Me and My Boy.

The 4 & 5 year old primary kids I teach at church asked me on Sunday if I was a mom. I told them I would be, pretty soon and now that I think about it... pretty soon is right! In about 14 weeks! I can't believe how quickly time is flying. It's crazy. I have moments where I panic and wonder if this is really happening. Most of the time I am in pure amazement at this little guy inside of me and I can't wait to meet him. He wakes me up at 4am every day with lots of kickboxing moves. I have a feeling he's going to be a feisty one...

Cur and I still haven't settled on a name for him. We have a few we like but none that are IT. I had a nightmare recently that he was a few weeks old and we still hadn't named him. Our friends and family were giving us the hardest time about it acting like we were the worst parents ever. I woke up in a panic. I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually! And if we don't... be nice to us, okay? I don't want to relive that dream. :)

Today my mom and I drove up the canyon (about 10 minutes from our house) and into the snow. I wanted to document this belly of mine and although we thought it might be raining since it was raining in Provo, turned out it was dumping snow. We had a lot of good laughs trying to wade through it. We kept sinking in up to our knees! Next I'll have to wrangle Curtis into some pics against his will... Anyway, here I am at 26 weeks.









And here's my mama. Isn't she cute? Way too young to be a grandma! She's the best mom ever and I know she'll be an amazing grandmother. I can't wait to see her with our little baby boy.



Lastly, an update on our natural childbirth plans: we start a hypnobirthing class next Saturday! Curtis is soooooo excited. :) We'll let you know how it goes. Also, I'll be posting soon for some advice on things like reuseable diapers, infant/car seats, and other miscellaneous baby gear so get ready to comment your hearts out. I need help!

Identical Twins

No, we're not having twins. Even better.

Are there any differences between these two pictures below?

AND....

If you said "NO", you are correct!

If you said "Yes", then I'll give you another try to redeem yourself. Are there any discrepancies between this picture....

And this one....???

NO THERE IS NOT!!!

That's because I just got some new Steve Nash MVP basketball shoes today and I'm a whole new baller!

It was high time I got a new pair. You can see the matching holes in the soles.

With hops like these, I'm pretty sure I can dunk now.

Winter Wonderland

Here's a good view of my weekend. Snow, snow, and more snow. Cur went camping with the Young Men in our ward over Friday night (he'll have to post about that later) and I spent the evening hanging out with my cousins, Ashley & Megan. By the time I left my mom's house at midnight, Provo was blanketed in snow. I made it home without crashing into something on the icy roads (barely) thanks to heartfelt prayers and lucky maneuvering. I hate driving in the snow. It. Is. The. Worst. On the other hand, I have grown to love it in some ways. It's so peaceful the way it blankets everything.

I took these pics outside our place.

One more thing for tonight...

A friend posted this on her blog and I love it.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741

Thanks for sharing, Krista.

Halfway There and Counting!

I'm 22 weeks tomorrow and I'm getting bigger by the second! But first things first, check out our little boy curbug. Isn't he the cutest thing ever?!!! These pics are from my 20 week ultrasound. Cur had class so my mom came with me to the appointment. She kept saying "my ultrasound was nothing like this!" It really is amazing what technology can do. I got to see the 4 chambers of this little guy's heart, check out the cerebellum in his brain, see his stomach, the length of his femur, and on and on. It was incredible.





Cur likes this one because it looks like he's smiling. A moment later he opened up and stuck his whole hand in his mouth!


The money shot. Definitely a boy!


There it is! There's no mistaking it. I. Am. Pregnant. Seriously. I have to tell myself sometimes that this is really happening. It seems like time has flown by so quickly! This baby is going to be here in no time and I'm feeling a bit unprepared at the moment (although, can you really be fully prepared for something like this?!).

So, I've decided I'm going to do this birth all natural. I'm going to deliver in a hospital and everything, so nobody panic, but I don't want an epidural or pitocin or anything. I know some of you may think I'm off my rocker but for those of you that are behind me, or have experience with natural childbirth, how did you do it? I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about it. I've looked into hypnobirthing (sounds much weirder than it is), the bradley method, and I'm also thinking about asking my neighbor, a yogi & meditation extraordinaire to give me some private lessons on meditation and pain management. Obviously I have to pick a method pretty quickly so I can start practicing but I'm curious to hear what you have to say on the matter. I also need to figure out how I'm going to get Cur in on it since I will need his support more than anyone else's (one reason I like the idea of a class so we can learn about labor and pain management together). Any thoughts?

Oh and here's a belly shot from today:

Best of 2009

Cbug and I had a great time over Christmas break in Arizona, however, both of us came home sick! So while Cbug is resting up I got thinking about how great 2009 has been for us. Here's a review of some of our best pictures and fun over the past year.

We had a Heyman Sunday dinner at our place. Cousin Matt and Brooke with cousin Aaron and Naida along with Sam and Alli.


Ryan and Savannah came out of the woodworks to say "hi".


I spend 75% of my life of 2009 in the Tanner Building. It is fitting dark clouds are looming above.

Taylor and McGuiver come for lacrosse camp. We do guy things....

....like go to a demolition derby!

Cbug eats it up!

We hit the slopes (and I remember how fun snowboarding is)!

We honeymoon in Playa del Carmen, Mexico during the Swine Flu outbreak.

We have a BLAST snorkeling and enjoying the beautiful water scenery.

Our hotel view:

We scooter around the island of Cozumel:

Halloween with our MBA buddies:

We move into my parents' condo:

We get the cutest niece ever, Macy Paige Heyman.

We go to Loa, UT to fish with Uncle Merrill.

The Heyman's do Hawaii!

People get crazy and jump out of a plane, including my MOM!

We go fishing and almost everyone gets seasick!

A jellybean shows up in Candace's belly!

Chelsea comes for a summer time visit. Her and Cbug get married in the SLC temple!


They hit the trails.

Cbug and I go camping with Easton. Get out the JiffyPop.

Dad and I go fishing on July 4th:

We camp with Candace's Uncle Brian and Aunt Jenn.


I find a flat, shady spot and help myself to a nap.

Brian and I discover Fisherman's Paradise.

Bubby gets engaged to her fresman crush, Sam:

Their August marriage gets the family together:

Cbug and I ride the motorpickle around all summer long:

We had such a great year and we hope you did, too. Here's to 2010!