First Anniversary and First Baby Visit!

We have officially been married 1 year! It has gone by so fast! We had so much fun this weekend! Matt made all the plans and it was perfect! We went to Salt Lake, where we got pedicures at this adorable little salon. Then we went out to eat at Flemming's, and it was amazing! The steak was delicious (obviously) and the mash potatoes were to die for! Then after that we went and saw the Joseph Smith movie, which was really good. It is always fun to go to Temple Square.  After that we went to a really nice hotel, The Little America, where we enjoyed some amazing room service dessert! In the morning, they have this fabulous buffet. It was so so good but we decided that we are not good buffet eaters, we just can't sit and eat for hours, we get tired! We had so much fun. 

Matt is truly amazing! This really has been the best year ever! I am so lucky to be married to him!

So we had our first doc visit, it took so long! Everything is great, they bumped our date up a few days. I really like my doctor and I was so glad that Matt got to meet her. We got to hear the heart beat which was really cool and super fast. Everything was good and we got a picture which Matt was stoked for! And then i had to get a PAP smear, with Matt in the room, that was cool. The best news (other than everything is healthy) is that I can take Ibuprofen till 20 week, which will provide some relief to the headaches. The doctor answered all of our questions and sent us on our way for 4 more weeks. I can not believe we are close to finding out the sex! it could possible be at our next visit!

Oh the best part, not... was when the doc was giving me my exam she said "Oh you already have a baby belly."  Like anyone really wants to hear that, pregnant or not. plus can't you say the word "bump" instead of "belly" come on who wants to hear they have a belly? I am actually excited to show or feel something because tis still doesn't feel quite real yet.

Here is the baby, you can actually see it! Crazy, it looks like an actual baby! we think it looks a little bored...

And here is that belly she was talking about. This is at the end of our first trimester. And i totally have a shirt on, it just got cut out.

Fear of the Shower!

Ok it all started a couple months ago...

This may be to much information for some people but I think it is kinda funny.

So one of my favorite things to do is sit in the shower and turn the water super hot and just relax in the steam. 

So a couple months ago that is exactly what I was doing. When Matt came home I asked him to  get in with me... I was sitting in there innocently waiting for him to come in...

Well instead of joining his wife in the shower, he thought it would be funny to sneak into the kitchen, get freezing cold water out of the fridge, come back into the bathroom and douse me with it. 

Trust me I defiantly got him back. 

So now since this game has been going on, we have a fear of the shower. I think it is causing serious anxiety. I am paranoid if I don't know where he is when I am showering. Today, he was telling me that he had to rush out of the shower, to get out b4 I got home. 

It is a little out of hand, but don't worry neither one of us will surrender!!   

Damn you, birth control!

So apparently we are pregnant...

After 3 pregnancy tests, turn out we have a VERY unexpected surprise!

It has been a eventful week... Lets just say we have had some inconsistent months, which should not happen when you are on birth control... well we took a test, just to make sure last month, and it said no, which was a relief... ( but it lied) So this month, still nothing and I was thinking i should go to the doc just to make sure everything was ok. I knew she would ask when the last pregnancy test I took was, so I got one when I was grocery shopping. Well I took it and left it on the counter while I took a shower and Matt came in and said, "what is this supposed to say?" then followed by, " ah babe..." and showed me. Well one of the lines was lighter then the other, so we were thinking, maybe a mistake? So we took another, same thing. Then we decided that we needed one with the word on it and it said pregnant, there is no denying.  

Since we had some inconsistent months, we had an ultrasound on Wednesday to see how far we are and everything looks great. 

Now that some of the shock has worn off, we are getting more and more excited! Matt has always been stoked, I am still adjusting. I am really excited but in no way does my life consist of anything baby friendly! I guess that is why you are pregnant for 9 months, because your life has to completely change! I am so glad that Matt is so so so excited, it really helps!

 And I do not want to get fat!!!

I have been feeling pretty sick, even b4 we found out, but i just though "when was the last time i ate" and stuff so this makes sense... I have been pretty sick though. Let me tell you that working at a sushi restaurant really helps. I was puking in the bathroom during our rush on friday, fun fun. 

Over all we are really excited about our Happy Ooops. Well at least we know that Matts swimmers can get past a goalie. We know it is still so early but we cant keep our moths shut so we decided to post anyways. we go back to the doctor on the 27!

What a life...

So all the crazyness started in November: We went to Texas for thanksgiving. Then 2 weeks later we were in San Diego for my wonderful sisters wedding. 2 weeks after that we had Christmas here in Utah with Matt's family. 2 weeks after that we went back to the great state of Texas for Chris's reception. Then 2 weeks after that, I went back to texas for market and Matt started another busy semester at school. Now 2 weeks later, I leave for market in the morning. Then in 2 more weeks I will be leaving for another market. Wow! Life just never slows down sometimes. The best thing is, the past 4 month crazyness has been great because it has been filled with family and friends!

                                                             

Now we are all back and running with our computers, thanks to Matt! So a little while ago Matt dropped his computer on his foot and broke the LCD screen. Which would cost a lot to fix, cool. And then just the other day my hard drive crashed and we lost everything that was on it, cool. So Matt took both the computers in to get fixed. I have apple care on mine and we were just going to pay the money to fix his. Good thing Matt knows how to work it because by the time he was done talking to the lady, both of our computers were getting fixed for free! Way to go babe!

  This was Matt's idea, we went to KFC for Martin Luther King Jr. day. It was actually pretty tasty, I forget how great their biscuits are.

 This was right after the Dallas market. No one wanted to take his picture :) but i love these kids!

Kim- You are great! Thank you for doing market with me! You made a mind numbingly boring market, a whole lot more fun! I wish you were coming with me tomorrow, i will be the only model there, i just might die :)

Part of our Valentine's day was going to the Jazz/Lakers game. It was so so much fun. The Lakers may have lost but it was a really close game and those are always fun to watch. Even when you are on the very last row in the stadium, like we were. You can tell in the picture of Matt walking up the step just how high we were.  

Valentine's Day was amazing! Matt and I both had to work in the morning, but Matt made the evening so romantic and special. I came home to my favorite flowers and fondue. Babe I love you, you are the most amazing husband!

Bad news for Puckett... As you can tell, this little hellion gets into everything. Well we have an electric stove and she was so interested in what we were cooking, that when I turned to get some water in the pot, she ran across the stove and burned her paws. She is totally ok but she had a few little blisters on the pads of her front feet. Needless to say she does not come close to the stove anymore.

   

Broken

Sorry guys we are broken! All our computers are at the shop, but we get them back soon!

Much Needed Update!

Wow the past 3 months have been so busy! In the middle of October I got to fly home for market. It was so fun to see the kids and they were so cute getting all ready for Halloween.

Dogpile!

Ryan is so funny with the kids!

Ok so for Thanksgiving we got to spend it with my family. It was awesome to go home and be able to just hang out. We made the whole 22 hour drive straight through. We went with Lindsey and Whitney Beck, even with 4 drivers it was a very long drive, but the best part is... we brought Puckett with us. We took her to a family friend to get fixed and de-clawed. She was a champ on the drive. Puckett was defiantly the hit of the week though, the kids loved her and Kim was able to rekindle her love for cats. A week later Ryan (who doesn't love cats) decided that his whole family did, so he got them a kitten for part of Christmas (Check out her blog, it is so cute) We had so much fun and it was so great for my family to get to know Matt better.

This picture is out of order, but Matt grew a beard right b4 we left for Texas.

They were looking for frogs.

Puckett was trying to recover from her surgery but had lots of visitors.

I love this picture. We kept telling them how gentle they had to be. Well Maddison totally knew what that meant and look at her with her hand on James's back reminding him.

Yes there are 3 sets of feet in there.

James was trying to put a game piece up Matt's nose and thought it was very funny.

Matt gave me the best birthday ever! New shoes, massage, facial, and a great dinner at the Melting pot. He is the best husband ever.

Since I can remember our family has had mystery trips. While we were all home my mom planned one to the Toy Train exhibited in Dallas, it was so much fun. The kids loved it and it was really cool.

The Conductors.

Dallas ski line in the exhibit.

James is so handsome! He is the cutest little boy. He just runs around talking to himself and laughing, its great.

We did a little shopping and my dad had Maddison on his shoulders, I couldn't resist. She is so funny and always has this little problem. If she hears you mention "butt crack" she turns and gives you this attitude face and pulls up her pants. It is so adorable she has the best personality.

Christine is married! The wedding was awesome, we had lots of family and friends come, it was great to see everyone. This was all the girls the night b4 when we went to dessert.

Chris is so beautiful!

Jonathan getting adopted into the family.

They are the cutes couple ever! We really like Johnny and are so excited for the new addition.

My Matt

Where did you meet?
On October 16, 2007, My friends and I went out to eat at Carrabbas where Matt worked. He was our server and was totally cute and funny. So I left him my number on the back of my receipt with a thank you. Matt called the next day but I was leaving to go out of town for market and saved his cute message and forgot about it. Later that week I heard the message and called him back, he was all "What kind of girl leaves her number for someone and then does not call them back?" Well we hung out the night I got back in town. (Oct. 25) He was over till 4 in the morning, There was no going back from there, I was totally hooked!

How long did you date before you were married?
We saw each other every single day after we first hung out. After a long Christmas apart thats when we decided we never wanted to be apart again. ( I actually called it to my mom at Thanksgiving that Matt would be the man I marry) We dated for 3 months and were engaged for 3 months. Dont worry we have known each other for one year and have been married for half of it.

How long have you been married?
6 months. It has been amazing.

What does he do that surprised you?
I know that we did not date for very long but there have not been very many surprises. Matt is just as wonderful now as he was when we were dating. He always opens the door for me, he is thoughtful, patient, caring, and is always helpful. We are a very spontaneous couple so it is hard to surprise either of us. There are 2 small surprises: For one, he is so clean. I love living with him. He always is picking up after himself, helping with the laundry and loading/ unloading the dishwasher. But he doesnt like making the bed. The second, he has this pillow that he sleeps with, that goes between his knees. I call it his crotch pillow and I am not a fan of it because some how in the night, it ends up on my side of the bed :)

What is your favorite feature about him?
That is a hard question. He is amazingly perfect to me. I love everything about him. He has the sexiest eyes, cutest smile, softest hair, and is the perfect hight.

What is your favorite quality about him?
Everything. He is the most selfless person I know. Matt is always putting me first. He has such a desire to serve. He is so funny and easy going. Matt is hard working, passionate, thoughtful, outgoing, spiritual, and the list goes on and on.

Does he have a nickname for you?
He calls me babe a lot but thats about it. When he want to embarrass me in public he comes up with some pretty creative ones.

What is his favorite color?
Red. When ever we are playing a game that has a red player choice, that will be Matt.

What is his favorite food?
Most anything. Because I am such a horrible cook, he wont let that secret out, I dont think he wants me to attempt it.

What is his favorite sport?
All of them. Matt is very athletic, he played a lot of tennis and golf out here.

Who said "I love you" first?
That would be me. We had just spent our first time apart from each other the Christmas after we met. It was the longest 2 weeks of my life. And the night he got back and I saw him, I was dying to say it but was scared and I wanted to wait for him. Well I could not help it and the next night we were making out ( catching up on lost time from the previous 2 weeks :) and I just said it. He was so sweet when he said it back. But Matt did let it slip once before that, we were out to dinner and laughing and he goes "I freaking love you" I knew he was just talking so I acted like I didnt hear him.

When and Where was your first kiss?
So after the first week we hung out, he walked me to car in the freezing cold and kissed me. (please, we would have kissed before that but I had a fever blister) It was very much anticipated and perfect.

What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
Anything and everything where we can be together. We get so busy with school and work that we decided that Saturdays are our days to be together, all day. That is the highlight of our week.

Do you have any kids?
No, we have a cat and it will stay that way for a very long time.

What is a hidden talent that he has?
:) Dancing.

How old is he?
26 years old.

What is his favorite type of music?
Matt is very well versed in this area. He really like everything but country (sad) and really like musicals.

What do you admire most about him?
Matt is amazing. He is the most laid back person I know. He never gets worked up with out cause and he can handle any situation. Plus Matt is a forever optimist.

What is his favorite past time?
He is basically down for anything. He just loves to do anything not school or work related.

Do you think he will read this?
Yes.

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