2. Who eats more? Usually Matt, but it might be a toss up when I'm prego!
3. Who said "I love you" first? Matthew did, the night he rolled his ankle really bad at his brother's place. It was so bad he couldn't make it down the stairs to go to his apt, and had to sleep on their couch. I was also staying there, so I took care of him throughout the night. After I finished reading the scriptures out loud to him, and I was getting ready to fall asleep on my side of the room, he told me that he loved me. It was super sweet and don't worry we were very good kids, even though we had to sleep in the same living room!
4. Who is taller? Matthew 5. Who is smarter? I think that Matt is smarter in a lot of areas, I mean he is a pilot and all! But, in other areas he would say that I am.
6. Who is more sensitive? Probably me, but Matt does have a very sensitive side. Try watching the Notebook with him! 7. Who does the laundry? I usually do the laundry, but I hate folding it, so Matt usually breaks down and folds it for us.
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Matthew 9. Who pays the bills? We both have bills that we are responsible for paying.
10. Who cooks more? That is definitely Matthew! He is a much, much better cook than I am, plus he enjoys cooking and I don't.
11. What meals do you cook together? It depends on what's going on. We make fajitas together and my Grandma's potato soup.
12. Who is more stubborn? Matthew. 13. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? We are first to admit that the OTHER is wrong!
14. Who has more siblings? Matt, he has 4 brothers and 1 sister. I have a brother and a sister.
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Neither of us! My pants are getting too tight, because I'm pregnant, and Matt's are getting tight from sympathy weight! Really I couldn't say who wears them. We try to work together on making decisions.
16. What do you like to do together? We like to pretty much do everything together. I can't think of specifics.
17. Who eats more sweets? Me
18. Guilty pleasures? Dark chocolate
19. How did you meet? I went to the Singles Ward in Orlando to hear a good friend give a talk, and Matt was giving a talk too. I recognized him from the dance that I had just gone to. He was hanging out with my sister's future husband. Matt could not take his eyes off of me the whole time he was giving his talk, so of course I had to go and talk to him after sacrament meeting. I had to wait for the other girls to clear out away from him though! He followed me into Sunday School and sat with me.
20. Who asked out who first? Matt asked me out first, but after I helped him along with the process. We lived about an hour and a half away from each other, so I had to show up at the Singles Ward another time, so that he could see me again. After spending that Sunday together at a service thing at the mall (its a long story), he asked for my number and took me out that week. 21. Who kissed who first? Matthew kissed me first. We were at the beach and had been swimming and hanging out. I sat on the beach watching him surf, and when he was done he came over and sat with me. He asked me to get back in the water with him, so I did. I knew that he was going to kiss me. After kissing for the first time, he said something like, "Its on now!" I guess after getting over the hurtle of the first kiss, he felt like he could kiss me whenever he wanted! (By the way, my sister Steph and her future hubby Greg had their first kiss on the same day!)
22. Who proposed? Matthew proposed in an airplane he was flying, over the Orlando Temple at night time on December 13, 2003. It was beautiful. We were married on March 20, 2004 in the Orlando Temple.
23. His best features? His height and his hair.
24. What is his greatest quality? Matt treats me like a princess. He really does so many nice things for me. And, he is a great father. He loves playing with Mattie and showering her with love.
I tag... any of my sis-in-laws that feel sentimental, and Faith and Erica.
We got back from our wonderful trip to Utah late Wed. night, and I have not yet had a chance to blog about it. We were there for almost two weeks! Anyway, I decided to go ahead and blog about the 4Th of July, so that it would actually get done! Our Ward had a pancake breakfast, which Matt andI slept through, because we are still trying to get back on our Eastern time! I was kind of sad that we missed it, especially when my friend called me up and said everyone was wondering where Mattie was, and what she was going to have on! She said they were expecting flags in her hair or something! I didn't know that I had such a reputation of getting Mattie so dressed up!
My mother decided to take Mattie to the movies in the morning to see WALL•E. Mattie knew that Grandma would be taking her to see it, and even talked about it on our trip in Utah. It has kind of become their thing; going to the movies together. I love that my mom is continueing this tradition. We didn't have much when I was growing up, but my mother always managed to take us to the movies to see the new cartoons that had come out! Mattie really enjoys her time with Grandma at the movies, and yesterday was no exception. She got her little change purse and put her ticket in it, and even bought herself a Children's Popcorn meal thing. It comes with popcorn, candy and an Icee. Mattie made it through about 20 minutes of the movie and then fell asleep. I told you we are still trying to get back on our own Time Zone! But, she enjoyed the part that she saw very much!
In the afternoon we went over to the Berger's home to celebrate the Fourth. That is also a tradition for us. We had BBQ pork, hot dogs and hamburgers, plus all of the other regular things you eat at a BBQ. After eating, Matt got in the pool with Mattie. I was going to get in, but was just soooo tired. (I feel like pregnancy is kicking my butt this time!) I just sat out and watched. After swimming for a while, we took the children to the backyard to do fireworks. We always do them when its still light out, but the kids don't seem to mind. The Dads took turns lighting the fireworks, and I think that they were having a better time than the kids! Why is it that grown men think it is so much fun to play with fire and blow things up!?! After setting off all of the fireworks, we let the children do sparklers. I was a little worried about the sparklers and how young some of the kids were, but we kept a close watch on them. Mattie and her little friend Eden had a blast playing together and watching the fireworks. We headed home after finishing the fireworks. I was super tired, so we just watched a movie when we got home. We did turn on the TV at about 10pm and watched part of the Boston Pops. It brought back fond memories of our last Fourth of July. We visited Matt's older brother Wayne and his family in Boston last year. It was the best fireworks show that we have ever seen, even with it raining on us the entire time! We'll have to go back another year and experience it without the cold rain.
We hope that everyone had a magnificent Independence Day! We are very grateful that we live in such a wonderful country, and that we have our freedom. Thank you to all who have made this possible, and to those that continue to fight for our great country!
Mattie was a very sick little girl last week. After throwing up and running a fever for over 24 hours, she got really bad diarrhea. I thought that it was because she was getting the last little bit to of the "bug" out of her system, until she started throwing up again. That was Wednesday, and she continued to be sick on Thursday and Friday. I called the Dr on Friday to find out how long this should be lasting, and because I couldn't get her to drink that much. They had me bring her back in. The Dr wanted to send her to the Infusion Lab to get fluids, but they didn't take children. Instead we got a prescription for an anti-nausea medicine and were told to take her to the ER if she was showing signs of dehydration. I dropped the script off, and took her home to lay down. She was very restless in her sleep and woke up a couple of times kind of delirious. The pharmacy did not have the medicine and they were suppose to be calling around to find another one that did. When Mattie finally woke up from her nap, she was screaming and we couldn't get her to calm down. Then she threw up bile, and we couldn't get her to drink anything. She was very weak and we started to get a little worried, so we decided to take her to the ER. I called Tim (the Dr that I nanny for, who happens to be a Nephrologist), and he told me to meet him at the ER. He was very nice to talk to the triage nurse and let her know that we were on our way. Then he continued to check on Mattie, in between taking care of his own patients. The ER Dr decided to give her some anti-nausea meds first to see if she would hold those down and start drinking. If not, then they would start an IV and take blood to run tests. Well, she took the meds and then started drinking and even ate 2 crackers. After a little while longer, she was released with instructions to get more anti-nausea meds. I called the pharmacy while I was there and spoke with the pharm. manager, since it had been hours and I had not heard anything from them, about the status of locating the meds that she needed.
Tim invited us to dinner at his house, since they were ordering Thai Thai, and Mattie was doing a little better. They were very kind to us and let us order whatever we wanted! I got my fav. Spicy Crab Roll, and Matt got Pad Thai! After being at their house for awhile, Mattie started complaining of hurting again and not feeling good. We left and went to pick up her medicine.
The next day was not very different from the other days. She cried a lot and slept a lot. I just felt so bad for her and couldn't figure out why she wasn't getting better. That night she started doing a little better, so we worked on Matt's Father's Day gift. She had a good time making a hand print picture for him and a coupon book. She slept pretty good that night.
She was doing much better yesterday during the day and even went to church and nursery. It was a good Father's Day, and we thought that she was finally over her stomach bug (the ER Dr had told us that it could last 5-7 days). But then last night she again started whinning and complaining of not feeling good. She was very restless in her sleep and crying a lot.
This morning she said that she felt ok and wanted to go to swim lessons, but she was very clingy and whining a lot again. I just knew something else was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. It had been over 24 hours since she had thrown up or had an episode of diarrhea. Well, it wasn't long before we finally found out what the problem was. I got a call from her Dr and they told me that Mattie did indeed have a UTI! That was the first thing that got tested last Wed. morning and her urine dip was clean, but the only way to find out for definite in a child, if there is an infection, is to have the urine cultured. It takes a couple of days to culture the urine, and then I guess with the weekend, they just didn't get the results back in time. It all made sense! She most likely had a stomach bug on top of the UTI, but it explained why she was still in so much pain and crying and just not feeling 100 % better. She started antibiotics today and will hopefully be feeling better for us to leave to go to UT this Friday.
I am extremely grateful for the promptings of the Spirit last Wednesday morning, that let me know that I needed to take her to the Dr to get her urine tested. I'm also very grateful that I listened to those promptings. Mattie has not had a problem with her hydronephrosis since she was 6 weeks old, so I never really think about it, until her yearly check up rolls around. That's why I know it wasn't me that thought of having her tested. If she hadn't been tested, her stomach flu would have just masked her infection, and we wouldn't have known about it. That could have lead to kidney damage. I'm grateful for a Heavenly Father who cares for each of His children and for the power of the priesthood. I'm so blessed to have a wonderful husband who honors that priesthood and is able to give our daughter a blessing whenever she needs it. It was a crazy week, but hopefully it has come to an end.
As a little tribute to Matt for Father's Day, here's a picture of Mattie Mo with her Daddy. I love this photo of them!
PS. Since Mattie has been feeling so lousy lately, she wouldn't stay in the Preschool class today at swim lessons. I knew that was going to happen though. She has been so clingy to me, because of feeling sick. So, for now we'll stay with the Parent and Tot group, and then maybe she'll try again in a little while!
Mattie was suppose to have her first Preschool swim lesson on Wednesday, but instead spent the day in bed with a fever. It started on Tuesday evening, I called Matt from our Relief Society pool party to make sure Mattie had woken up from the late nap she took. He told me that she had thrown up right after she woke up. I thought maybe she had swallowed too much salt water at the beach that day, but that wasn't the case. She proceeded to throw up all night long. She couldn't keep anything down for hours. She finally was able to keep down some ginger ale, which thankfully I had on hand for my prego sickness! Matt left early to go to work, and I continued to take care of a very sick Mattie. I ran to Walgreens to get some Gatorade and Children's Tylenol (which she threw up). On the way home from Walgreens it hits me that I need to have her urine tested, because of her hydronephrosis. For those that don't know, its a kidney disorder that she has. Her left kidney still retains fluid, but is getting better as she gets older. Anyway, when she was 6 weeks old, she was super sick with vomiting and a high fever. I had to take her to the hospital for lots of testing, and that's when we found out that she had a UTI. Its a long story! Anyway, her Nephrologist told us that whenever she has a prolonged fever we need to check her urine for a UTI. If she has a UTI that goes untreated it could damage her kidneys. So, I called the DR and they got her right in for a check. Thankfully her urine was clean of infection, and she just had a nasty stomach bug. She rested a lot,but fought a fever on and off all day long. She had a good night but is still a little down this morning. So, next Monday will be the next Swim Lesson and she'll get to try swimming with the bigger kids! I'll post about how she did, with some pictures of our little fish!
23. His best features? His height and his hair. 
