Saturday, February 23, 2008

Matthew Caldwell Cook

For the next 17 days Matt is 23 and I'm 22. For some reason that makes me happy :) Regardless, this post is to pay a little tribute to my charming husband who I am so very grateful for. Matt has always made me cute lists or funny poems in honor of special occasions. For example, 45 days before our wedding was a rough time for me-- most engaged girls can relate. Well Matt brought me a list of 45 things he was excited to do in our married life. It really reminded me what a great man I was about to marry. My lists can't compare to Matt's but in honor of his birthday here are 5 things I LOVE about Matt. This isn't a TOP 5, just 5 things I love.

1. In my most frustrated moments he can make me crack up.
2. He makes awesome milkshakes.
3. We can spend an entire night battling in Mario Kart, Guitar Hero etc. and have blast.
4. His great knowledge and testimony of the Gospel and his abilitiy to teach it.
5. He's a mans man who knows how to be sweet.

His birthday was the 21st (so this is a little late) and we were lucky to have some great friends join us for dinner.




For anyone who watches the office, there is an episode where Michael requests an ice cream for Meredith's 'sort-of birthday' even though she's lactose intolerant. Anyway he yells "Mint Chocolate Chip!" at Pam and it has always cracked Matt and I up. So, without fail, I ask Matt what kind of birthday cake he wants and...you guessed it. It was fabulous, thank you Baskin Robbins.

Another thing you might notice in that picture...MY DARK HAIR!! Aaaahhhh! I've never ever ever had dark hair (naturally Im a med-dark blonde) and I'd pretty much sworn against going dark. Well, For his birthday Matt wanted a Kevin Garnett jersey, 3 Ninjas DVD, (and clothes that I thought he should ask for ha), and he wanted me to dye my hair! I still don't know how I feel about it. Let's just say I feel more comfortable being my normal boring blonde self so expect that back in the future:)


Happy 23rd "Buddy" :)

Cookin'

So life has continued on and so must my blog. First off, we spent a long weekend in Pebble Beach for the AT&T ProAm. It was great spending time with my dad and other family and friends. It truly is my absolute favorite place to be.




We saw a TON of celebs but the main picture worth posting (and can be found on a couple ladies blog's I know*) is this fabulous pic with THE Josh Duhamel. (notice Matt being a weasel in the background...he was so proud of himself)


Then came Valentines day and I unfortunately was not able to spend it with Matt. I flew home to help my parents pack up our house since they sold our house in record time and the new one isn't built yet. Crazy...more about that later. Anyway Matt surprised me with my favorite flowers and a sweet letter the night before I left and I....bought him Fantasy Baseball magazines. He was way more excited then I had anticipated:)


la vida es bonita.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

This Sucks



Matt has officially turned off his phone for the next couple days. Back to fantasy baseball and the Celtics now I guess. What a heartbreak.

PATRIOTISM

By patriotism I mean the New England Patriots. For months now they have dominated my weekends and some weekday nights. Matt is the ULTIMATE sports fan, especially when it comes to New England teams. We DONT miss games. So it only makes sense that the superbowl is his most stressed day of '08 so far. As we are sitting together on the couch right now he is seriously doing all of his nervous ticks. Pacing, tapping his feet, calling his brothers for 5 sec. conversations of reassurance etc. He literally just said "Toni, I'm going to throw up." Honestly, it has rubbed off on me, I get so nervous when the games are close that I start trash talking everyone on TV. Matt laughs but in my mind I'm helping the team. For my sake (and for the 19-0 title), I hope the Pats pull it out. If not I might have to lock myself in the bathroom for awhile.

On a lighter note, I surprised Matt by making Superbowl Cookies! I'm not super crafty but these guys turned out okay*






Once I was in the New England spirit, I got a little carried away...


Go Pats