A Survery About Matthew and Amber

Amanda tagged me a LONG time ago and I've been a little lazy with my blog lately. Sorry! For those of you who don't know what it means to be tagged I'll explain. Amanda filled out a questionaire because she was tagged, after she finishes she tags a few people (I was one of them) to answer the questionaire and then when I am done I will tag a few people. I hope my answers aren't too boring!


♥ What are your middle names? My middle name is Joy and his is J- just J, no period- he gets annoyed by that!
♥ How long have you been together? 9 years this month! Wow, that seems like eternity.
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? A few weeks.
♥ Who asked whom out?We both asked each other at the same time.
♥ How old are each of you? He's 26, I'm 25
♥ Whose siblings do/ did you see the most? His, I have no siblings to see.
♥ Do you have any children together?Yes! Andy- they joy of our lives!!!
♥ What about pets? We've had several but don't have one right now.
♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?Our son's medical situations.
♥ Did you go to the same school? No. I lived in SLC and he was in Lehi. But we went to college together, even took a few classes together.
♥ Are you from the same home town? I guess I already answered this...
♥ Who is the smartest? Probably him. He's really smart, definately right brained. I'm left brained and more free spirited.
♥ Who is the most sensitive? Probably me. Although he can get pretty emotional...
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Skippers, we both used to work there. Also, Panda Express.
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? Acapulco, Mexico. We went on a cruise with my entire family- Thanks Muffy and Pops!
♥ Who has the craziest exes? not sure
♥ Who has the worst temper? It depends on what made us mad. We both end fights and reconcile pretty fast though.
♥ Who does the cooking? He does, because if I cook it he won't eat it. Picky eater!
♥ Who is more social? Me, mostly because it's harder for him.
♥Who is the neat Freak? Matthew, but we still manage to have a messy house a lot of the time.
♥ Who is the more stubborn? Matthew. He is SO stubborn, and Andy is starting to show signs of being just like his daddy!
♥ Who hogs the bed? me! I get 4/5 of the bed and he gets 1/5
♥ Who wakes up earlier? Me- I wake up with Andy at 7:30 each morning. Matthew has a real hard time waking up, he could sleep through a richter 5 level hurricane.
♥ Where was your first date? Sugarhouse Park for a picnic. (also our first kiss!)
♥ Who has the bigger family ?Him. I'm an only child- he's a twin with a total of 3 siblings.
♥ Do you get flowers often? He just recently got me roses =)
♥ How do you spend the holidays? with our families
♥ Who is more jealous? maybe me
♥ How long did it take to get serious? we were so young when we met that we knew it was a matter of time before we got married but we always knew we would.
♥ Who eats more? we both eat too much.
♥ Who does/ did the laundry? Both, but he does it more.
♥ Who’s better with the computer? Are you kidding? He was a sterling scholar in Computer Science and he is going to school to get his degree in it. He can dance circles around me, but I am getting better!
♥ Who drives when you are together? He does, he LOVES driving our new car!

Okay, So I want to pass along the fun- I am tagging Nichole, Dana R, Anna T, April T and Hilary T!!!

A Couple Fun Pics

Oreos!

How to end a very long day.

Bonk!

I couldn't get the camera in time for the funniest part. He was crawling into the wall and laughing his head off, and he just started doing it all on his own. This video is a few minutes later when I found that if I kept saying "Bonk!" he'd laugh and hit his head against the wall again. Like I said, not as funny as when he was crawling into the wall of his own accord, but still very entertaining. -Matthew

Amber's not the only one who can Digitally Scrapbook!

This is a custom made, hand-crafted (well, mouse-crafted), one-of-a-kind, genuine, made-by-Matthew scrapbook page. Amber's not the only one who can do it! Though, Amber's are a little more artsy :)

Removing Blog

For those of you who don't know, After Andy was born and spending time in NICU I decided to make him a care page. I've left it up to keep everyone updated about his cardiology appointments. Ironically, it gets barely any traffic so I've decided to take it down. Also, I don't update if very often just because I don't want to take the time to write everything out when I've already told everyone I feel like sharing info with. If you want to see the pictures I have there one more time before I take it down or if you've never seen it before here is the link http://www.theheartofaboy.blogspot.com/

The Heart Is The Only Broken Instrument That Works

Listen

When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel the way I feel, you are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to DO something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.

LISTEN- All I ask is that you listen, not talk or do, just hear me.

And I can do for myself, I am not helpless, maybe just discouraged and faltering.

When you do something for me that I can do for myself, you contribute to my fear and weakness.

But when you accept as simple fact that I do FEEL what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can quit trying to convince you and I can get about the buisness of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling. And when that's clear, the ansers are obvious.

So, please listen and hear what I'm saying and feeling.

-Author Unknown

I got this from the training I did today to become a NICU Parent Support Volunteer. Ironically, it was perfect for me and conveyed exactly how I feel.

pain

Andy is going to Primary Children's Hospital this friday. Please pray for him and us that we will receive goods news. I'll be honest... I'm pretty tired of wearing a smile and pretending this doesn't hurt like hell. I just don't want to deal with this- period. Sometimes I feel like people don't really understand how much pain I have been through over this topic, and if truth be told I hope they never do understand how I feel because the only way to understand is to experience it yourself. I don't really think even my husband or parents know the depths of sadness I've felt at times. Not because they don't care but because it's hard for me to put it in words. Sometimes when I look at my husband I know he knows because he feels it too. I'm not looking for sympathy or replies or emails, I just need to vent, get this out on to my blog so it's not stuck inside of me. One thing this has brought to my life; a greater appreciation for Our Saviour. He knows my pain because he's felt it. While Andy spent some time in the NICU I couldn't always be there so I taped a little picture of Jesus (who was smiling) in his crib because I knew he would feel comforted. Now I just need to look at that little picure myself, the same exact one that was in his crib and know that things will be okay because ultimately God is taking care of my son.

Andy Chases A Ball

Andy went to visit his Grandma Cindy and his Uncle James was there too. They had a ball there the rolled all by itself in a bazillion different directions. Andy thought this was a blast and chased it around their living room. He loves to visit his Grandma and she always has something fun for him to do!