so here is my most recent update-

last week on monday, i decided that my baby is very impatient. He wants out NOW. But it is still too early so i had to go to the hospital and get some medicine that helped to stop the contractions BUTTT i thought i was going to die because they said the dreaded words. COMPLETE BEDREST. kill me now. so all tuesday i was dependant on katie and my mom to do things for me. I even felt bad because at one point eddie was dancing on my bed and i have a duvet cover on it and he slipped off the end of it....luckily i could laugh hysterically because he fell into a tub of clothes that i've been accumulating for the baby so he fell butt first into that. He whined a bit but i had to call for katie to get him out cuz i technically wasn't even supposed to get up to make sure he was ok. I couldn't stop laughing. He hated that.

so thankfully wednesday was my doctor's appointment and despite the fact that i've gained ANOTHER 4 pounds my doctor told me that i didn't need COMPLETE bedrest as long as i was keeping the contractions under control. YAY! so that day we packed up and went down to laupahoehoe point and went camping. We had originially planned only on staying till friday but we were having a lot of fun. I did a lot of fishing..i only caught a really cool eel though. It was purple with white polka dots. and I got sunburned. reallllly sunburned and unfortunately i think the baby is taking all my nutrition so its having a hard time healing. but i'm really hoping that it may just show my hispanic roots a little bit more than my pasty white skin was showing before. Utah is just NOT good for the skin.

So today our little Eddie is 4 years old. Crazy how fast time passes when they are little. he's gotten so big and says some of the craziest things. this week he's talking nonstop about the "croc-o-pile" on peter pan. lol. sometimes i just wish i could hear what he was thinking. we are going to dinner with his old foster family who are really nice and the kids still love him to death. We also got him a finding nemo cake (something that I love of course :) ) I honestly don't know what i would do without this little boy in my life. he teaches me patience EVERYDAY! i know its going to be worse when my little boy comes into the world but for now, just having a little brother that tries your patience is such a great lesson. He brings happiness into my life that i never had before. He can put a smile on my face on the darkest days. Times when i'm crying and he can just run up and wrap his arms around me and simply tell me to stop crying, everything else just melts away. I love that i can share everything with him. He really is my best little friend. We could hang out and watch tv all day (if i had nothing else to do in life) and i'd be so satisfied. anyways. happy birthday little guy. i love you so much!

So i found out today that Chris is leaving on MONDAY for Iraq. I hate the dumb military and their short notice on just about everything! he had planned to come see me one last time before he left but i don't know if that's gonna happen now. I'm sad cuz he's such a good friend and i'm scared for him to go AGAIN. It seems silly to mess with fate like that. He already came back safe once but who says he'll come home safe again? and its not like he's got the easiest and safest job either. it was so different when dale went cuz i was scared for him but not really cuz i knew he was at a SUPER safe base and he wasn't going out on convoys all the time or putting himself in the line of fire ya know? i don't know. I know i have to be positive but it just Sucks! but i'll get through it. i just pray he does too.

So this week is gonna be really focused on school...i hope...i broke down and did something that i really never wanted to do. I read twilight. Yep. i gave in. and i freakin couldnt put it down!!! it was really annoying cuz i had so many other things i could have been doing but reading about bella and edward seemed to be so much more important at the time! silly me. so of course my sister has the other books too so now i'm tempted to start the second book but i SERIOUSLY have to do school work. Now i'm just mad at myself for starting it at all! but my sister rachel told me that everything else i do in life will never compare to reading the twilight books.lol. i think she may have been right haha. i'm pathetic. i know.

anyways. speaking of school, its calling my name to try and finish these worksheets before dinner tonight cuz i probably should shower before too. So anyways. i'll update soon. probably with pictures of the little party. bye!

kids say the darndest things

so my little 4 year old brother has come up with some pretty funny things that he says lately. I always love listening to him talk because he has the most crazy ideas about some things. he also likes to take parts of what we say and use it COMPLETELY out of context. it makes for very interesting conversations.... some of his latest funnies are:

suckway-AKA-subway.

flea-mangoes-AKA- Flamingos

japanda-AKA-Japan Airlines

fly-g-AKA- a flag

hippo-ma-potum- AKA hippopotamus


I have now vowed never to eat again. We were sitting at the dinner table last night and he has this obsession with ocean animals so he was going around telling everyone that they were hammerhead sharks...then when he gets to me he says "And youre the BIIIIIIIG WHALE ASHLEY!" i wanted to cry. But i was laughing to hard to get any real tears out. Little kids are so honest sometimes. I guess i really am as big as i feel! we were all hysterically laughing over it though. thanks eddie for helping me to the realization of my true identity. a big. fat. whale.

in other news, we're planning a camping trip this week. it should be fun. we're going to be camping up at laupahoehoe point. this is what it looks like:



and yes. i took this picture. i've got mad skills, i know.

and i am FINALLY for real in my 3rd trimester. 7 months! it seems so crazy! and here i am in all of my whale gloriousness



i also have another anatomy test this week as well as a doctor's appointment. Which is something that is TOTALLY stressing me out. My doctor is an idiot. So i've been trying to get a hold of my primary care doctor to see if they will give me a referral to another doctor that knows how to do his job..but no one will call me back. UGH. why i want to work for the health care system is beyond me. all i know is that it will NOT be on this island. anyways..i really need to go study i just thought i'd share with everyone how silly my little brother is and also if you see me whither away to nothing in the next few months..you'll know why ;) jk jk. food holds too high a value in my life. anyways. talk to everyone soon.

just an update

so i guess now is as good as any of times to start writin on this thing. I've been having people hassle me to do it now for a while and just haven't had time to actually sit down and write. SO the update is that everyone is doin great over here. I'm just gettin ready for my little one to come soon. October 11th is when he is due and it is SO crazy that it is coming up so soon! here's one of the 3D pictures i got with my ultrasound.



i just got back from a trip to oahu with the girls from my branch young women and we had a lot of fun. They went to EFY at BYUH and I was able to just travel around oahu and hang out with old friends. Man i miss it there! I'm planning on coming back to finish my degree not this fall but the next. So everyone keep a look out. Plus i'll have my little boy by then so you can all oogle over him :)

I finally sold my car which i ended up selling for a lot less than i wanted to but i just wanted to get it out of there so i didn't have to keep paying on it. Unfortunately no one will hire a 7 month old pregnant lady (rightfully so) so i don't really have a job right now. But I am doing odd jobs for a few merchandising companies over here in hawaii. The pickins are slim but i do what i can.

My mom just signed the official adoption papers for my little brother eddie 2 days ago so he is OFFICIALLY ours! we are so happy. We love him so much. The other family that wanted him is still trying to appeal the adoption but the judge was pretty much on our side and we know that whatever the Lord wants is what will happen. We hope that everything works out though.

Katie is going to be a senior this year. Time flies so fast. I can't believe my little sister is already going to graduate.

I finished my EMT training while i was in Utah and i just talked to the firechief yesterday and so i'm hopefully going to start working there a few days a week till after i have the baby then possibly get on the rig full time. I really hope that works out. Trauma medicine is my passion in life (i'm weird i know). I am also taking an anatomy class online to finish the set since there are 2 classes required to graduate and i already took the 1st so now i'm on to the second one. I really hate it but i can't wait to just be done with school.

So i had an ultrasound yesterday and the doctor said the baby looks good. He's turned and in the canal now so he's gettin ready! I have been having contractions so my doctor gave me some meds to try and help that so he doesn't come TOO early. I'm in my 28th week and JUST starting my 3rd trimester. Life is complicated and crazy but i can't wait for my little boy to come into the world.

here is a recent pic of the family...eddie looks really mad..he didn't know what to make of mickey yet....


in order- Mom, Katie, Leah, Eddie, Mark, ME

it looks like marks hand is really close to my butt but he had it resting on something behind me....haha.

So i guess that's the update for now. i'll try and keep up on this thing. we'll see how good i do though....