7-7-07

I'm a little embarrased to post after that last one, because my worries seem pretty stupid in comparison, but in an effort to keep updated I'll do it anyway. Just don't laugh, I know I'm ridiculous.

I hope today is really lucky because I have an amazing amount of stuff to accomplish. My kids start school on Monday so I need to sort through all their supplies to make sure I got everything, then I need to pack them up somehow so they can carry them to school. I have at least 4 loads of laundry that have to be done today, because I'm going to girls camp on Monday morning and I have to have clean stuff to pack and also to send with my kids who are splitting the time staying at my mom's house and then at a friend's house during the day. Justin will pick them up after work and drop them off bright and early. I need to type out a schedule so Justin, my mom, and my friend know where they will be all the time, and also make sure the school knows someone besides me will pick them up. I have to type out a medical release also, just in case. I'll be doing those as soon as I'm done with this. I need to check and make sure I don't have any bills that will be late when I get back, little ones like my mortgage.

Next, all three of my kids are in sad need of a bath. I'm pretty sure Camille has been swimming for a couple days in a row now with no shower whatsoever, and Ashley's hair smells.

And if all those little things weren't enough, I have to prepare two lessons for church tomorrow. One is for my usual sunday school class, I have the 12-13 course, the other for Relief Society which I am more than a little nervous about. I haven't taught adults since I got married! I think I'm being picked on at church--I just gave a talk in sacrament meeting two Sundays ago. It may have somthing to do with my attitude towards church lately, but we won't go there.

Oh, and p.s., I'm on my own, Justin has to study and he goes into the office to concentrate. So on top of all that picture me with three kids following me around bored and whining. Now that I have my check list typed out I'm going to get started. I have a yoga class on Saturday mornings and it will be the best part of my day!

our miracle...the details

Yesterday was a good good day (and after reading some of the posts about all the crazy children, it makes me think that the fact my baby is still INSIDE is GREAT). I probably should call you all and personally thank you for all your prayers and fasting, but I'm hoping that this update for now will suffice! (Oh, and Tammy, Matt was in another lovely meeting last night until 11 and decided he shouldn't call you back at 1:00....).

ANYWAY. I really felt pretty good last week, went for three straight days without feeling a contraction and felt so hopeful about getting to the 24 week mark. I didn't even cry, and I really felt that my mood must have been improved from all the support. At my appointment yesterday, the doctor was suprised. I saw the look on her face and she also made a comment like, "Well, I really didn't expect..." - and I actually don't remember what she said after that because I was thinking, "BOO YA, fasting!" Thd good news is that she said it's "about the same" as last week, which is much improved then losing almost 50% of my (I'm not saying it over the internet) last week! But here's the thing...I can read that ultrasound monitor pretty fast and last week it said .8 cm and this week it said .96 cm. In my book - I GREW. And THAT'S a miracle. It's also a miracle that I looked good enough to come home for another week. It's also a miracle that my shot in the rear was totally a different experience than the one I had when I was four.

Lastly, the doc took all the baby's measurements and found that I she was all developed to 24 weeks except for the head, surprise, which is at 25 weeks. Thank you, Lisonbees.

Really, everyone - thank you SO MUCH. We just feel so great about making it this far and feel confident that we can keep going. We've felt your love and really felt like the fast came at a critical point. THANK YOU!!!

The library with Lia

Okay folks, Malia is slightly bipolar. She goes from "I happy Mom" to stark raving crazy in negative two seconds. Today, the library had a free magic show so we went...it's about 45 minutes long. Malia spent the entire time jumping up and down, sitting on every kid around, unloading and reloading my purse repeatedly, and making all kinds of noise. Afterwards, the kids wanted to get a couple books. I thought it was a good idea so we went to the children's room where Malia proceded to scream at the top of her lungs. I'm not talking your little baby scream, I'm talking your full fledged, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to shut up EVER" scream. I thought it would be fun to ignore her...which I did until the looks just got to be too much. So, I gathered up the kiddies to leave when I realized I was missing one of Malia's shoes...she had thrown it on the floor...so we got to walk up and down the aisles of the nice quiet library with crazy Malia just screeching at the top of her lungs. I think they like us. I am pretty sure they want us to come back...

The 4th

Okay folks...our first 4th in Fresno. I must say, me and the kiddies missed going to the parade in Balencia (as Carter would say). I know it's always ridiculously hot, but it's just tradition, that's all. So, we went to a movie in the morning (free, of course). Then, we bought our own fireworks and went shopping for some couches. We were hot and tired, but we pressed onward looking for that perfect couch...instead, we found a couch place that had popcorn, cookies, and a soda fountain. Now we're talking. We hung out there for awhile...I may or may not have put my head back and while coincidentally standing right under the diet coke fountain with that lovely liquid flowing freely down my throat. What? You know you've done that too...anyhow, didn't find a couch we liked, but felt a whole lot better when we left. In the evening, we had some tasty frozen pizza and then waited for it to cool down enough to venture outside. By 8:00 it was a mere 95 degrees or something, so we went to the park behind our house to do some fireworks. We did those whistling Petes and some sparklers. About 20 minutes into it, we noticed a park security guy sitting in his truck watching us. Rick and I decided we should probably make a quick exit. We gathered up our stuff and headed for the paseo leading to our apartments. The kids were asking why we were hurrying and why we went in the "wrong door" aka closer exit. So, the Edwardsons were running from the fireworks police on 4th of July. Now that's some kind of fun. Next year, remind me to be somewhere besides here on the 4th. It wasn't a bad day...especially when you take into account the free soda fountain drinks...but it was FREAKING HOT HOT HOT.

Talk about a Parteeeeey

Well, its about time for me to post on this blog. Its the 4th of July and we are having some fun. I can not remember the last time I heard a louder parteeeee. Unfortunately the party is next door, and we are sitting here inside. Ah well, overrated. On a more serious note, things here are going pretty good. Tomorrow we have another appointment with the doctor. Depending on how things go, they will give her some steroids...which means she is not going to be chasing any home run records soon. Yeah...she's gonna bulk up on roids. Well, actually it is for the baby to help her develop quicker. Also, depending on how things go, they might admit her to the hospital. They might take her in and just monitor her contractions for a few days, or they might keep her in there until the baby comes. So the next few days will be pretty interesting. Thanks for all of your prayers and fasting and thoughts. We appreciate it. As of tomorrow we are 24 weeks along, and as of 4 weeks ago, we were not sure we would make it that far. Everyday that goes by is one more the baby has to develop and helps tremendously. I hope you are all having a wonderful 4th of July.

Thanks,

Matty

Sundays...

I also wanted to say that our family is thinking of Matty and Lisa and their baby girl today. We have talked about fasting and this was a perfect opportunity to talk to our kids about having a reason to fast...so we're all thinking of you guys today. We love you and we're praying for you!

Millerton Lake

So, there's lots of outdoors stuff to do around Fresno. Yesterday, we decided to try out Millerton Lake which is really close. It was really fun! You could drive your car right up to the lake and just get out and get in the water or picnic, or whatever. The kids had a great time...Jake nailed Carter in the head with rock almost immediately. Malia was not at all amused by the mud as you walked in the lake. We have these double camping chairs that have a pocket thing under the arm rest. She found her way into the pocket and settled there...it was very funny, you couldn't even see anything except for her little head poking out. She definitely takes after me. I'm investing in a pair of water shoes because the lake was nice, I just don't like mush under my feet...

Anyway, in other news, we have pets! Rick caught some tadpoles last week and the boys are totally fascinated by them. We have 23! We also went to a discovery museum last week where everything is a "hands on" exhibit. They had a pond with nets so you could catch tadpoles and then put them in a holding tank. The boys absolutely loved it. Actually, so did Bella. The tadpoles were the size of my hand, so they were HUGE! Once you catch them, you're allowed to hold them which they all did. We spent 2 hours at that exhibit. Malia like to hold them too. Only, she would pick one up (Imagine Lenny here from Of Mice and Men)by the neck and then either throw it in the water or the ground...needless to say, she was not allowed to "hold" them for very long. Anyway, I hope you guys will come to freno to visit sometime...there's lots of stuff to do!