The last week & a half have been quite interesting here in the Heygood household.  For a few hours last week, my blood pressure dropped & I felt like I was going to pass out.  Then as soon as that resolved, I got some sharp abdominal pains that I hadn’t had before.  Consulting my favorite […]

My dad came back up last week (at this point, poor Dad has probably spent more time up here in the last five months than he has away from here!), & we took Joshua to the Tacoma Children’s Museum to celebrate my birthday.  The highlight of the day for Josh was that we parked near […]

Joshua had his semi-annual cardiology visit last week & got a clean bill of health.  Right up to the point when it was his turn at the clinic, he was actually looking forward to seeing Dr. Puntel, his cardiologist.  He was even excited in the morning, but when the nurse called his name to go […]

It’s hard to believe it’s almost 2010!  We had a great Christmas & I look forward to all the great things to happen next year.  We went to a couple of holiday parties for Erick’s work (Mom was able to babysit Joshua for one of them while we went so we could actually have some […]

Today was our fetal echocardiogram & we were sooo relieved to find out that there does not appear to be anything structurally wrong with Tiny’s heart!!!  Dr. Puntel (Joshua’s awesome cardiologist & one of Erick’s attendings) agreed to perform the echo, which is usually just done by the ultrasound techs & radiologists, with cardiology reviewing […]

We had a nice Thanksgiving with family for the first time in many years.  Erick even had a four day weekend!  The three of us went to my aunt & uncle’s home where we had an almost-complete family reunion.  With my small family, it was still a small affair—only 11 people (not including Tiny)—but there […]

We had our big anatomy ultrasound this morning.  The ultrasound tech did an extensive scan & from all she & the doctor could tell, the baby is completely healthy—yeah!!!  And it’s a boy.  This active little guy already loves to show off his boy parts, just like his big brother does now.   From […]

If you ask Joshua about his Halloween costume, he won’t just tell you he was Mickey Mouse—he’ll say that he was “the cutest Mickey Mouse ever.”  And he was!  Rather than buying a pre-made costume, my mom helped me come up with the perfect Mickey outfit for our little guy.  The biggest challenge was trying […]

If all goes as planned, Joshua is going to finally be a big brother in April!!!  Yes, I am 11 weeks pregnant.  Yeah!  When Joshua & I were down in Oregon, I felt really sick but I just attributed that to a stomach bug that’s been going around.  Apparently that wasn’t quite it.  When I […]

Joshua & I went to Oregon for a long weekend with the excuse of going to the Oregon State Fair.  I used to go to the fair every year for as long as I can remember but haven’t been at ‘home’ at the end of summer since before starting my senior year of high school.  […]