In honor of Matt’s birthday today (whee!), Elena and I came up with a “Top Ten things we love about Matt/Daddy” list. It kinda went a little longer than 10, but we figured it was ok :)
Top Ten Things We Love About Matt/Daddy
1. Elena says, “Whenever I bring Daddy one of my favorite books, he always takes time to read it to me.”
2. Matt is so incredibly patient with me…I can hardly believe it sometimes!
3. Matt is an incredibly hard worker…putting in super long hours to provide for us…and I appreciate that sooo much.
4. Matt is a man of integrity…in the big things and the little things.
5. He has awesome taste and sense of design…and I’m not the only who thinks that!
6, He made me into a sushi lover :) (I never thought I would say that!)
7. Elena says, “I love it when Daddy comes upstairs from work and chases me around the living room! I just giggle and giggle…”
8. I love it that Matt loves the outdoors and when we go camping, I feel like I have an expert park ranger leading our trip :)
9. I’m so glad that my man knows how to take time to have fun…including making all three of us get dressed up for Halloween to give out candy :)
10. He understands God’s grace and love for us and has helped me to understand it more clearly by his love and forgiveness for me…
11. He is a gifted musician and writer :)
12. Elena says, “Whenever Mommy takes me downstairs to say hi to Daddy, I get sooo excited and wiggle and giggle because I like to be with my daddy a WHOLE LOT!” (She really wanted to share that, and I think it mostly speaks to the fact that she can really tell that her daddy loves her a whole lot :))
- He’s my big, strong, handsome man!
14. I appreciate that Matt is involved in even the less-pretty parts of parenthood, including smelly diapers and middle-of-the-night wake-ups. I am so thankful to be parenting Elena with such an amazing guy…
Happy Birthday, Babe!
November 18, 2007 at 8:50 am
Don’t forget that he is a huge nerd :)
November 19, 2007 at 8:15 am
And has a big chin… gotta love the chin.
November 19, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Happy birthday Matt. He can design a web site, play guitar, change a diaper and sing all at the same time. And he does have a nice chin.
November 25, 2007 at 12:41 am
Can I just add that this whole “Blog Section” (is that what it is called?) brought me to tears.
Did I achieve what I set out to achieve in my life?
I love you more than you will ever know, my baby smaffy waffy.
sorry, I hope I haven’t embarrassed you too much
After all, when I chose your name it was because it meant what you were….a gift from God.