happy birthday, MATT!

Finally. My husband joins me in the "new age bracket," as he calls it, of 25. And FINALLY I got to give him his gift! Thanks to all of you for making it such a shocking, wonderful gift! For those who were unaware, I got some people together to chip in for a Starbucks gift card for Matt. He works best at Starbucks and loves the coffee, so I thought it'd be a perfect gift to help him get his thesis finished before Elijah arrives (73 days!). I expected a nice $50 card. People...it was $150!!! So he's got over a month of Starbucks study sessions he can have! Praise God for His blessings on the small details of life! I made a card to hold the gift card and put it inside a new CD holder to 1) throw Matt off 2) give him another gift he's been wanting. He was glad to have the CD holder...confused when he read the front of the card and asked "So am I 15? or 150?"...and shocked into a falsetto "Woooooah!" when he saw the amount on the gift card. Needless to say, we'll be finishing up a current Sbux card today to celebrate, and then the real Sbux Study Sessions will start!

Here's the card I made (click to enlarge)...




And here are some fun pictures from yesterday. I love his new shirt! And Matt's shirt is the one the Chews got him while they were in Hawaii for Joseph's return. The pic of Judah being held up is Matt holding him on the ceiling -- they both get a kick out of it!