Mamma’s Got a Blog

My wife Hailey just a got a blog. For a softer, more intelligent version of the stories I tell…you can read what she says!

I love Hailey more each day and am so thankful for the example that she is in my life. Glory to God.

Where in the World??

Loved the T.V show “Where in the World is Carmen Dan Diego.”

But some have recently asked….”Where in the World is Matt MacDonald.”

In short…everywhere. Between Home///The Cottage///Relative’s Houses’…we’ve been like a touring circus.

Summer for me is really a time to unplug (not fully…did that for a week and almost died!) but just generally. I will be back to full-time blogging in September…WITH….drum-roll please…A NEW DESIGN.

My good friend Tyler has been working on a new blog lay-out for me over the summer and I am EXCITED to drop it in this space!

It Happened One Night…

So here’s the thing.

Babies are great…specifically mine…BUT you know what isn’t great…crying babies…specifically mine.

Last night, Stella (or as I refer to her “the diva”) went to bed @ 9:30pm…pretty good eh! Hailey and I watched some T.V, talked about the next few weeks, etc. At approx midnight, “the diva” decided that it was not sleep time…but scream time. She proceeded to cry off and on until 5am.

I say this…to say this…

1) My wife is AH-MA-ZING. Without a word of complaint, she tended to “the diva” and told me to go back to bed as I had to work the next day.

2) I am a suck. I am SO tired and basically running on 2 large coffee’s and 4 hours of sleep right now…she’s at home taking cat-naps whenever she can…I’m a suck…she’s a hero.

3) We need to consider moving to Australia. Our night is there day…Stella would love it!

4) I love my little girl. Even though she kept us up all night (I did sit her down in the morning and give her a talking to about her behavior), I could not help but play with her and hold her in the morning…DANG Diva Powers…!

Me & My Girl

Hailey and I decided before Stella was born not to plaster the Internet with baby pictures (like it seems many are these days). It’s sad to say, but you just don’t know who is looking around, and it would be irresponsible of us to document every waking moment of our daughter’s life for the world to see. That said, we do post pictures now and then so family and friends can get an update on what the little lass looks like. Here are some great shots from when we were up @ our cottage last week…I love her more than I can even explain.

Getting a little Love

In Dad’s Arms

Rock’n the Glasses

Looking @ Something Important

Refusing to Sleep

Technology Fast

Next week I am “out of the office.”  Since I started working, I have never really “turned-off” for any extended period of time.  SO, after a challenge from my wife, my parents and my token-Aussie friend (who doesn’t read my blog anyway) I am committing to fast from cell phone/email/twitter/blogging/etc. for one week.  It does not sound like a lot (and for some people it isn’t, but for me its huge).  I guess its like anything we’re “addicted” too…for me to give up alcohol for a week would not be even the slightest of a challenge…but for an alcholic…it would be a momentous accomlishment.

The Internet, and technology are such a huge part of my life…for business, for social networking, for everything…SO, for this week, it all comes down.  I am handing my  iphone and macbook pro to my wife and will replace the time with family time, reading and prayer…it’s exciting.  THIS GUY did this for a month and seemed to have a breakthrough…here’s hoping I don’t quit my job when I come back like he did :S

See you in a week!

At The Lake

I am here.  My second home.  Muskoka…God’s Country.

I love it up here..it’s a time of relaxation, family and the occasional bit of work (yesterday was “cut the lawn for 2 hours day”).

So far it’s rained non-stop since we got here (except for the 2-hour lawn-cutting window).  BUT, I don’t care…that’s how much I love the cottage.

One other thing that makes it particularly special this time is that it’s Stella’s first time.  I twittered when we got here a picture of my dad and daughter out on the dock…many more visits to come!

Summer is Coming

So it’s pretty much here.

The weather is now consistently nice…

The big-budget blockbusters are flowing like milk&honey in the promise land…

I feel the desire to golf every day of the week…

The cottage is calling my name…

BUT.

Work is CRAZY right now.  It’s mind boggling the number of files that keep piling up and meetings that continue to be scheduled.  Between work and the baby…summer preparation has been on hold.  Sure I’ve mowed the grass a few times, played golf once or twice, but the anticipation of “time off” is killing me and seems like it will never come.  On July first I head north (with “some” work in hand) for a few days.  It will be the first time I have been up there since February and the first time that my daughter can be introduced to God’s Country…Muskoka.

So…summer, thanks for being patient, I will be with you momentarily.

Today is the Day

2 years ago…

I married my best friend
I married a woman that loves God…loves life…and for some reason…loves me!
I married a role model, a (what I am now finding out more and more) a great mother
I married the love of my life

This morning, a mentor of mine emailed me this…

I prayed for you and Hailey this morning.
Big changes since you got married just a few years ago.
Wow – God is so good.

Genesis 2:24 – says “hold fast to your wife” – God has given you a gift in Hailey – HOLD FAST TO HER

Proverbs 5:18 – “rejoice in the wife of your youth” – God is to be praised because of Hailey in your life.

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God,

Thank-you for a wife that prays for me…that loves me…that respects me…that is faithful to me. Let God be praised for the things only HE could accomplish!

What is Television Coming Too??

Last night Hailey and I were watching T.V.

In addition to the usual crap that was on, TLC has this new show that basically spotlights people with disabilities. Not a bad thing. I believe that we need to do a better job at adjusting the workplace and public spaces to accommodate such people. Here’s the problem.

TLC has turned into the “Circus Sideshows” of the olden days. Spotlighting these people not because of their disability, but because it is CRAZY to see someone with such an uncommon problem.

Last nights episode was called, “The Woman With Giant Legs.“

It’s hard not to laugh when I read that title. Honestly. How is that helping this woman cope with life’s difficulties? Instead of paying $2 to see her under a tent in the middle of the field, we pay $19.99 to access that channel to look at her from the comforts of our own home.

Not that anyone from TLC would ever read my blog, but seriously people…stop selling this crap as “educational” and call it for what it is…entertainment.

It’s Prenatal Time

Tomorrow and Sunday, Hailey and I will be doing a “crash” Prenatal course. It is all-day Saturday and Sunday…fun…

I love my wife. That is why I am going.

I also have a really good attitude about the whole thing.

I will be twittering from my Iphone throughout the weekend…maybe even with pictures.

Check it out HERE