Holland William Hommes

Holland William Hommes came to us on September 21st. He came 9 days early and we are glad he did. Below is the story.

3:15am - I woke up with intense contractions and started timing them.

3:45am - My contractions were 5 minutes apart, so I woke up Curt. Together we continued to track the contractions for the next hour.

4:45am - Curt makes fun of me because I want to make the bed before we go to the hospital. He said it was picture worthy.

4:50am - We grab the hospital bag and drive to the hospital.

5:00am - We arrive at the hospital. Since I was dilated to a 6 they said we were there to stay.

6:00am - In pain but was able to handle it. I was now a 7 and headed into transition.

7:15am - After pushing and pushing, finally Holland was born.

The happy parents.

7 lbs. 8 oz. - 20 inches long.

Proud Daddy

Exhausted but happy Mommy

Cute Holland

We are so happy Holland is here and that he is healthy. This was an amazing experience. Birth was extremely painful, but I am glad I was able to do it naturally. I feel like I had a good labor and am very grateful. We still can't believe our little boy is here and so cute!

More pictures of Holland to come soon...

Maternity Photo Shoot

About 2 weeks ago my sister-in-law Destiny took some maternity pictures for me. I love how they turned out. It was a lot of fun and nice to take time to enjoy being pregnant. See lots of pictures below.

Baby Shower

Last month I had a baby shower and it was absolutely perfect! My family made sure it was exactly what I wanted, and I am so thankful to all of them. I had been looking forward to my baby shower since I found out I was pregnant. Lots of pictures were taken to capture this momentous occasion.

Curt really helped out a lot to get everything ready. I don't know what I would do without him.

Thank you to everyone who was able to come! It meant so much to me.

A Minor Problem

So, we have a problem. We can't seem to stop buying stuff for the baby. We would much rather buy him something then us something. Since Curt and I are big planners, we have had the nursery finished for a while and lots of baby needs purchased. Therefore, now we just see cute things here and there and want to buy them.

Oh, and for some reason Curt and I really like giraffes. We saw these cute pajamas, towel, and stuffed giraffe toy and had to get them.


Then Curt saw this cute soccer ball toy and couldn't not buy it.


Then Borders is going out of business so everything is on sale, so I had to get some books.


Then we found this cute stuffed giraffe that is a music box too, and had to have it.


Needless to say, this boy is already spoiled.

We are so excited for him to come. Only 6 more weeks! Crazy!

Dinner Party

Back in July, Curt and I were invited to a little dinner party with some friends in our community. I finally got some pictures so I could blog about it. The pictures don't show how pretty it all was. We wanted it to be a nice dinner, so we had real table cloths, real plates and silverware, real flowers on the table, and white lights hanging above the tables. Me and a few of the girls stayed up late cutting out the tissue balls to hang from the lights to give it a finished look. There was lots of good food, delicious mocktails, and fun games.




Curt and I had a great time and love that we have such amazing neighbors. Me and the girls are hoping to have another dinner party in the near future. We will see if the guys will go for it again. :)

My Pie

Last week my ward had a relief society activity and we learned how to make homemade pies. I had never done it before and was a little nervous. I came home and cooked it so Curt could try it. I obviously couldn't eat it, but Curt said it was really good. I was very proud of my pie making skills.

Curt enjoying his apple pie :)

I haven't done an updated pregnancy picture in a while, so here I am at 28 weeks.

Happy Birthday Curt!

Today is Curt's birthday and he is now 27 years old. Usually I like to go all out on birthdays, but again, with Baby Hommes on the way things are already changing.

Every year Curt asks me not to do anything big and for the first time I listened to him. So I finally gave him the gift he has been wanting the last 6 years. :)

We decided to celebrate his birthday on Saturday since we both work. I thought that we could at least go shopping and get him a few things, but after going to several stores he couldn't find anything he liked or wanted. Finally, he asked if we could just get him a box of See's chocolate, so that's what he got. (An upside to that is I get to enjoy in that gift as well :) ). After shopping we went out to eat at California Pizza Kitchen and enjoyed a good meal there. I tried asking him what else we could go do or get him, but he was set on not doing anything else. Though he did request raspberries and cream for tonight, and this morning I did stop and get him some breakfast at Einstein Bagels. So pretty much he has only gotten food as his presents. I don't think he minded though.

Happy Birthday Curt! I love you!