...more on Jenny and I

a little background:
Jenny and I met through a mutual friend, Bonnie. The three of us would occasionally hang out together at Eaten Park/Denny's, that kind of thing. When Bonnie decided to move to Japan, Jenny and I continued to talk. To make a long story short a friend of mine was having a birthday dinner so I asked Jenny if she would like to go. She says she realized we were on a date when after going to the restroom at the same time, I stayed to wait on her. She realized this after getting to the table to find I hadn't made it back yet. That night was wonderful, Jenny stills laughs about the short sleeve button up shirt that I wore under my sports jacket. She got cold so I gave her my jacket to wear revealing my true dorkiness. We spent hours talking on my front porch that night. The next day after a long talk we declared ourselves dating and two weeks later started talking about marriage. We were engaged six weeks later and married six months to the day after our first date. We knew after that first date that we were meant to be together.


Jenny is amazing. I don't know where I would be without her. She is the most honest, kind, caring and loving person I have ever met and I am blessed to have her in my life. I have had a wonderful time these past four years and look forward to the rest of our lives together as we build our family.

(warning: jenny and i know the claus's very well and they lent us a picture, they are good role models of what love is really about)

4 years...

Jenny and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary tonight. We had a wonderful time. It was the longest period that both of us had been away from the baby. Jenny's mom babysat for us. We all survived. We had dinner at The Melting Pot. It's a fondue restaurant in Pittsburgh. The chocolate fondue dessert at the end was incredible. And as my mother says we are still in love yet.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Here are a few pictures from our 2005 Ireland trip. All photos taken by Matt and Jenny Smith, Beth and Ron Hollingshead, Tom and Mary Ann Yoho, Margaret Daugherty and Pat Daugherty.

May you have warm words on a cold evening,
A full moon on a dark night,
And the road downhill all the way to your door.

Here we go!

I started this blog for two reasons: First, I get frustrated when I pick-up parenting magazines that are by moms for moms. What about the Dad? I thought it would be nice to have some perspective on adoption and parenting from the man's view. That being said I must admit that I'm not exactly a tough guy (the fact that I started a blog gives it away I'm sure). Second, I'm kinda jealous of Jenny's "imaginary blog friends". I tease jenny all the time about her blog buddies but the reality is there are some good people in the imaginary blog world. Jenny and I are both blessed to have such a strong and loving support group and the friends we've made throughout our adoption process are very real.
I must warn you that I can't spell(thank God for spell-check), my grammar is poor at best and I will never be as good a writer as Jenny. She received her Dad's ability to write. He was a great writer of poetry, stories, wit and wisdom. I also must warn you that this blog seems like a good idea tonight but may go through phases were it sits dormant. Like a typical guy I tend to start a project then get bored with it but I will try to keep up with this blog. I'm off to bed. I will leave you with a picture of my two favorite girls.