Cleveland Rocks

For weekend two of Matt's birthday, we had the opportunity to fly up to Cleveland for the weekend. Matt's brother is attending Barber College there, and he's got a great place right on Lake Erie. Matt's parents drove in and we all went to my very first Cleveland Indians game. It was a blast, and it was so good to see everyone for the first time since the wedding.













Matt got a haircut from Tommy. Doesn't he look spiffy?

And take a look at this great lookin' clan.

We walked down to the stadium from Tommy's school. It was such a gorgeous night -- a great time for a baseball game!








And to top it all off, Cleveland won! They beat the Royals 13-6, and as of today, they haven't won a game since. I guess we need to start going to Ohio more often.

Happy birthday again, my dear Matt!

The Southwest Airlines Baby Wave

Let me start out by saying no, it's not us.

In the past year, an incredible amount of people we know at Southwest Airlines have had babies: Catherine & Philip, Erin & Steven, Erin & Will, Hedy & Evan, Laura & Jonathan, John & Kim... And trust me, that's not even the beginning. Any day now, we're looking forward to the arrival of Baby Hunter. Our friends Caroline and Gil are expecting their first bundle of joy on Matt's birthday -- this Saturday!

Here are some pictures of my beautiful friend:







We went to our last girl's lunch before Hunter's arrival, and Catherine was kind enough to join us. She brought sweet little Cooper-man, who was due on the same exact day last year. I apologize for these blurry pictures, but Coop was too fast for my camera! He's just raring to go -- good luck when he starts walking, Cat!







What a little sweetheart! Now we all can't wait to meet you're little one, Caroline!

Sometimes I Confuse Him

So last night, my cute husband and I were sitting on the couch. He was watching TV while I was reading a magazine, trying to unwind from a crazy day at work. I was uncomfortable sitting up, so I laid my torso down on the couch and put my legs straight up in the air and continued to read. After about five minutes of awkward silence, this is how the conversation went.

Matt: Umm... What are you doing?
Me: Just sittin' here reading.
Matt: Like that?
Me: Yeah, why?
Matt: I've never seen anybody sit like that... With their legs up in the air for so long and everything.
Me: Really? Is that weird?
Matt: Yes.

This really just scratches the surface of the strange things that I do. When we got married, I'm sure Matt knew some of these quirks would come out, but I think I still surprise him on a daily basis. Thank you, honey, for putting up with the weird things that I do.

30 Years of Awesome

Can it be that my sweet little hubby is turning 30 this month? Are we really married? With an apartment of our own? Making our own plans? Taking trips? Cooking dinner? Doing laundry? Cleaning out our fridge? Discussing adult things like insurance, retirement plans, and compound interest? Wow. So much has changed for the both of us in the last two years, but it has been the most amazing time in my life. Thank you, Lord, for this blessing I call Matt!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I've decided that Matt will have "Birthmonth" instead of just one "Birthday." Why not have 30 days to celebrate 30 years? Each day we try to do something that Matt likes to do, or eat where Matt likes to eat, but we do something really special each weekend.

For the first weekend of birth month, we had Matt's good friend Dominic fly up from Houston and stay with us. We haven't seen him since the wedding, so it was great to have him stay with us for the Labor Day holiday. He was our first house guest! See? I told you we're getting old and responsible!

On Saturday evening, Dom, Russ, my hubby and I went to see Matt's favorite 80s cover band, The M80s. They're a hilarious group that pretend like they're from England, but they really just tour three places in North Texas. They have some pretty incredible outfits and dance moves from the days of yore.




Guitar playing behind the head? You just can't find this caliber of entertainment everywhere!




One guess on which awesome 80s song they were playing here!

After the super-fun concert on Saturday night, we got a chance to spend time with a few of my favorite ladies! We are so mature that we decided to go shopping at a grocery store as a quality way to spend time together. Well, it wasn't just any grocery store... We hung out in Central Market for a few hours!




Matt tried coconut milk for the very first time. As cute as this picture is, he really wasn't a fan.


It was right in the middle of the hatch chile festival, so everything smelled delicious! Matt has decided that we need to get one of these awesome gas-rotisserie-basket-turney things.


Yay for good friends.

To continue the first Matt weekend, we decided to do what Matt loves most: watching airplanes. He is so very spoiled. Here are some pictures we took from the lookout point at DFW.















Annnnnnnnnddddd... Even though we thought our weekend fun was over, we got a last-minute call from Miss Lauren. We jumped at the chance to meet her new little boy, Elijah. Isn't he a looker?







Whew! What an awesome weekend!

Our Little Texas Tornado

A few months ago Matt and I left work a bit early to go to the DMV. Thank goodness we did! We got caught right in the middle of one of those evil, springtime, tornado-spawning, Texas thunderstorms with very little notice. Like true Texans, we rode out storm in Wal-Mart where we had stopped to pick up prints of our wedding pictures. The wind started howling, the lights went out, and the storm barreled through the quaint little suburb. Yee haw!

Take a look at some of the damage -- the parking lot was toast! See what the wind did to the little cart corrals?







There are some benefits to riding out a tornado in Wal-Mart. Actually, quite a few!
- Emergency generators. On the lights and for sale!
- There was food everywhere in case we got stuck.
- We watched the local weather coverage in Electronics.
- We rode out the storm in Bedding, where it's nice and soft.
- There was fantastic people-watching. Speaking of, have you seen The People of Walmart?

We had quite a bit of damage at our apartment as well, but nothing serious. Secretly, Matt and I were excited that this motorcycle tipped over in the wind. I'm ashamed to admit it, but the bike's owner always parks it in one of the regular-sized parking spots in the most crowded part of the parking lot.



Here are a few more pictures of the debris.