I went to the hospital yesterday...

So far this baby has proved to not be very happy with me. The sickness wasn't as bad the first few months as it was with Ethan, but she is causing more pain. Saturday about 5 pm I started feeling contractions. I was working full time at community health and taking care of ethan and other things when I got home in the evenings and still helping my mom with her business. I think maybe my body was just stressed out. I laid down as soon as I got home after I had started feeling the pain and all Sunday they kept getting worse so I finally called the doctor and they said if I was going into labor they would need to stop it so to go right in to the hospital. I was there from 3:30 pm to 7 pm and the contractions weren't picking up on the machine so they gave me some medicine to help the pain but it just made me feel really anxious. They did some tests but they said they won't come back for a few days so I'm just patiently waiting while still in pain. She's moving so much on top of the contractions but I have so many things to do that I can't just lay there especially since I have a little monster walking everywhere and getting into everything!! He's so adorable though. I did get another ultrasound and the pictures turned out pretty good so I'll post them soon!!

New Cell Phone Numbers!!

Roger and I are back to being WA cell phone users!! It's pretty exciting!! My number is now 509-760-8090. Roger's is 509-760-8080.

Photo Shoot

My mom had a photo shoot Wednesday and since I help her I took Ethan with me since it was to take pictures of a little 2 year old. Ethan helped keep her get focused a little bit but she was so stubborn. As soon as she saw the camera she would look away. I felt bad because her mom said that she has tons of pictures of the back of her head because she just hates cameras. I guess I'm pretty lucky that Ethan is tolerable to the camera. Well here are a few my mom took of them together when he was trying to get her to pose. Her name is Addy and was just a cutie. She had the most beautiful blue eyes! I don't think any of my kids have a chance of getting blue eyes!! That was a long day for Ethan because we spent almost 2 1/2 hours just trying to get some good pictures of Addy. He was so good though. I think I got a good workout though because my shins were hurting so bad afterwards. And I felt like my tummy had gotten smaller...which probably isn't true but I felt like I was carrying less weight. Hopefully I'll be brave enough to get a picture loaded soon so everyone can see my belly.

Photography

I have taken a couple courses on photography so that eventually someday I could help my mom with her business if she needed it. That day has finally arrived!! Since we have moved back I've had the opportunity to help her with her photo shoots. I have taken a few pictures at the last couple of weddings to show that I can help when she needs it. She just recently ordered a new camera and is giving me her D70 which is a really nice digital. The last two days I have used her D200 to take a couple pictures of Ethan. I have also learned even more on photoshop and have made collages for the high school sports teams and I've really enjoyed it. I learned quite a bit in my classes but my mom has had to refresh my brain a little and hopefully I can teach her a few cool tricks she hasn't seen. Taking pictures is an art and I'm definitely not as good as my mom. She's been doing it now for I think 8 years. I just hope with my practicie I will get just as good as her. She has a really good eye!! You can tell these pictures weren't taken by her! Although I do hope everyone enjoys them just as much...

Ethan LOVES basketballs!! and his Grandpa Waites!

Life...

This last week has been a stressful one for my family and our friends. A lot has been going on and I just wish that people would only be supportive instead of being so judgemental towards others when there could be some fault involved but not as much as perceived. People have to remember the values we've been taught. I hate it when people say things that they have NO idea about because they've never worked in that field or even know any business about it. I'd like to know that people would have empathy for others and only care. When people think that someone deserves something bad to happen to them they aren't being kind. I know I can not say I have been perfect in this area but after all of these struggles I hope to only grow from this experience and think that no one deserves to go through such harsh trials.

Life is precious and we have to make the best of it not the worst. Life on Earth is only such a small part of our eternal life so we should make wise decisions. We all make mistakes but we hope to only learn from them.

I hope that everything gets worked out and we all get through these trials together. We love you all and our prayers go out to everyone.

Congrats!!

We would like to give a big shout out to the Walkers and say "CONGRADULATIONS"! We are so excited for them and their beautiful addition to their family! Aleksandra Lyn Walker is adorable!! and we can't wait until Ethan can meet his future wife!! He already thinks she's pretty cute because when we see her through the webcam he tries to touch her!! Aren't babies the best blessings??

Birthday blues....

Yesterday was my 22nd birthday and I had the weirdest birthday feeling I've ever had. I know I'm really not that old, but it's sad to think that I won't be as mobile and pain free as I was when I was younger. Since I chose to dance on the gym floors those three years in high school on drill team without shoes I have ruined my knees and every time I run or am in extreme cold weather I get pain because I have two torn meniscus's. I also have bad ankles and a torn muscle in my back from being dropped while doing a flip. At the time those injuries did not mean anything to me because I enjoyed performing and loved dancing, but now that I am getting older pain keeps creeping up on me. I do miss dancing and still dream of opening my own studio one day once we have settled our family in one location, which won't be until Roger completes the rest of his schooling..oh such a long time from now. For the rest of my pregnancy I'm planning on walking 3 miles a day so I can keep my weight down if at all possible. And I will try to cut sweets out as much as possible, but that was hard with Ethan. That's all I wanted. I plan on getting into really good shape after this pregnancy as well so I can accomplish all of my goals. I plan on waiting atleast 3 years until we have another one just because these two will be so close and I want my body to heal well.

So I guess I won't be able to enjoy birthdays as much as I used to, but I'll just have to live with it and look at my kids and be happy that I've had the chance to experience all the joys of having a beautiful family. I love Ethan so much and I'm sure once I have another one I will love them both even more. There is nothing like a mother's love. So I guess I get to say to myself cheer up!! Life will get better even when I get older!!