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!