Baby shower

Baby shower

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Here we are:

pictures with my cousin Sara and her husband Ty in Knoxville.

Sharice's baby shower.

Grandma and Grandpa Heaton, Jake and Nicole, Jon and Janice and company.

Family Trip

Hi all. We stayed at my cousin Sara's house in Knoxville Friday night and flew to Las Vegas Saturday morning. Then we rented a car and drove to see Grandma and Grandpa Heaton in Colorado City. That night, Shelly and her mom went out to Sharice's baby shower. Tonight, we are enjoying a visit from Jake and Nicole's bunch and Jon and Janice with their little Kaylee. Many pictures included.
It was a long trip, but the kids did really well. Jeffrey is kind of not feeling well, but hopefully he'll bounce back. Ben couldn't be happier running around after his Grandpa. It has already been worth the trip to see all the fun they are having.
I'm very grateful to be out of school and over my horrible stomach bug. Sorry Mom, but I only weighed 137 lbs on Friday (with clothes and shoes on!). I need to put some weight back on.
I can't believe how much got thrown at me this past month, right at the end when I was trying to study for finals. I started making a list of it all, including the two people I helped move, the trip to the ER with Ben for his croup attack, the two weeks in a row of being up with sick kids and being sick myself all night, etc. But despite the trials, we have made it through. I know that the Lord continues to bless us. Right now, I feel like we are enjoying a few moments of well-earned relaxation.
Will continue to update on the trip.
Love, Brian.

CONGRATULATIONS PARKERS!

Introducing Kadyn Robert Parker born Tuesday, May 20, 2008. 7 lbs 7 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long. The Parker's are good friends of ours and we'd like to congratulate them on their new arrival.

Another Monday Night at the Nyberg's

We had a fun night tonight. Brian took the boys for a walk while I watched the rest of one of my Netflix movies. After the walk, we had the missionaries over for some left over cake (missionaries are the best to pawn cake off on!). They helped us with a family home evening lesson about missionary work. Ben insisted that we have the lesson on the floor. Last but not least, Jeffrey found his rhythm! (as shown in the video) Things are progressing in the basement, the framing is completely finished, we have a bathtub down there and the electric work will hopefully be done before we leave for our trip, yay! Pictures of it will be soon to come.

Jeffrey's Happy Dance! Beat this cousin Isaac!!!! :)

Daddy and Jeffrey having a good wrestle.

Brian and Ben with the missionaries (Elder Cox and Elder Arbizu)

JEFFREY TURNS 1!!!!!!

It's official, my baby is no longer a baby. Poor Jeffrey was so miserable and sick on his birthday that we decided to celebrate it Saturday instead of Tuesday. Evidently he spent a lot of the day in his high chair (either that or I never have a free hand to hold the camera unless he's strapped down!). We went and got hair cuts for Brian and Jeffrey (Ben refused to get one this time) and made a cake that our neighbors helped us eat. Here are some pictures from Jeffrey's big day, enjoy!

Breakfast BEFORE the hair cut.

Jeffrey got a "big boy" hair cut for his 1st birthday.

He INSISTED that Mommy let him lick the cake mix spoon.

The cake! (decorated by Daddy)

Before mommy remembered to take his shirt off...

We didn't even have to help him get it all over his face.

Jeffrey LOVES cake!

Heart Beat!

I had my first OB appointment today and get to hear baby number three's cute little heart beat on the Doppler! It was very cute and I can't wait to see this little stinker that made me so sick!! Hopefully we will find out the gender in a little over two weeks when we head out to Utah/Arizona. We can't wait to see everyone out there.

Yes, it's true....

Okay, so this post is pretty much self explanatory. Since everyone else in my family seems to think this is an acceptable way to get "the news" out, we just thought we'd hop on that train too. Baby is due some time in November before Thanksgiving, we're not 100% sure about my dates. My first doctor's appointment will be soon, hopefully we'll know more then.

Ben hunting for Easter Eggs at the Egg Hunt activity.

Jeffrey and Baby Caitlyn from next door at the Easter Egg Hunt at the church (they're about 6 months apart).

Jeffrey sun bathing in his saucer on a beautiful day outside.

Ben's pants were just a little big on him.

Ben and Daddy watching a movie.

Jeffrey more than thrilled about getting to ride his brother's trike.

Ben playing with sticks at a playground near the temple in Columbia, SC.

Ben decided to dish the peas all by himself (notice the empty container next to the plate).

Jeffrey gets his hair cut for the first time (professionally).

Jeffrey finds Ben's apple (and he's not too sad about it!).

Ben, Ethan, and Emery have fun "driving" the Nielsen's car.

PICTURE UPDATES

Okay, so we've had a lot going on lately, March has been a pretty crazy month for us. We had a trip to Columbia, South Carolina with our friends the Robertsons to go to the temple, we had an Easter Egg hunt at the church, Brian and I went to a Carrie Underwood concert last Friday, I through a Baby Shower for our friend Karen Parker, I put together our Easter Program with our ward choir and some help from other members of our ward (I even played the flute for it!), and Jon and Janice just had their baby (congratulations!). Okay, so maybe we didn't have to do much with Janice having her baby, but that's still news. :) So here are some pictures from our crazy month of March (I don't think they call it "March Madness" just for college basketball!).

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LET SOMEONE ELSE WATCH JEFFREY

This picture is courtesy of Belinda Mathson. She just couldn't resist Jeffrey's long pretty hair. I think we'd make a pretty cute girl, don't you?

CONGRATULATIONS JERRIS AND JILL!

Okay, so I stole this picture from Jer's website, but isn't that baby precious?! Elisabeth May Heaton born at 11:24 am 7 lbs 7 oz 19 1/2 inches long.

BRIAN THE THESPIAN

The Good, the bad, and the ugly, you pick which is which. :) Anyway, Brian participated in a really funny skit for our ward "Leap Year Lip Sinc." For once he played the bad guy! It was too funny, I didn't hardly recognize him, and neither did Ben!

New photos, New Camera

I LOVE the new camera that Shelly got for us. The pictures are beautiful and I can be artistic with the manual focus. These ones are some of our recent favorites, hot off the press.

Don't say we never take pictures anymore!

We love you all.

-Brian

Jeffrey Wakes Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed

He's really quite pleasant once you get him oriented!

New Years Wedding

I was privileged enough to be the "matron" of honor at the wedding of Trent and Karen Parker on New Years Eve. Brian and I sang "God Blessed the Broken Road" for it too. We had a really great time and Karen was kind enough to share these pictures from it with me, and so I pass them along to you. Just a side note, Ben decided that he needed to take a drink out of EVERY ONE'S glasses when the new year hit, and this includes Trent's dad of whom he had only met that day. Too funny. -Shelly-

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Family Picture Time!

It's been quite some time since we updated our blog. It is mostly because Brian dropped our digital camera while dancing the night away at the "Cadaver Ball" in October. We had our first "official" family photo taken today at Sears and thought we'd share with everyone. It was quite the experience! We almost left without getting an individual picture of Benjamin because he decided to throw a neary two year old boy tantrum, but mommy saved the day by making him laugh enough to sit on the rocking horse. Well worth it! We miss everyone and hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

Shelly

Benjamin rides a bike......

Well, it's not your traditional bike, but Benjamin LOVES to ride (pretend to ride) his Daddy's bike.

What we've been up to since our trip

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Hi Family,

We have been very busy since we came back from visiting with many of you "out West". But we needed to get these pictures out there so that you have a chance to get prints if you'd like. Please know that we love you and think of you all the time. A special thanks to all of you who let us stay with you while we were out there. Enjoy the pictures. Both Shelly and I are on the verge of starting school again. I start my medical school orientation tomorrow and have my first official day of class July 30th. Shelly starts at East Tennessee State University in August. We are obvioiusly going to be very busy, but will continue to do our best updating you and at least sharing our two little boys with you. Again, we love and miss you.

Sincerely, Brian.