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.

Our Human Doggy

Miles and I tried to teach Nixon to walk like a human boy.. I thought it was so funny. He seemed to be catching on, not so much without the blanket though. Now if only he could go to the bathroom on the toilet and make me snacks, do the laundry, and make the bed!

Pregnancy

There are a lot of things about pregnancy that I have not enjoyed. I'd say about 98% of it. I didn't enjoy my first trimester, at all. I haven't enjoyed the nausea, the acid reflux, the tummy aches, the breakouts, the mood swings, the crying, how quickly I get offended, or upset, or angry. I'm starting to get a little preggo pouch, I don't so much enjoy that. I look fat, not pregnant. Please let me hurry through this stage. I haven't enjoyed my pants getting tighter, the thought of buying expensive maternity clothes, watching our bank account slowly deplete with doctors visits, blood tests, and sonograms. The list could honestly go on an on.

The last 18 weeks have been a whirlwind of emotions. I've been elated, jumping up and down looking at the pregnancy test. I've been nervous, scared about how my life will change, my marriage will change, and my body will change. I've been terrified. I know that people say that pregnancy is the most natural thing you can do, but looking at the size of a week and a half old baby's head in Relief Society yesterday and knowing that has to come out of me, doesn't seem natural. Seems quite unnatural actually. It terrifies me.

But on September 10th I felt our little baby move for the first time. That is the single most amazing and weird feeling I have ever felt. It is the only part of pregnancy I have loved, and I love it. It's gotten so much more regular these last few weeks, I feel the baby moving every day. And each time I feel this baby move, I'm reminded that I will never be closer to heaven than when I'm carrying a piece of it inside me. What an amazing privilege it is to hold a piece of heaven. I feel so close to Heavenly Father as I feel our little baby move.  I swear last night I felt it on the outside with my hand. I excitedly woke Miles up (he wasn't so excited about the being woken up part) and of course, just as I put his hand on my tummy the baby stops moving. I'm so excited for Miles to be able to feel the baby move for the first time. He loves this baby so much. He kisses my tummy every time he comes home, he talks to the baby even though it won't be able to start hearing noises for another 2 weeks, he doesn't care. He wants our baby to know he loves it. He rubs my tummy every night while we say prayers. He told me the other night how jealous he is that I get to experience our baby right now and he wishes he could be a part of it. He is going to be an amazing dad. What a lucky momma I'm going to be to have a husband that will love our baby and support me.

Salsa

I got in touch with my inner Mexican this afternoon and attempted homemade salsa. I'm not going to lie to you, it is delicious. I have been craving chips and salsa for the last 2 days and the only salsa I've ever really liked is either homemade of from On the Border. So I set out to make my own.. I kind was just kind of winging it and hoping it would turn out.. but here's my recipe (I think, like I said, winging it)

- 3 large roma tomatoes
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1/2 of a large onion
- handful of fresh cilanto leaves
- 1 jalapeno pepper, remove the seeds
- 3 medium cloves garlic
- dash of sugar
- dash of salt (to taste)
- dash of cayenne pepper
- juice from 1 1/2 large limes

I threw all the ingredients in my awesome food processor, chopped it up and VOILA awesome homemade salsa. It was actually really easy, and a bit cheaper than I expected. It makes probably 3 or 4 times as much as you get in a salsa jar at the grocery store and all the ingredients only cost about $6 (in the great state of Idaho).  Next time I make salsa I'll probably do half a jalapeno pepper and probably no cayenne pepper, because I'm the type of salsa eater that prefers mild and I would say I produced medium.

16 weeks (& 2 days)

I had my 16 week appointment today. Baby Heidorn is healthy and has a fast and strong heartbeat. I love hearing that sound! I actually haven't gained any weight, which is probably why I don't have much of a baby bump showing. Miles and I can both see a little bump forming, but it's hardly there. I've been putting off taking pictures for a while until I started to show, but at 16 weeks I felt it was time to document my pregnancy. Here are some pictures, ENJOY!