WOW!! I can't believe we have been sealed for two years. We have definitely had our ups and downs. And right now I am feeling as though we are somewhere in the middle and getting better everyday. I am so blessed and I want to share my experience of that day.
We actually made a fun little family trip out of going to the temple. Kevin took Friday off of work so we could have a fun relaxing family day. I really wish I would have written this all down right after we did it. My memory is pretty bad! I think we headed to Salt Lake Thursday after Kevin got off work. On Friday we spent the day together. Cheltzi got her hair cut. I think for the first time in her whole two year old life. We went to The Gateway Mall and did some playing and shopping. Cheltzi got new clothes for her "Lami". We played in the fountain. I honestly can not remember all we did that day. We went to the Aquarium and Cheltzi LOVED it. She wouldn't let anyone touch the sea cucumbers or anything that we were allowed to touch. Kevin tried so hard and she just threw a fit and smacked his hand. We got a hotel room so it would be easier for everyone to get ready. My mom and dad lived in Taylorsville at the time, but we thought it would be fun to get a room.
One thing I forgot to mention here was that I was pregnant with Dominik. Up to this point and even on Friday I felt GREAT. I didn't have morning sickness. I may have been a little more tired than normal, but I felt awesome. I was so excited that I was going to be feeling well for our session. Boy was I wrong. I woke up pretty early Saturday morning and wasn't feeling well. I couldn't get back to sleep, my stomach hurt, and I was so nauseous. I went out of our room and into the dining area because I didn't want to wake up Kevin and Cheltzi. After a while I went back in the room and tried to get back to sleep. I couldn't. Ugh. And then the throwing up began. I was so upset. I didn't want our day to be ruined. Finally it was time for all of us to get up and get dressed. That is basically all I did. I was so sick I couldn't even do my hair. We went and had a little breakfast. And then packed up our stuff and off to the temple we went.
We told my mom and dad that we would meet them in front of the temple. Kevin's best friend and his wife met us in front of the temple, but no one else was there. Finally we decided we would go in. I had no idea that there is a separate entrance! I'm glad we had John and Erin there. My parents were waiting at the actual entrance. Our session started late because of us. Just as we were finishing up our paper work I threw up. The room was hot and I was sick to my stomach. I pretty much threw up the entire time. At one point a sweet little lady asked if I was going to make it. In the Salt Lake Temple they do live sessions and you have to walk from room to room. So that made the session even longer. We weren't able to be in the Celestial room for very long because we were late and they needed to take us aside to talk about a few things. The temple workers were so sweet. The funniest thing was that they gave me a WHITE throw up baggy. I chuckled about it. I am still giggling about it. They even brought me juice and crackers. I was amazed that they were prepared for things like this.
It was so hard for me to truly feel the spirit and the purpose of why we needed to go through, but I know the purpose now and I am still learning. I felt it in the Sealing room. I felt it when Kevin and I knelt across the altar from each other, and I felt it when Cheltzi's tiny little hands we were placed on ours to be sealed for Time and ALL Eternity.
I am so happy that we chose to be sealed. That we chose to make better decisions with our lives. I am grateful to that man that I married. We may have our ups and downs, through everything I am learning to be a better wife. I am learning to care for Kevin more deeply. (I am crying now) Sometimes it is really hard. But I know it's going to be worth it. I can't wait until Kevin and I can go back to the temple. I want my kids to know how truly important it is to be sealed to your family and to have the blessing from going and learning. I love my family. I am even grateful for Dominik and what he put me through while we were at the temple. Maybe it was his way of letting me know that he was a part of our family too. I am so grateful that Cheltzi came to us when she did. It (getting pregnant on our honeymoon, the pregnancy, and birth, 3 weeks in the hospital) was one of the hardest things Kevin and I have gone through together, but she is a very special part of our family and I am glad that she was able to be at the temple with us.
After we went to the temple we went to Sizzler. I LOVE Sizzler, but I was so sick I couldn't eat anything I was so mad. After sizzler we went to my mom and dad's house because I was still sick. They watched Cheltzi and Kevin took me to Urgent Care because I couldn't stop puking. Urgent Care wouldn't see me because they wouldn't accept Baby Your Baby. How lame is that? I could rant, but since this is a possitive post I won't!. We finally found a hospital. We didn't know the area. They did an ultra sound to make sure that baby was where he was supposed to be and he was. He had a perfect little heartbeat. Since I was in so much pain they gave me morphine. WooHoo! Kevin wasn't happy because I was sleeping and out of it and he couldn't sleep. Before they gave me the morphine they asked me if Kevin was the person that was going to take me home and if I trusted him. I said yes and they gave me the morphine. Then we discussed the reasons why they asked me. I don't know if it was funny because the drugs had started kicking in or because it really was funny. But I remember laughing a lot. I guess druggies go in to the ER to get meds and then end up being taken home by complete strangers. Anyways the drs concluded that I had a cyst full of pregnancy hormones and it burst causing the puking and the pain.
