Maliya and Maddie

Just a few pictures of our girls! I can't believe we have two beautiful little girls. Maddie is such a sweet little addition to our family. She is a really good baby and loves to eat, eat, EAT! She is still getting the hang of sleeping at night, but it's not too bad :) Maliya is adjusting well to her new role as big sister and tells Maddie that she will protect her. She loves to hold her, kiss her and "help" change her diapers. Still... it's a big change for her to get use to. Matthew is completely consumed by his girls. After work he spends every second with them till bed time. ( work is going great, really long days but love the days off). We feel so blessed to have such a perfect little family. Every day I hold Maddie I get a little sad knowing she won't be little for long. I really try to appreciate and treasure every moment I have with her. They just grow up too fast :( Maliya is living proof! Maddie has such a sweet and calming spirit about her, she just makes me melt.

Maddie Christine Player

This is Tifani (Kristen's sis in law) posting for her and Matt. Kristen delivered a very healthy 8 lb 2oz baby girl on 9-13-08. she was 19in long and is adorable. kristen and baby are doing very well and Maliya just loves her new baby sister. Here are a few photos that I took when I took Maliya to see them at the hospital.

BIG News!!

Well for those of you who don't know Matthew has a new job. After 9 years with the bank he is moving on! He was just tired of the same old sales, sales, sales!!! He got a really good job working at Free Port. He works at the Morenci mine in the power tower he is a controls operator manager. He has to monitor the power, and water in Morenci and go out and get readings and stuff. He just started this week and is really enjoying it. He gets along with all the guys and he gets to work with one of his best friends Andrew. Another big plus is Andrew's dad is his manager and is in Matt's words "the coolest".He works 7 days in a row 12 hour shifts and then has 7 days off. So far they have let him come home early most days but still pay him for the 12 hours so BONUS!!We are really looking forward to having more time with our dad! One of the biggest changes is he went from shirt and tie to hard hat, safety glasses, steel toe boots and a vest. (that's him in the pic.) I love seeing him come home from work with some dirt on his pants.

Also our house is FINALLY started!! After a year of planing and jumping hoops we are now officially building. We are very excited and love being able to walk over and see what is being done. They said we could be in our house in 8 months, we will see? We just feel so relived that things are happening.

In other news Matt and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary on Monday! We went out to dinner and rented a movie. We wanted to drive to Tucson and do dinner but with the baby so close we decided not to chance it! Can I just say I love my husband and I think he is the best. Aslo I am going to be induced on the 18th. The Dr. said I could have done it the 11th but I want to see if I can go into labor on my own. But if she hasn't come by the 18th I will be induced, babies have a mind of their own :) To sum it all up our life is good, really good (from the movie Nacho). Hope to be posting baby pictures soon!