Matt and Brit Gardner family

Daddy-Daughter Time

2008-03-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

So, this weekend, as with most weekends, I was able to spend quite a bit of time with Della and have some fun. I just think she is so cute, so I thought I would share. Here's a picture of her drinking--don't ask me why I think she's cute when she drinks, but she just is. And that's not a biased opinion either.

So, there you have it. Short, sweet and to the point...wait there wasn't a point!

Here Came Peter Cottontail

2008-03-23T07:06:00.000-07:00

So it’s Easter! We woke up this morning only to find that the Easter Bunny had added us to his list this year. He brought Della her very own Easter Basket and filled it with a few surprises (though we have found that it’s the cardboard price tags on things that actually interest her the most….it figures!). She got a couple new pair of pants and a new Easter dress.

She also got a new Elmo book and a really cute onesie. She loves the onesie, not only because it’s cute, but because if you read it just right, you are able to uncover a big secret! She’s especially looking forward to mid-October when the message on the shirt will come to fruition, so to speak. I of course am hoping for something more towards the end of September, but we’ll just have to see how things go. She’ll be wearing this shirt today to see if anyone can pick up on this fun news that the Easter Bunny has brought us. Our next big delivery will probably be brought to us by the Great Pumpkin….

Della's Crawling!!!

2008-03-15T07:41:00.000-07:00

After many months of working and trying and begging, Della finally decided her time had come to start crawling. I guess when you want something bad enough, you just go for it, eh? It took some coaxing to get it on film, but I have proof! Della crawls!

So, here's the proof:

Just a lesson in human nature, I guess. When she's ready to crawl, she'll crawl. When she's ready, but not before...

So, there's the announcement! Hope you enjoy the movie. My voice is kind of weird at the end, but I was pretty excited to finally get her to crawl so far and to get it on camera.

New Beginnings-by Matt

2008-02-25T17:01:00.000-08:00

Here's the start of a beautiful friendship...

Well, I figured since my entire life revolves around computers now, I might as well start a blog to tell everyong about it.

Right now life is good. Della's 10 months and almost walking. Not crawling yet, but almost walking...strange indeed. She's got a couple of teeth coming in really well and her favorite book is Sneezles and Wheezles. She gets super excited when we pull that out to read to her. As sit here, she's banging her hand on a toy. It's pretty amazing to watch her learn. She's pulling herself up onto just about anything she can get her hands on. At this moment she's climbing up my knee to see what I'm doing. It's a great day to be a dad.

Brit is teaching, something she's extraordinary at. I'm so lucky to be married to her! Wonderful wife, wonderful mother. Need I say more? It's wonderful to hear her teach children not only to play cello but to be great people. She does so much for those around her without their even knowing.

Me...well right now I'm biting off about as much as I can chew. I'm taking two computer science courses from Weber State University. It's humbling to begin a degree again. This will be my second bachelor's degree. This time it should prove to be a little more marketable than linguistics and yet just as fun. I'm really enjoying learning things.

In terms of bringing home the bacon, I'm working at Discovery Research Group programming surveys for people to call you at night when you're just about to sit down to dinner...it's great! I enjoy what I'm doing and find that I'm learning while I work, which is something that's important to me.

Well, for a first post, that's pretty boring...well, I figure I'll have a lot of pictures to put in here when Brit's done teaching and I can grab the cord to plug in the camera. Until then!