Skylar's favorite videos

YouTube is great. I will just say that. You can find a video on anything you want at the push of a button. That said, here are Skylar's two favorite videos on the interweb. She can, and does, watch them over and over...

Addiction

So as both of you who read this blog know, I (meaning matt) have been battling with a serious addiction the past few years. It has been really stressful on our marriage and once we had a kid I decided enough was enough and I would call it quits. Well, that didn't work, and with baby #2 due in June and me quitting REI at the end of April, I figured I better go out with a bang. I am referring to my addiction to bikes, not black-tar heroin. So I sold all of the bikes in my possession, scraped together all of my pennies and bought a new fleet of bikes. I know nobody really cares, especially Jessi, but I thought I would share it with the world so everyone knows how big of a dork I am. I got a pair or road bikes and have been scheming on what to do for my dream mountain bike. Well, after many restless nights, much prayer, and me asking jessi "hey, would this look good with red cables or white?" so many times I thought she was going to punch me in the forehead, I have it finished. Without making this post any longer than it has to be, here are a few pictures. Also, I will spare you the list of parts that I decided to use. 

Pictures

There are multiple reasons why the iphone is the second greatest invention on this planet (the first being the 29" mountain bike), but one reason why I am a huge fan is because I always have a camera/video camera with me. Especially now that we have a kid it is great because you never know when they are going to do something that will blow your mind that you want to take a picture of. I am also convinced that my iphone takes better pictures than our digital camera. So, for your viewing pleasure here are just some random pictures from my iphone for proof:

Jessi and Skylar

Radest dude/car ever. 6 wheel drive baby!

I saw this beautiful mountain bike and had to take a picture, not sure who built it, but I bet he is handsome as hell.

SKYLAR!!!

Skylar loves to draw moustaches on her face, who knew.

it was an...adventure!?!

80 miles to the treehouse museum in ogden. was it worth it? no comment. just kidding. it was just a LONG ass trek to go to a museum that would be great for kids a little older who like to learn more than they like to play. we thought it was a little museum, a lot tree house/play house. turns out the only play thing there was the stairs. the girls had a blast running around, though. there was a music room--big hit--and they got to milk a fake cow--another big hit.

the highlight of my mom's day was probably watching me, pregnant, fat, and tired, wrestle skylar at the restaurant. the girl would not sit still, would not eat her lunch, and kept standing on her booster seat to peek over at the booth behind us. i wanted to cry. or hide. or leave her there. the highlight of my day, as a pregnant, fat lady, was the ice cream stop on the way home. a true old school 'farr better' ice cream shop. loved it. my ass did too.

here are some pics from the day:

later that night, after we had decompressed a little, skylar decided she wanted to wear her new swimming soup (as she calls it) it the tub. who was i to argue?

click and zoom. it's a cute wedgie.

and i guess that's it. matt had his last day at deer valley today. tear, tear. probably not. he has the next three weeks off before he starts fire fighting. you're all thinking, 'oh. fun. quality time at home before he's gone all summer.' when in reality he's planning to bike, sleep, bike, go to moab, bike, sleep, and bike. what a punk.

oh, and only 79 days left.

xoxo

85. and counting.

eighty five days until this little bean is ripped out of my abdomen and joins the world. can't wait. still working on a name. hopefully matt's on a fire and i can name her what i want. kidding. sort of. i hope he's there (even though he's not help. he hides behind the curtain like a queasy baby and won't look at anything). i just hope he lets me name her whatever i want.

ps. i'm freaking loving the spring weather.

if it snows again i'm going to cry. then sell my house and move to hawaii.

seriously.

xoxo

march madness

no, this isn't matt writing about college basketball. this is jessi catching up what's been going on in our lives.

first thing's first. we started off the month with matt's 28th birthday. he got an iphone--something he's been wanting since they came out, but that i wouldn't endorse because of the cost of the phone and the cell phone bill. he's worked so hard with school and work and other training things that i figured what the hell. so what if i have to sell my body and soul to pay for it? it's an iphone. it's worth it.

we went to dinner with his parents on his b-day and then celebrated with a little cake and ice cream. a week or two later we did dinner and cake with my family, too. nothing like stretching the birfday fun out.

skylar and i spent the afternoon, or a 1.5 hours which felt like an afternoon, at jungle jim's. she had a blast.

we also checked out the new 'provo beach resort' with genet. now THAT was fun. no really. watching a six month pregnant fatso chase her daughter up a four story jungle jim with obstacles at every corner. so fun. and then torpedoing down the steepest, curviest slide known to man. even better. and worth every penny.

when we're not out and about, we kick it at home. old school. we took skylar over the our pool to swim...little did we know the water was going to be ice-freaking-cold. she shivered and her lips turned purple, but she loved every minute of it.

and some random goodness:

i went upstairs to get my phone (okay, and check my email) and came down this. skylar + desitin = disgusting disaster.

she has an attitude. already. what am i in for? some kind of diva, i guess.

she's the cutest naked thing i've ever seen. except for the time i saw brad pitt and george clooney and shaq naked. kidding.

and i guess that about wraps up our month. matt's almost done with deer valley for the season and starts fire fighting april 30. i'm still chugging along cooking up some baby and counting down the days 'til she's here and i can stop waddling. and skylar's keeping it real. she's learning and talking so much my head spins. it happens too fast. love it while it lasts, i guess.

adios.

xoxo

well, hello

matt.

-finally done with school and passed his finals

-interviewing for summer jobs (keep your fingers crossed 'cause

if he doesn't get one i'll be hookin' on the corner.

me and my huge belly)

-working on a sweet goggle tan

-is almost 28 (dreaming he'll get an iphone for his b-day. ha.)

-totally slacking on rubbing his pregnant wife's feet

-world's best daddio

jessi.

-pregnant

-pregnant

-pregnant

-still crying that shaq didn't travel with the team

when i was on the front freaking row. my chance to

score has passed me by yet again.

skylar.

-talking like crazy and starting to string words together

-absorbs and copies everything we do (not good when she runs

around the house saying shit balls. i really wish

matt would watch his mouth...)

-freaking adorable

-hugs my belly and says, 'oh, baby sister'

-is just starting to be able to sit for a few

minutes and watch a movie (SO nice)

-is a great helper and my favorite person to spend the day with

baby girl.

-kicking

-punching

-twisting

-somersaulting

-chillin'

-still nameless

pictures.

the best part.

she fell asleep while watching dora on netflix.

this is how she sleeps almost every night:

bunny, ox, ya-ya (the blanket), and a water bottle.

making boob cups. that's my girl.

she loves wearing a mustache.

and "playing" on the computer...

and that's all.

xoxo