All About Matt

I got this from Jennie's blog and I liked the idea. I agree - our husbands need a little playing time on our blogs!

What is his name? Matt McKenzie

How long have you been married? 6 years

How long did you date? About a month before he went on his mission and then about 9 months after he came home.

How old is he? He will be 28 tomorrow!

Who eats more? Depends on what it is - I am way more of a sweets person and he loves anything salty and crunchy.

Who said "I love you" first? I don't remember - how bad is that? I think it was him, though.

Who is taller? We are about the same height. Matt is taller by an inch or two.

Who sings better? Definitely Matt, although he doesn't think he's any good.

Who is smarter? Depends on the subject. I think we are about equal.

Whose temper is worse? We take turns.

Who does the laundry? Matt does the majority of it.

Who does the dishes? Both of us - but probably Matt more often.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Matt

Who pays the bills? Matt - he doesn't mind doing it and it majorly stresses me out. So it works good for us!

Who mows the lawn? Matt (I starting to see a pattern. It seems like he does everything!) He takes care of everything outside.

Who cooks dinner? I usually do, but Matt is a good cook and will take a turn when I have had a rough day.

Who drives when you are together? Matt

Who is more stubborn? That's probably a tie

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? That's a hard one - but probably me.

Whose parents do you see the most? Mine

Who proposed? Matt

Who has more friends? Probably me - I think that's just the way girls are.

Who has more siblings? I have 5 and Matt has 1.

Who wears the pants in the family? We take turns- it depends on the issue! I would say he does and he would probably say that I do.

I tag anyone who wants to do this!


Well, since Matt's birthday is tomorrow - Happy Birthday honey! I love you and am grateful for all that you do (and this post made me realize that you do a lot around here)! The longer we are married, the more I realize that you are a good match for me. You are good in areas that I'm not and you seem to balance me out. You are a great husband - especially lately (dealing with a grouchy, uncomfortable, and extremely emotional pregnant wife). And I couldn't ask for a better dad for our kids. Thanks for all you do. Happy Birthday!

Shower

Here are some pictures from my baby shower this week. It was really fun - but I am a dork and forgot to take pictures. So we snapped these after almost everyone had left.




Me and Maelynn pigging out on the chocolate fountain and all the yummy stuff to dip in it!


Me and Jennie (thanks, Jennie, for throwing the shower for me! It was decorated so cute and was lots of fun!)

Since this is my 2nd girl and I have what I need - Jennie suggested doing a scrapbooking shower. I got so much fun scrapbooking stuff. I can't wait to use it! Although I know it will be quite awhile with a newborn!

I have to brag about my husband for just a minute. I got home pretty late (a few of us stayed and talked and talked . . . ) and I came home to find that both kids were bathed, read to, put in bed early, dinner was cleaned up, and my house was clean! Seriously - I think Matt is better mom/housewife than I am! I can't seem to get all that done in a night! Anyway - it was so nice to leave for the whole night, not to worry about the kids, and come home to a clean house! Thanks honey - I love you! Thanks again Jennie - for doing everything. It turned out great!

Best Vacation Ever!

Matt and I went to Sedona a couple weeks ago and it was seriously the best vacation ever. We stayed at an awesome hotel - well it wasn't even a hotel. More of a glorified B&B - we had our own little "villa". Matt was in charge of booking our hotel and didn't tell me where we were staying til we got there. He got an awesome deal and what a great surprise it was! Here's our courtyard leading to our room.

And this is what our room looked like. It was awesome - I seriously can't say enough about it. I have never stayed anywhere this nice. There was even fresh bread baking when we walked in - they have bread machines in every room! It smelled so good!

It was pretty big - I think about 900 sq ft. It was so nice to have a little kitchen and the best part - well one of them - was the bathroom! A walk in shower, huge closet, and the best of all. . . .

A huge jacuzzi tub and a fireplace! It was so great - I took so many baths!

This is pretty much what I did the whole time. Curled up in front of the fireplace with a blanket and a good book!

It was so relaxing! We watched movies in our room, layed around, took naps, read our books, etc. I have always wanted to take this kind of vacation - but they usually drive Matt crazy. He always wants to be out and about. But this time he humored me because this was our getaway before the baby, and I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant and TIRED! It also helped that he had a cold - so he didn't mind laying around and sleeping a lot. I don't think we even left the room the first day - except to grab something to eat. The next day we got out a bit more - took a little trolley tour, walked through the shops, and just kinda wondered around. My brother, Lane, came down from Flagstaff and met us for dinner - that was fun! All in all - one of my favorite vacations ever!

Thank you, to Matt's mom and dad, who came to our house and stayed with the kids. It was great to get away!

Bailey's Big Bed!

So we finally made the transition from Bailey's crib to her big girl bed. She was climbing out of her crib all the time and I decided if I was going to be fighting her to stay in bed, I might as well make the transition! Plus it was more than time since our next little girl will be here shortly!

The first night was pretty rough. Matt and I took turns and it took about an hour and a half before she finally went to sleep. Since then she has done pretty well. She occasionally gets up and turns her light on to play or to pull all of your clothes out of the dresser. It has been about 3 weeks now and I have to admit that overall she has done way better than I expected.

So here are pictures of Bailey and Lexie's room. I wanted to use that same crib bedding - since my mom and I made it together when I was pregnant with Bailey. So I ordered Bailey a bed set that kinda went with it.



I found letters to match the ones I already had for Bailey's name. So the letters for Lexie's name should be here soon - so I can get them painted and up on the wall!









Bailey loves her big girl bed. She is very proud to show everyone who comes over and to tell people she sleeps in a big girl bed! (Can you tell she dressed herself that day?)

Finally!

Yeah! I finally have my computer back! So almost two weeks ago our computer just stopped working. When I turned it on, it would just reboot over and over. I called a computer guy we have used before and he couldn't come for like 4 or 5 days! You don't realize how much you rely on, enjoy, and are addicted to your computer until you don't have it. That was a long 4 or 5 days. So he finally comes and says our computer is crashed - it most likely needs a new hard drive. And if you're replacing that - then you get to replace the processor, mother board, blah, blah, blah. And, oh by the way, it's gonna be about $600 - $800! So he takes the computer with him and says he'll call once he has checked it out. So I drag out our old laptop to use in the meantime. We used it for a couple days and then the dang thing crashes too! Seriously? Two computers in one week? Are we jinxed or something? We finally had to go over to a friends house to use her internet just to check our accounts, pay bills, etc - since we do everything online! Computers are wonderful - until they don't work and then they are a huge pain!

So the computer guy finally calls me this morning - and to my surprise he says the computer is ready and he will drop it by this morning! All he had to do was reload Windows! Thanks goodness! But I wish I would have known that was all it needed - I could have done that! Anyway - I'm just glad to have our computer back up and running! Although I have spent the majority of the day reloading all of our programs on here. And I think I lost all of my music that I had in iTunes. That does not make me happy!

Anyway - I have lots to update and hopefully I will get around to it tomorrow. I've got a busy day - shuttling kids to and from preschool, going to vote, taking Kaden to his first day of karate (should be interesting), and other misc errands.

By the way - the one plus of not have a computer for the last couple weeks - every blog I checked had at least one new update! It was so fun to catch up on everyone's blogs!