Heidorn Hightlights: 2010 Review

1. We got a jump start on the year by kissing on the rooftop of our hotel in Venice, Italy. Quite the way to start the year right? We spent the first five days of 2010 finishing up our Christmas trip to Italy.

2. We spent most of the winter weekends snowboarding at Targhee. 

3. In April we packed up our house and moved for the 7th time since we got married! We moved with Pinnacle to Nashville, TN. We survived the Nashville floods our second week living there and my mom came to visit us! 

4. We celebrated Nixon's 1st birthday with a 5 mile walk with both Miles and I (his favorite activity) homemade party hats, new toys, a wet food cake and sparklers! 

5. We had a fun 4th of July in Nashville. Nixon even got a taste of fireworks for the first time! He loved the bright lights but he was a little unsure about the loud booms. He lasted about five minutes before I had to run him home because he was scared.

6. I got to fly home to Connecticut in July to spend a week at home, go to a Mets game with my dad, and got to see some of my close friends from high school. Hayley flew in to NYC from Basel, Switzerland for the weekend so I spent a weekend in the city to see her. We also checked a few things off our couples bucket list including kareoke with our friends Chase and Chelsea and Kevin and Rochele. I surprised myself and actually got up and sang 3 times!

7. We found out in July that we ARE HAVING A BABY and in October that HE'S A BOY! You can see the little peepee in the bottom right corner. The ultrasound pictures were taken at 20 weeks the second week of October. I'm now 30 weeks! He's coming quickly!

8. We celebrated our two year anniversary! It was our cotton anniversary, so I set up a snow room (because we started dating in the snowy Rexburg tundra) and a timeline of our two years together!

9. My baby sister got married in the Mount Timpanogos temple in September! Our family is now complete (minus all the grandchildrens!) 

10. We hosted our first party at our house, a halloween party! Miles and I were contestants from Nickelodeon Guts and our Nixon was a Ghostbuster! We had a lot of fun decorating and you can see in the pictures that Caiden started to make his presence known around 21 weeks!

11. We made trips to visit both our families! We went to Connecticut for a weekend in October to visit my family and to Modesto for Thanksgiving to see Miles family!

12. Miles celebrated his 25th birthday with presents, cake, and a surprise visit from his best friend KC! He flew in from San Diego for a long weekend. I wanted him to have a fun birthday filled with exciting activities that I can't do while I'm pregnant, so I sent them off to go snowmobiling south of Jackson Hole for a day! 

13. After five years of Christmas's spent apart, my whole family got together for Christmas this year - in BERMUDA! I'll have to do a full post on this later, but here's a little preview! Our trip was amazing, filled with snorkeling, cave swimming, shopping in Hamilton, a glass bottom boat tour, a trip to the aquarium and zoo, celebrated my dad's birthday, and ate lots and lots of food!

2010 was a good year for us. As I reflect on all the things we were able to do and the places we were able to go I can't help but be grateful for all of our blessings, and to have Miles by my side through it all.  2011 brings the biggest and greatest adventure of our lives, parenthood! It also brings Miles college graduation (hallelujah), a big move to somewhere exciting for a more permanent residence, and many many unforeseen and exciting experiences. 2010 you've been good to us, but bring on 2011!

A Baby Changes Everything.

For Christmas my mom gave me the song "A Baby Change Everything" by Faith Hill and a book that accompanies it. The song is sweet, but that book made my heart just melt. It put to words all the things I've been feeling these last 7+ months. I won't write out the whole little book, but it touched my heart in the sweetest of ways. I just want to write the three parts that really got my eyes all teary...

"Just like the first big drop at the start of a roller coaster -- you absolutely know it's coming, it's what you signed on for, you're locked in, you've counted the clicks as the cars cranked higher and higher. You know what's coming, sort of. You know what's coming, and you're excited and terrified and you're short of breath and you feel ready to scream and you can't wait and you hope it never comes and you hope it comes soon and you... and... and... and.. wheeeeeee! Yeah, you're never quite ready and you can hardly wait. Terrifying. Terrific."
"To have a baby is to dream new dreams, to dream further into the future than you ever have before. This child will change who you are and who you will become. From the first cry, your dreams will never be the same."
"No matter how ready (or not) you think you are, nobody is. Everyone thinks they know what will change when the baby comes. Nobody does. Everyone thinks they know a baby changes everything. But they don't... until it does. A baby changes joy, a baby changes peace, a baby changes hope, a baby changes love, a baby changes everything."

I know this little baby is going to change everything. I have no idea what to expect, and I seriously doubt my motherly instincts about 23 hours of the day, but I'm excited and I'm terrified, and I can't wait for him to come, and I hope time slows down. I'm just so happy he's making his way to us and I know I'm going to love our little guy more than words can ever express, more than I can possibly imagine. Each day I think "I can't love this little baby any more than I do right now" and then another minute passes, and he'll kick me in the side, and my heart will grow 2 sizes. And I just know my heart is going to explode when he's placed in my arms for the first time. He's going to change everything.

My Handsome Assistant

This weekend I was in Salt Lake shooting a wedding. It was a lot of fun, but also exhausting.. although not quite as exhausting as the wedding I shot at 15 weeks pregnant. At least this time around I had a lot more energy. I also had my favorite assistant.. Miles. The lighting was amazing on Saturday and while we were scouting out picture places around temple square I shot this pretty awesome picture of my hubalub. I think he looks so unbelievably handsome, straight out a magazine spread. I just had to share. Be checking my photoblog in the next few weeks, the wedding was great! We started at temple square, then headed to Park City to shoot, and then to the reception in West Jordan. The pictures are gonna be rockin' so be checkin!

Tagged

My friend Megan tagged me in this survey thing, and while I haven't done something like this in a long time, Miles is having a guys night playing poker tonight, and I'm bored, so here we go!

4 shows I watch:
1. Glee: whateves, I'm a bit of a Gleek. It's fine. I like the music a lot! Some of the characters really bug me though (mainly Mr. Schuester. I don't know what it is, but I do not like that guy! Or his crazy ex-wife. Or Rachel and Finn. But I like Quinn, and her new boyf, and Brittany.)
2. Private Practice: I never really got in to Grey's Anatomy. I had roommates that loved that show, but I just never really watched it. But I did like the Addison character, even though she had a small roll. So when they gave her her own show I tuned in, and now I'm hooked.
3. Modern Family: I laugh out loud during every episode of this show. I think it is absolutely hilarious.
4. Secret Life: I have no idea why I love this show so much. But I do. Judge me, it's fine.

4 things I'm passionate about:
1. My family: my husband is the greatest person in the world. I have never met a person that doesn't just love Miles. I'm serious. I'm such a lucky girl! I love this little wiggle worm boy that's been slow roasting in my belling for the last 6+ months. I can't wait to hold him and see what he looks like and witness him growing up and developing his own little personality! Nixon is literally one of my best friends. That might seem weird because he is our dog, but Nixon and I hang out all day long, he's always here when I'm lonely, he licks the tears off my face when I cry, he snuggles me to sleep at night. I've also been blessed with the greatest parents in the entire world. There's no one that could have loved me more or raised me better. My sister's are my bestest friends in the world. I never get sick of having them around. I've never laughed harder than when I'm with them. And as a bonus, I have the most amazing in-laws! I'm pretty lucky.
2. Photography: if you know me, that's probably a no brainer! I love my camera, I love capturing memories (my own and for others), I love seeing the love in people's eyes when I take their engagements and on their wedding day. I love that people trust me enough to capture the greatest moments in their lives. I just love that you can make still a single moment and immortalize it forever.
3. Traveling and seeing the world: I feel so fortunate to have seen a few different parts of the world. Other cultures just fascinate me. If I were to go back to school I think I would want to study anthropology. And I feel so blessed to have a husband that wants to see the world by my side. We have a goal to give our children the experience of seeing how other people live and blessing the lives of those that need things far more than we do.
4. Shopping: I love new clothes. I love new shoes. I love new accessories. I love finding amazing deals. I love shopping for Caiden (it's more fun than shopping for me!)

4 phrases I say a lot:
1. I love you, you know that? (I say this to Miles, Caiden, and Nixon probably a million times a day).
2. When are you coming home? (It's been a rough, long semester for Miles.. I feel like he's always on campus doing homework, or at a group project, or taking a test.)
3. Baby Buddy (it's what we call Nixon sometimes).
4. That tastes/smells divine (I love food... what can I say?)

4 things I've learned from the past:
1. Anything worth having comes with trials worth withstanding.
2. Five years from now your life will be completely different than it is today.
3. A genuine smile directed towards someone can brighten his/her entire day.
4. As a wife/mother/woman our attitude controls the climate of our homes.

4 things I did yesterday (get ready for a taste of how exciting my life is this semester):
1. Helped Miles write a philosophy paper.
2. Took Nixon to the park to run around and get his puppy energy out. He had a hard time getting back in the car.. it took a lot of coaxing and promise of treats. He loves running around freely!
3. Made a new Christmas themed blog header.. I still need to work on the side profile things so it all matches.
4. Went to the photo lab on campus to chat with my old photo professors, Bro. Atkinson, Clark, and Wheeler. It was nice to see them after almost a year!

4 places I would love to visit:
1. Greece: I have wanted to go to the Greek Islands so terribly bad ever since seeing Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Mamma Mia! It looks so idyllic.
2. Spain: I want to go to Spain with my best friend Jenny! She lived there for 5 months and her pictures look amazing. I love visiting countries with people that have lived there and know they language. They know all the best spots.
3. Switzerland: one of my closest friend's from high school, Hayley, lives in Basel and I would love to go visit her. And I really want Miles to meet Hayley. She is hilarious! It would be like three trips in one because Basel boarders France and Germany.
4. Thailand: I saw an episode of America's Next Top Model that was filmed in Thailand and it looked gorgeous! Every aspect of their culture is like a beautiful piece of art to me.

4 things I'm looking forward to:
1. March 13th, the expected date of arrival of our baby boy! I just can't wait to hold him and become a mommy! And see Miles holding our baby boy. He's going to be the greatest dad because he's already the greatest husband.
2. Christmas with my entire family in Bermuda!
3. Miles graduating from school and us moving out of Rexburg. I have never in my life missed Rexburg. Seriously, ask my parents. I cried every time I had to leave home and come back. Once I drove from Connecticut to Rexburg, I cried all the way to Chicago. By the time that Miles graduates next December I will have lived here for 6.5 years!
4. Buying our first home together. I can't wait to close on a house of our own and fix things up together, decorate, and have a place to call home for more than a few months at a time.

4 things I love about winter (I'm not a winter-y kind of girl so this might be tough):
1. Snowboarding: it's probably the only thing I really love about winter.
2. Crocheted headbands, beanies, and scarves. I think they are adorable! My friend's Megan and Chelsea have amazing etsy shops, you should click on their names and check them out! Megan made the most adorable beanies for baby boy and Chelsea made me the cutest scarf for my birthday, I've already worn it twice!
3. Christmas lights: this is one of the things that Rexburg does right. I love driving down Main Street and seeing all the lights lit up on the trees, the Courthouse all lit up, and the lights that people put up on their houses, especially the red and gold ones!
4. Stephen's Gourment hot chocolate. Try the mint chocolate truffle, it's divine :)

Hmm... so now it's my turn to tag 4 people! I vote:
1. Jennifer Lake
2. Leslie McCabe
3. Lindsay Rondo
4. Rachelle Packard

I know you ladies don't have a whole lot of spare time with kiddies and pregnancies and husbands, but I'd sure like to read about you!

Christmas tree oh Christmas tree.

When we got back from California for Thanksgiving I was desperate to put up some of our Christmas decorations, which is something new for me. We put up our Christmas tree and a few other decorations up, I'm still looking for our Nativity scene though. Nixon loves the Christmas tree. He likes to sit underneath it and curl up on Santa bag. Our tree topper and orange ornament are from our first Christmas spent in Mexico. We have three little angels we bought in Venice during our second married Christmas. And this year we'll be buying a pretty little ornament from Bermuda! I can't wait for our trip and to be with my whole family for Christmas, it's been five years since we've all spent a Christmas together! I just wish Caiden were going to be here for his first Christmas. According to webmd.com I'm in my third trimester! He's healthy and strong and kicking more than ever! I guess I can wait 3 more months to hold our little boy, but only because it's for his own good.

The last picture I think is so funny.. this is what Nixon does when he's upset, in trouble, or when I'm blowdrying my hair. His little bum just pokes out from under the bed.

25 years and only getting better!

If you were to ask me what is the single thing I love more than anything in the world I would answer without hesitation: Miles. He is the best part in my life. I love waking up next to him each morning, falling asleep cuddling at nights. I love laughing with him, dancing in the kitchen while cooking with him, taking Nixon to the park with him, spending every Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, birthday with him. In the interest of saving you from reading a novel, let me just say that I could spend every waking minute of the rest of my life with Miles and never get bored and love every moment of it. And ever since I first felt a little piece of Miles wiggling and growing inside of me, I've loved him even more. So on his birthday, I'd like to say a huge thank you to his parents for bringing him into this world. It's the greatest gift I've ever received.

How could you not love this guy?

Thanksgiving in Modesto

Miles and I were very excited to escape Rexburg for a week and head to Modesto, CA to stay with his family for Thanksgiving. We had so much fun! We took a trip in to San Francisco, had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner (thanks Cindy!) went out to eat a few times with his family, got a new video camera on Black Friday in preparation for the arrival of baby boy Caiden, went to the mall with the fam (I bought my first pair of maternity jeans because they were so cheap.. I actually like them too!) I returned to the mall on Black Friday with Maddie and Halie (it was a mad house!) and we spent some time just relaxing. We attempted to take some maternity pictures in the orchards because I thought they were so beautiful. I'm really not showing enough to take good maternity pictures though, it was kind of disappointing. As soon as I would lay down my baby bump would disappear. We still managed to get a few. We found some cute little baby Vans at a consignment shop and I just had to head over to the skatepark to take a few pictures. Miles was happy to oblige and did a few runs. It really was the perfect week. Thank you so much Mike and Cindy for being our gracious hosts and for spoiling us (and Caiden). The week felt entirely too short and we were not excited to leave. We're so sad we missed Miles' mom and Todd during the holiday, but Sue was busy in Colorado helping to take care of the Schillers and our new beautiful niece, Bentley, so I guess that's a good excuse :) 

 Miles is modeling the most yummy delicious mini donuts in the world located at Pier 39. I crave them constantly. Every time we go in to SF we get the donuts, usually in the big embarrassing bucket. We limited our intake of these delicious babies due to the holidays and the fact that we had been eating treats non-stop. But oh they are heavenly. I wish I had some right now!

 I'm sorry, but how adorable are those baby vans? Moreover, how adorable is Caiden going to look sporting those bad boys? I've been watching baby Vans on eBay for a few weeks prior to this purchase but even on eBay they were pricey. We walk in to a consignment shop in Modesto and nabbed these for $5! I was thrilled.. I'm still on the search for some baby Van Authentics, in case any one wants to buy me a Christmas/birthday present.. those would be appreciated.

 See, basically no belly bump to be found in the above picture.. I was sad it disappeared because this picture was so much better in my head.. oh well!

My hub-a-lub is so handsome! I didn't even mean to take this great picture of him, I was setting up the self-timer for the above pictures of the two of us and needed a body to focus the camera on, but I guess when you're as good looking as he is, you can't really take a bad picture. And to the right is the Heidorn family. We love them dearly! 2.5 generations of Heidorn men in this picture. I can't wait to get one of Mike, Miles, and Caiden all together! I can't believe I'm already 25 weeks along! If every thing goes as planned baby boy should be here in 15 weeks. I can't wait to meet our little man. 

Happy but Complaining?

I miss my old body today. I keep finding the cutest tops for sale online.. but I can't really buy any thing because I have no idea if it's actually going to fit, and if it does, it isn't going to fit the way I want, the way I picture it in my head on my old, not pregnant body. I also miss my 6 months ago body because sleeping has become a chore. Bedtime used to be my favorite time of the day. Miles and I would cuddle and talk about our day, laugh, wrestle, give back rubs, and spend quality pillow time together and now when I lug my big ole body in to bed I cannot get comfortable. Every thing aches. I certainly can't wrestle, I have to sit up to get my back rub instead of laying on my tummy, cuddling gets hard because I can only get semi comfortable in one position to fall asleep and it just isn't cuddly. I love my little wiggle worm boy so much, but I constantly have to reprimand him for playing soccer with my bladder. It's the weirdest feeling that makes my body twinge and it makes me feel like I have to pee when I don't. It's his new thing.. he must love to do it because he does it all the time. But I keep telling myself be grateful you can feel him moving, even if it makes you uncomfortable because moving means living and growing. Speaking of growing.. I swear at 19 weeks my belly popped out and has not stopped growing since! My clothes are starting to shrink.. which I guess means shopping? Why am I not excited at the prospect of new clothes? I'm already becoming a mom.. I just want to spend the money on cute baby shoes and clothes. Baby clothes are so much cuter than maternity clothes, although I'm steering clear of maternity clothes like the flu for now. They're not so cute and they're kinda pricey. I've just been buying shirts a size bigger than normal and make sure they're longer shirts that I can continue to grow in to.

Enough complaining, because honestly I love this little baby and I'm happy to endure the sleepless nights, the tight clothes, the body aches, and three months more of no cuddling. Did I just say that? Happy to endure sleepless nights?

How cute are these little shoes? I just bought them for $0.99 on eBay for baby Caiden! Anything cute enough to fit in these little shoes has to be worth enduring sleepless nights.

PS. Baby Bentley was born this morning! She's beautiful and perfect. I can't wait to hug her tight. Samantha Schiller is my hero!

i heart family day.

Last week we had family day! We spent the entire day doing one thing that each member of our family wanted to do. For Nixon we went to the skatepark (which Miles also enjoyed). Nixon loves skateboards. Every time he hears someone on a skateboard he wants to go play. He'll chase them and follow them. Nixon followed Miles around the skatepark for like 20 minutes, he even dropped in to the bowls. I started jogging around the skatepark and got Nixon to run up the transition. He had a lot of fun. Afterwards we were tired and hungry! We went to Great Harvest for lunch. Afterwards it was my turn. I wanted to craft. So Miles and I made some "little shirts" (Miles says "onesie" is too girly so he will only refer to them as little shirts). It was a lot of fun to craft with my hubs. I made the first two, the jungle animals and the giraffe skateboarding. Miles made baby boy the Habitat shirt and the LRG shirt. Miles was surprised at how much fun he had, and how simple they were to make. He wants to buy a few plain white shirts and make some for himself. After we were done crafting it was Miles turn to choose an activity. We went to Fat Cats for their Thursday deal where you can bowl and see a movie for $6 each.  That's a dang good deal. No pictures of videos.. forgot to grab the camera! We bowled with our friends and then saw Easy A. It was hilarious, a bit dirty, but hilarious. We rounded out the night with some root beer floats at home. It was a really fun family day and something that we plan to continue to do. Of course it might take a while for baby boy to take his pick anything other than nap time, but hey, naps are nice! 

Oh and PS we think we picked a name for sweet baby boy.. Caiden August Heidorn. Thoughts?

 

ABC's and Skateboards.

I've been feeling the need to "nest" recently, but I don't really want to spend much money. So instead, I have focused my attention on artwork for baby boy's room. I've made a few illustrations that I'm going to get printed, matted, and framed. It's been free so far! I have nice, big frames and the mattes from my BFA show last winter that have been sitting in the basement waiting to be reused. Miles is going to spray paint them white for me! So all in all, baby boy's artwork shouldn't cost more than $10! I'm very excited and to top it off, it's my own artwork! The pictures are how they'll look matted if you can see the white border. The first two are pretty obvious, the alphabet and I am a Child of God. But the last one are from pictures I've taken of Miles at the skatepark that I turned in to silhouettes. The colors in the pictures are the 6 colors we're going to be using in baby boy's nursery, and it's skateboard themed. We're making wall shelves out of blank skateboard decks, I'm going to screen print pillows and lamp shades, and my sister Jen is designing a Vans/skateboard quilt for baby boy's crib! Speaking of Vans, I bought baby boy a pair of red authentics in infant size. ADORABLE. I love them. 

Baby Bumps

Being a photographer, and having the incessant need to document every moment of my life since age 14, you'd think I'd be better about documenting the progress of my baby growth. But I guess I love being behind the camera, not in front. So basically these are the only baby bump pictures I have. A lot of progress from 16 to 19 weeks huh? I swear I double in size every day! I am now 22 weeks and no longer just look fat, I'm starting to actually look pregnant! It's pretty exciting. I have exactly 3 Sunday dresses that fit me, none of my skirts fit. I still haven't broken down and purchased and maternity clothes though. I'm belly-band'ing it up and still wearing my own jeans. I'm hoping that will last a long time. I dread buying maternity jeans. Forever21 used to have a few pairs for like $13 but they have vanished from their website. I can't bring myself to spend a bunch of money on clothes that I will only wear for the next 3 months. So instead I've been buying long plain colored shirts to go under cardigans I already own. The longer the better because there's room to grow! And that way I can continue to wear them all after March. I have had to retire a few of my favorite button up shirts because they can't quite stay buttoned in the tummy region. 

I love this little boy so so much. Miles felt him kick for the first time. He wasn't really sure if he felt the baby or not, he said it felt like a gas bubble moving. I told him that was our little boy! He was so excited to finally be able to feel the baby. I've even started to see his kicks from the outside of my tummy. Not feel, actually see them. It's so crazy. Something funny I've noticed is that when Nixon sits on my lap and his elbow or face is on my tummy, baby boy moves to wear Nixon is sitting.. they're going to be good pals! Baby boy already loves Nixon. I just hope Nixon feels the same way! He's such a spoiled little puppy, it's going to take some adjusting! I can't believe I'm already 6 months pregnant. Our baby is almost 8 inches long, about the size of a papaya, and weights about 12.5 ounces! Only 125 more days! I can hardly wait to see him (did you hear that baby boy, hardly wait.. meaning keep on slow roasting in there so you'll be healthy!) They say that baby boy has settled in to a sleep pattern by now, which I'm crossing my fingers is true because he's active all day and let's me sleep all night! I hope that continues post delivery! Wouldn't that be nice? Still no names picked out for baby boy, we're taking suggestions! 

Babyfit.com keeping me fit!

My sister, Jen, told me about this website, babyfit.com, where you can go to log the foods you eat during the day to track what you're eating. When I was in a Fit for Life class we did the same thing, but this website is geared towards pregnant women! I only started using it a few days ago, but it's amazing, and it keeps me eating healthy, which is good for baby boy! It tells me how many calories I'm consuming, how much iron, folate (folic acid), calcium, and protein I'm getting from the foods I eat and what the goal range is. Every time I go to grab a snack I think, "oh man I have to plug this in" and I'll swap junk food for a fruit, yogurt, or vegetable instead. I'm sure baby boy is loving all the goodies he's getting in the form of healthy vitamins and minerals. All my pregnant friends: you definitely need to check it out! Go to the website I linked and sign up! I feel much more responsible about what I eat knowing I'm going to input it to the website. Because like the website says, "Healthy babies start with healthy moms!"

New Clothes for Baby Boy!

A few days ago I was browsing baby clothes online (because that is all I do now) and came across this really cute screen printed onesie of a VW bus and instantly thought of our friends Drew and Megan. So I sent her the link, but the onesie was like $15... not worth it for one little onesie right? So I googled and found out how to do a knock off version of screen printing at home. It's really cheap, pretty easy, and kind of addicting. Last night Megan and I set out to give it a try and they came out so cute! Now I can't stop thinking of patterns and designing them in Illustrator.. I just want to keep going! We're thinking we'll try t-shirts of our own next. Here's our final results:

These are the ones I made. How cute is baby boy going to be rocking his vans shirt with the red vans I'm dead set on buying for him. They're kinda pricey for baby shoes though, but oh so cute!

Shirts for twins? Megan's shirts came out so so cute! I love them! Now they just need some Hollenback babies to fill them with :)

Baby Boy!

Last Tuesday (the 19th) we found out that the stork is bringing us a baby boy! Miles was absolutely convinced we were having a girl, I honestly didn't have a premonition either way. We agreed that all that mattered was that the baby is healthy and growing. We were both so excited to see that third little leg poking up, especially Miles. What father doesn't dream of having a son? Baby boy is in the 22 percentile for length, so he's a little bit small. He weighed approximately 9oz last week, and is healthy and growing! A small baby will be nice when it comes to delivery time! This pregnancy feels so much more real now that we know what we're having. That and I seemed to have poked out over night at 20 weeks, so I'm starting to actually look pregnant! 

We kept it a secret from my parents, we told them our ultrasound was actually scheduled for tomorrow. We flew out to Connecticut this last Thursday for my sister's wedding open house/reception and wanted to surprise them when we got off the plane. My mom's birthday was on the 9th so we baked her some blue/green cupcakes and wrote a little note on top saying:

"These aren't just to celebrate

The birthday of a mom who's great

But also a way to spread the joy

That baby Heidorn is a boy!"

And we put one of the ultrasound pictures in that showed that he is in fact a boy. It took my mom about 10 minutes to remember (with some prompting) to read her card because she was so excited to see us. I was going crazy waiting so finally Miles kind of hinted. 

We're so excited to welcome baby boy in to our home. Any name suggestions? We can't agree on a name.. I'll post pictures of my new found baby belly and some of the ultrasound when I have a chance to scan them.

Golfing

When Miles and I first got married there were so many things we both loved to do, and we got to do them together. But we also had a lot of individual hobbies. So we decided that once a month we would take turns teaching each other how to do something we loved. Miles loves to play golf. I've played a few times with my dad but I wasn't all that great at it, got frustrated, and gave up. We bought Miles some new golf clubs this summer as one of his incentives, so recently, when it was his turn to teach me something he likes, he wanted to take me golfing. The first few holes I was really nervous. Even after 2 years of marriage, I still want to impress my husband. I like him to think I'm good at every thing. When I finally started to get the hang of it we were on the 8th hole, but I hit par on both holes 8 and 9. Miles was really impressed! I ended up having a lot of fun. I had an audience on the 8th hole, some cart full of guys pulled up next to us just to watch me swing. I said a little prayer that I wouldn't embarrass myself, and had my best drive of the morning. Prayers are answered! I love when Miles shares something he loves with me.