Happy 30th LoverBunz

Matt turned 30 on the 1st.  He would not be happy knowing that I am exposing his age on the bloggy.  He is one of those people who gets grumpy about getting older.  I personally think he just gets better with age.  I even like those few gray hairs on his temples.  Oops...now he is really gonna be mad at me!

Here the 30 year old is with his best buddy Brad.  

We had a little surprise party with close friends and family at Texas Roadhouse a few days before the big day.  I am shocked that I actually pulled off a surprise for him.  He is usually on to me from the get go but somehow it worked out this time and I was so happy, and so was he.  It was a good night!

Happy Birthday Baby,  I love you so much.  Here's to another 30+ years!  

Apparently I'm looking a bit "cheeky"

People are funny.  They tell you like it is.  Whether you like it or NOT!  haha.  I love my neighbor.  But she gives it to me straight.  Every. Single. Time. She. Sees. Me. 

I get it...I am pregnant.  And huge.  And cheeky.  And you wouldn't recognize me if you saw me on the street.  Because I am so big.  And round.  Even in the face.  Did I mention, cheeky?  Oh, and just to get the point across of exactly how big you think I am, let's repeat all that 2 more times with even more dramatics and then end this lovely little chat by giving Matt a wide eyed look that says: "Good luck with that ONE buddy." 

This was the gist of our conversation with said neighbor tonight.  After that encounter Matt and I came in the house and laughed our heads off.  I have been telling him for months now that she makes it a point to very animatedly and dramatically tell me how pregnant I am.  This was his first time witnessing it and it cracked him up!  

It is pretty hilarious.  

Here I am in all my 32 week CHEEKY glory:

Matt took this of me with his iPhone during my maternity photo shoot.
Who needs a camera when you have an iPhone and Instagram ;)

I had a doctor appointment yesterday and she said I was actually measuring a little on the small side.  She also said that that's to be expected since I have a smaller frame...which means I will might have a smaller babe.  Which is not that bad of a thing when you consider how they come into this world...ya know what I mean?!  :)  

Her heart beat was 136 and she was rolling around like crazy, as always...this little one never stops moving and I love it.  She is a healthy girl and growing right on track at about 3 1/2 pounds right now.  Only 8 more weeks and we will get to kiss her sweet little cheeks.  

And for that reason, being told I look "cheeky" isn't so bad.  

 Right Matt??  RIGHT!!!!????!!!!

On another note, Matt was in a pretty serious car accident on Monday.  His truck is totaled.  The airbags went off and everything.  Thankfully, he is OK.  Very sore and truckless, but ok.  

Funny thing about that truck is that about 3 hours before the accident, (which was at 7 am Monday morning  on I-15 on Matt's way to work) Matt woke up hearing some clanking noises outside.  He looked out the window and someone was breaking into his truck!  I woke from a dead sleep to Matt frantically running around the bed in his underwear looking for his phone and flipping on lights to scare the intruder away.  We called the cops and sounded the alarm on my car and the guy ran off.  He had the plastic sun shade that covers the top of the window ripped off and was a few seconds away from getting into the truck through the back window.  He wouldn't have gotten much...just some backpacking and hiking equipment that Matt had left in there from his trip to Zions last weekend.  Still, very scary!  Not the best day for Matt and his truck.


And to make this already depressing post even more depressing...look at my poor little pup:

She got spayed yesterday and has been out for the count today.  I feel so bad for her. 

Well there ya go.

I was told I'm cheeky aka FAT.

Matt got in a car accident.

Drama got spayed.

Nice.  

Matt's Surgery

Matt had eye muscle surgery at the Moran Eye Center yesterday.  He is a trooper and doing great.  My job is to keep him high on Lor Tab, administer eye drops 4 x a day, ice his eyes (for swelling), and most importantly keep his mountain dew with crushed ice full and fresh (which I am pretty good at if I don't say so myself).
Matt's eyes have been progressively getting worse double vision for about 7 years now and it was time to correct the problem.  With double vision you have to have prism in the lens and when you have prism in your Rx, you are unable to go without glasses or even wear contacts.
His doctor did the surgery on both eyes.  After the surgery he came out and reported the surgery went perfectly.  We had a post-op appointment this morning and everything is still looking fantastic.  A lot of the time when people have surgery on the eye muscle the doctor will over correct the problem and leave the stitches in and then during the post-op appointment he can fine tune it and permanently tie the stitches off.  Today, no fine tuning was needed as everything was in line.  We will go back tomorrow morning for the doctor to double check and decide if he wants to fine tune anything.  Once his eyes heal he still won't have 20/20 vision since he had a small Rx even without the prism before the surgery so he will still wear glasses which is no biggie because he actually likes the option to accessorize with glasses.  The important part is that he will now be able to wear contacts instead of glasses which will be so nice in certain cases, ie; when he goes snowmobiling/skiing (no more fogging up) or plays other sports (can you imagine trying to catch a baseball when there are two of them flying at you?).  If he ever decided he doesn't want glasses he will now be a candidate for lasik as well.  His eyes are really red and we expect them to be for about a week.   We also expect some bruising and swelling around the eyes in the next couple of days.  We are so happy that the surgery went well and that Matt no longer has to live with seeing 2 of everything!

Pre-Op

Post-Op

day after

a facial hair story

At the beginning of the week, my husband looked like this...

 

...Then he got a little itchy and tried this:

 

That only lasted for a pic and a good laugh!! (thank the lord)

Of course, his goal was always this:

Moral of this Story:  Matt is easily entertained and LOOOOVES himself a mustache!  

Oh, he makes me laugh!!

Peanut Butter M&M's

Today at lunch Matt was having a SERIOUS treat craving.  We were fresh out of treats in the pantry and he is not as easy of an otter pop sale as me so...

 I, being the poor secret keeper that I am, made the mistake of telling Matt where my secret treat stash is...

...or should I say, "was"

He annihilated my bra drawer and every last peanut butter M&M I had!!

Time to re-stock! ...And find a new secret treat stash spot...

P.S. try to say "secret treat stash spot" 5 times fast...you can't, can you?

MINI MATTS

When I have little boys I want them to look just like this:

What a little stud!

Best Friends Forever

When I was in highschool and at Snow I kept a journal. I found it tonight as I was looking for my address book so I could send out our Christmas Cards. I stopped thinking about what I was doing and I sat down and read ALL of my old journal entries. I was laughing so hard at some of my entries...not realizing that I used to sound like the author to Seriously, So Blessed! My mind flooded with old memories. Most of my entries were about boys of course, what else are journals for? There was story of the highschool boyfriend, the break-up, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rebound and then a few college love interests, some short-lived relationships, a few crushes and then there was MATT ... the Love of my Life.
As I was sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by a pile of envelopes and Christmas cards and he was sitting on the living room couch watching TV and snuggling with Drama, I began reading about the beginning stages of our relationship, remembering them like they were yesterday, and I couldn't help but feeling so lucky that he chose me!!! I came across one special entry that I have to share. We had been dating for about 5 months and we went for a drive (one of our favorite things to do late at night). We were talking and I pulled out my journal and showed him an entry that I had written down all the reasons I love him (It was only a week after we had said the LOVE word for the very 1st time...). After he read what I wrote, I had him write in my journal and this is what he wrote:

January 16, 2005

DEAR TATUM'S JOURNAL:
I think that your owner is the coolest girl the whole world! I get to spend a lot of time with her and I grow to love her more every time I see her. She is the prettiest girl ever with those big blue eyes and inviting smile. I've loved her for this whole year (not just 2005). I have never felt so comfortable and felt so much for a single person before. My absolute most favorite thing in the world is to hold her in my arms for hours and just be there and talk. Our bodies seem to fit like they were custom built to fit so good. I love to hold her hand with our "patented hand hold" wherever we go. I love to be known as Matt and Tatum. It feels better than I ever imagined. She has more of an impact on me than she will ever know.
She is my best friend.

YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND TOO, BABE!



We are coming up on our 2nd anniversary in a couple of weeks and life with Matt gets better and better everyday! I am so happy that we are together hand in hand (with the patented hand hold, of course!) in all that we do.
MATT, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

27 THINGS!!!

ABOUT MY SEXY HOT HUBBY:

1-He cuts his own hair and does a fine job with the fo-hawk while saving us money!

2-He loves to watch sports! Baseball is his #1 Stunner.

3-He will probably be a RED SOX FAN til he dies.

4-He cringes when he hears squeaky styro-foam.

5-He likes to shop and knows all my sizes from head to toe.

6-He played tennis in high school and took second at state.

7-He loves 80's Butt Rock, actually all music. Pandora is he new found love.

8-He has to have lots of crushed ice in his drink to completely satisfy him.

9-He thinks he does laundry better than me, and he MAY or may not be right.

10-He has 2 degrees, one in Finance and one in Economics! Smarty Pants!

11-He will be going back to get his MBA in the next couple years.

12-He lathers up with more lotion than most girls.

13-He has such a funny sense of humor.

14-He likes to go on rides, but hates to drive.

15-He would rather eat a Big Mac than Sunday Dinner. Crazy!

16-He LOVES electronics and they MUST have all the bells and whistles.

17-He makes fun of me for blogging but secretly reads all my posts.

18-He can make friends with anybody!

19-He can play the piano and guitar by ear and is amazing!!

20-He is very detail oriented...VERY...

21-He loves snowmobiling.

22-He hates when a loose hair lands on him. I have to pick it off cause it's SO gross!

23-He is the youngest child and only boy in his family.

24-He only uses shampoo cause conditioner makes his hair too soft to style!

25-He loves dogs, especially Drama...he spoils her. I know he will be an awesome dad!

26-He and I had the same Doctor deliver us when we were born.

27-He was born 27 years ago tomorrow!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!
Everyday that goes by I discover something new about you to love. It's so special to me how one person can make such a huge difference in my life, you touch me in way no one else ever could and you give me so many reasons to love you.
LETS PARTY!

LOVE

I love my hubby! So I have been gone on a 3 day trip for the first part of this week and it seemed like forever to me. I normally only fly 2 day trips or locals these days and they are so much easier for me cause I only have to spend one night in a hotel rather than two or three or even four. It kinda sucks crawling into a cold hotel bed with nobody to snuggle with before you fall asleep!
I guess it is good to mix my trips up once in a while though cause it seemed like I had been gone forever to Matt too and it turned out to be a good thing! Absence really does make the heart grow fonder and makes us appreciate each other a little more. When I came home, I found and a sexy man waiting outside for me to wrap me up in his arms as soon as I stepped out of my car. After our embrace he walked me up to the condo so I could get changed and I opened the door to find a SPOTLESS (we're talking dishes dones, dusted, vacuumed, beds made and even toilets scrubbed) house, diapered dog (yes, she's in heat), pretty fall rust-orange daisy flowers along with 2 ghiradeli chocolate bars on the counter...I was seriously tearing up! How sweet is that! Then he took me on a shopping spree to Nordstroms where I got new shoes, pea coat and scarf! Maybe 3 day trips aren't so bad after all!
Hmmm....Wonder what would happen if I went on a 4 or 5 day trip! jk. It's not even worth it.
I normally try not to get too mushy on the blog but I had to cause if you know Matt, you know that this is nothing like him since this only like the 3rd time I've gotten flowers in the past 5 years so it pretty much made my day!

I love you Matt! Thanks for making home so sweet to come home to! I missed you and Drama tons while I was gone and I'm so happy to be home with you again!

Sienna

JUST FOR FUN...I decided to post pics of the most beautiful baby in the world!









If my kids were this beautiful...I would have 10 of them!

Baseball season is officially here...

And that is all that has been on our TV lately...it figures!
When Matt and I were dating I would watch baseball games with him (and pretend like I enjoyed it). Matt is a die hard Red Socks fan and a hard core Yankee hater. He says that I tricked him into falling in love with me by acting like I loved baseball...He feels so jipped that I really don't enjoy to sit on my butt and watch a 3+ hour slow going game, it cracks me up! I absolutely love to play it (or softball), but watching it ion TV isn't that fun to me (Actually going to a ball park is a whole other story...that is fun). I did watch it on TV when we were dating (cause that is when I would get cuddle time on the couch with him) and I still sit here on the couch and watch (or should I say listen to) it with him. Only now that we are married, I am over in my corner of the couch blogging and he is sprawled out on the opposite corner looking completely comfy with his glove on his left hand and a baseball in his right while grinning from ear to ear and his eyes glued to the game.
We thought about going to a Bee's game on Sunday and enjoying the nice weather while being outside but we didn't end up going. I am sure we will hit up a few of those games this year. After all it is "America's Pastime." What's not to love about sitting outside in beautiful weather watching fine butted men play ball while chomping on a hot dog and some nachos?

Male Bonding...

I feel so lucky to have two great men in my life. My hubby and my dad are top notch dudes...and the best thing is, they get along great together. In-laws aren't such a bad thing on either side and I love it! My dad tends to be friends with guys that are younger than him cause he was a coach and teacher for so long. He often hangs out with Jared Hallows and Joe Shaheen to name a few and now Matt and him are buds. Matt just had to get a snowmobile since my dad has one, and now they have a blast going together. There is only one downside to this male bonding...It makes me worry sick when they go play together cause my dad has a little bit of a wild child side that is rubbing off on Matt! Scary.
I was in Texas last week so Matt took a trip down to E-town to go snowmobiling with my dad. Here are the pics.







My dad talked Matt into jumping his first cornice so here is the evidence that he did it...See why I worry!
Not only do they not avoid avalanches, they cause them by doing this!!!


On another note (while I am talking about my daddy) we just want to congratulate him...He got a job as the PG Junior High Principal so he will finally be able to live with his wife in Pleasant Grove! I talked to them on the phone tonight and they are so excited. She is a little worried about moving a country boy to the city, but I think he will do great! Anyway, Congrats Father!!!

News...

Matt has accepted a job position!!
He will start there on March 24th. For the first few months he will be working in Salt Lake. After he has finished training there, he will be transferred to the American Fork office.
Our lives are about to change so much! No more carefree living and traveling wherever and whenever we want. That makes me sad, but hopefully life will still be fun! We will keep you updated on how it goes for him.

The ABC's of Matt

A Attached or Single: Attached!
B Best Friend: He is mad at me for making him do this, so his response was..."your my best stupid friend"
C Cake or Pie: Pie...Apple ala mode
D Day of Choice: Saturday
E Essential Item: Tatum
F Favorite Color: Blue
G Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms
H Hometown: E-town, UT
I Indulgences: Cookie Dough
J January or July: July
K Kids: Don't have any.
L Life is incomplete without: IDK
M Marriage Date: December 16, 2006
N Number of Siblings: 2: Shelly, Kelsey
O Oranges or Apples: Red delicious apples
P Phobias: Styrofoam
Q Quote: n/a
R Reasons to Smile: lots of things
S Season: Spring
T Tag others: nobody! (He is anti-blogging...that is why some of his answers are idk and n/a!)
U Unknown fact about me: n/a
V Vegitarian or Meat eater: Meat
W Worst Habit: popping my knuckles and picking my nose...it's true!
X X-rays: Yes...I've been to the dentist...that's a stupid question
Y Your Favorite Food: Fast Food (I guess that means I'm not a very good cook)
Z Zodiac: Scorpio

long pause...."IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?"
Haha! I think he secretly liked answering this blog!

Boys and their Toys

My dad is the king of Toys. We always have had a boat, 4-wheelers and motorbikes, snowmobiles and horses. Anything outdoorsy and recreational is right up my dads alley. When he and his brother Mitch buy cabin property they scope it out to make sure of three essential things...1) Hill for sledding 2) Softball field area 3) Zip line potential
I had a great childhood enjoying all of my dads outdoor/active hobbies.
Now that I am married I continue to enjoy most of those things with my husband. Matt, like my dad loves recreation! He has promised me that someday we WILL own a boat! (going boating is my favorite).
But it is looking like the first big toy purchase is gonna be a Snowmobile. We went sledding (on the Camp property custom made sledding hill) the other day with my family and some friends and we had about 6 snowmobiles there and Matt was a driver on one of them and got attached! My uncle Mitch was there and told us that he is selling his cause his wife wasn't too happy when he didn't talk to her before buying it!! Matt has been on the internet ever since and researching every angle of every sled. He has been pretty interested in Mitch's sled so he's made a phone call or two with him trying to make a deal. I will keep you posted if we actually go through with this purchase!

I stand corrected!

I guess I should've called my last post "Husband Heaven." After I was finished posting "Housewife Heaven," along with checking my usual websites (my email, facebook and skywestonline), I looked at the spot next to me on the couch where Matt was sitting watching TV when I sat down to do my computer stuff and he had somehow snuck out of the room without me even noticing! I got up curious to see where he was and what he was up to. I found him in the laundry room putting a load of our clothes in the washer! Ha ha! In the time that I had been on the computer (maybe 20 minutes), Matt had read the owners manual for both machines and was ready to try them out! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, because that is totally how he is with everything...especially if it is in any way electronic! He is obsessed with all the bells and whistles that technology creates for him to discover! And when he finds something that we are in need of it is a process he goes through before we can buy it...no impulse buys for this guy!
First, he will spend hours on the internet researching it and reading consumer reports, then he will go to every (and I mean every) store within 100 miles that sells the make and model of whatever it is he is currently obsessed with (he keeps up on all the new toys so his obsession changes weekly! As soon as he has researched one thing to death, he moves on to the next) at least two or three times and spends all afternoon (literaly) talking to and quizzing the sales reps at these stores about all the functions and capabilities of it. Then he will go home and with more knowledge under his belt, he'll then try the internet again for even more helpful information. After he weighs and measures it, he goes back to each store for round two to get the best deal...and whichever store he can somehow talk down the price of the item, he buys from! Then, Like I said he thoroughly reads the owners manual and starts playing with it! He is funny that way! It is so annoying for me because I am a total impulse shopper...if I want it, I buy it...no questions asked! Ha Ha! But, I like the way Matt goes about it, because I can always trust that he will make a well informed, smart decision that we won't regret!
This vast knowledge of technology and electronics that Matt has is a well known fact by most...I guess that is why all his friends and family call him for advice when they are making the big purchases themselves! Anyway, he did every load of laundry in our home yesterday and was up until 1:00 am finishing it! He has been surprising me lately with how sweet and helpful he can be around the house! I love it!
Well, It is early and dark outside and I have to be to work in an hour and a half so I will end this post! I will be in Austin, Chicago and Cinncinati this week...until next time!
Oh, and sorry the pic is sideways...I am not sure how to flip it on Mac computers...I guess I should ask Matt! ha!

My sweet husband....

I was running late for work so Matt willingly offered his help and ironed my uniform pieces for me! How cute! Thanks Honey, I love you!