Baby Nielsen

Yup, we've got a baby on the way. I'm pretty sure everyone who knows us, knows this news by now since we made it "Facebook official" already, but I figured it's still worthy of a blog post announcement...

As of now, my due date is September 12th. I'm currently in my 11th week. I've been going crazy because I STILL haven't had my first appointment. I got a Dr. recommendation from my neighbor, and a friend who just had a baby told me that in Utah I probably won't get an appointment until later in my 1st trimester. Sure enough, I call for the appointment and they said to come in between 10-12 weeks and the Dr. was BOOKED until my 12th week. (I'm hoping that just means he's a really good doctor and I'll love him...).

Sam likes to tease me and asks daily if I'm even really pregnant. He said that if the doctor can't confirm my "thoughts" then I have a lot of explaining to do. Mainly it's because he sees me taking pictures like this:

I know, no bump yet. That was at 7 weeks. Here's 10 weeks:

One day I'll have physical proof. I've had plenty of nausea, exhaustion and increased appetite to prove I'm in baby making mode though. I thought I was getting out of the "morning sickness" phase (which is really all day, or random time sickness) since I was feeling better last week and this week, but then the last two days were no bueno, so we'll see... I am grateful I don't have it as bad as some other girls do when they're pregnant, so I try to remember to think on the positive side!

Sammy and I are so excited for this coming addition to the family. Everyone asks if we want a boy or girl, we honestly are excited either way and are just praying for a healthy baby! I love hearing Sam talk about the baby or being a dad, that alone makes me excited.

I think being pregnant will now give me more motivation to blog again so I can write down and remember things along the way since I don't keep a journal. Here's to hoping :)

Elder Heyman

We already have a President Heyman and Sister Heyman representing the church as full-time missionaries, why not add an Elder Heyman?

My little bro, Taylor, received a mission call two weeks ago. I know the whole family was anxious for him to get his call and open it, I cannot image how he felt! Taylor is currently a freshman at BYU so Sam and I were able to be in attendance for the opening of his call.

Taylor's call came in the mail late on a Wednesday afternoon so he had a time scheduled for everyone to be together for the big "opening". The plan was to have my parents, Curtis and Candace, Chris and Jenny, and Tim and Jen all on ichat so they could witness the excitement. Unfortunately, there were some wifi issues and we spent a lot of time waiting like this....

There was a storm in Resistencia that night so my parent's internet had been going in and out all evening. Once we had them on, we ended up just calling siblings so they could at least hear it all. The family gathering:

Taylor had quite the crowd in-person too:

And then he read aloud the anxiously awaited words... Chile Concepcion Mission!

He will be speaking Spanish and reports to the MTC at the end of June! Everyone was so happy and proud.

Congrats Scooter!