boost our spirits

thank you so much to all the people who have given us so much love and support after i shared our news.

it's been a little like a roller coaster of emotions up in here but we're making it through and we had a fun and exciting weekend to boost our spirits!

on friday night Matt went to a baseball game with his daddio so i decided i'd take a little trip to visit my favorite flagstaff sister!

i packed up my chubby penguin suitcase and we were on our way!

we had an awesome time shopping where i made Sari try on hideously hilarious shirts.

and we ate junk and watched movies and talked the night away!

i also felt like a total loser because i missed Matt like crazy and we were texting back and forth like we did when we were dating.

cut me some slack, i can literally count how many nights Matt and i have spent apart on one hand!

the next morning, after a breakfast of blueberry pancakes made chock full of love, i drove home and decided something, i kind of like driving long distances by myself.

i find it pretty relaxing.

apparently i would make a good trucker.

and when you're listening to comedians the time goes by really fast.

 and then you see things on the road that remind you of jokes that they tell.

"you had logs? but i was told..."

p.s. if anyone hasn't listened to brian regan, we're not friends anymore.

it was a super short but really fun trip!

and bonus, Matt missed me like crazy so he took me out for a super fun date on saturday night!

we went to Lolo's Chicken and Waffles and now i can die a very happy girl!

i had been craving fried chicken and this seriously was perfection!

and that waffle! AH! 

most people don't know this about me but i love waffles more than any other breakfast food and these were like heaven imprinted with little tiny squares.

it seriously tasted like a churro in waffle form!

and now i want one right now!

then we went to see the movie we had been waiting for, Safety Not Guaranteed

it was suuuch a great movie!

i love love loved it!

watch trailer or else.

and of course, Matt's favorite line in the movie...

and just watching those 2 videos has now made me want to go see it again.

Matt, when you read this you have to take me on the EXACT date we went on on saturday, deal?

also, for all you peeps that are instagramers and noticed my post full of instaphotos you can be friends with me! 

i'm ohnikkiissocool...for obvious reasons.

patience and presents

man, 2012 has been a doozy so far. 

apparently when i asked that 2012 help me grow as a person it didn't want to waste any time.

and it has also decided that my number one strength i need to practice is patience.
which is probably one of the most annoying things to practice ever ever ever ever.
before this i thought i was a relatively patient person.
 i would wait at a restaurant for the waitress to come by without getting upset or wait for my turn on the slide without shoving the other kids.
in my mind that means i'm patient.
but there are so many things going on right now and patience is kinda getting in the way of life and it's making me grumpy and worried and ughhhh.

so here i sit, pretending to be patient while my mind goes berserk thinking about all the things i could be doing if i could just know everything right now.
my level of stress couldn't be higher.
dang you 2012 and your patience-learning ways. 

in other news...
i haven't had a chance to tell the universe about our most amazing late Christmas presents.
first...

the Kindle!!
i was lucky enough to get a large gift card to use on an item of my choosing and this is what i chose!
i'm sure most people will be surprised because i'm more the type to plop myself down in front of the tv rather than pick up a book but i seriously love this thing.
i've already read like 4 books and i've only had it a couple weeks.
i really think it makes me read faster. it has magical powers that can do that ya know.
so now anybody and everybody should give me book recommendations since i'm all smart and bookish now!

and our second amazing present...

iPhone 4s!
Matt has been begging for an iPhone since the day he found out about them and i've been the terrible grinchy wife who wouldn't let him get one.
well now i'm an angel sent from above because i bought him one!
BEST WIFE AWARD!
he got the black one and i got the white one and now we're busy iPhoning it up.
we got words with friends going on and everyone should start a game with me!
username: ohNIKKIissocool
and Matt is seriously in love with Siri. so weird.
and we finally joined the world of Instagram.
proof:

kindle time. i think Padme likes my new reading self because we get a bunch of cuddle time together.

my favorite picture of Padme ever.

close up of yours truly.

so if you put together our new iPhones and my Kindle you realize that Matt and i have gone up about 20 cool points in just the last couple weeks.
that's right!!

now i'm gonna go try my hardest to continue being patient.

so far my Google reader is testing me because it hasn't been working.

yes i know how lame that sounds but let's be honest, you would be peeved too.