any cleaning task in half the time it takes me!