Baby Name Suggestion

I'm not looking for any. :) I just wanted to share the ones Calder has come up with over the last few weeks.

Girls: Elizabeth, London, Girl Will, Holy Cross (named after the hospital we're delivering at) and my all time favorite America Worker.

Boys: Calger. Yes Calger. He wants a Calder and a Calger.

It's a good thing we don't let three year olds name babies.

Announcement

I have been meaning to announce this for a while but I wanted to catch up on blogging first. So now that I feel caught up, we have news. 

I'm due June 5 and will be 16 weeks on Tuesday! Woohoo. I'll get around to taking a belly picture soon. I know someone will ask for one. :)

Santa

 Calder got to visit Santa twice this year. The first was at the ward Christmas party. For weeks he was talking about what he wanted from Santa. The most common thing was a collection of coloring books. When it got down to the moment to tell Santa what he wanted he told him "a drum". 

Santa was wonderful. He asked if Calder had been a good boy this year. If he helped his parents and picked up his toys. It was really sweet to hear Calder give very serious answers.

The second time he got to visit Santa was at the Ellipse in DC. Every year UL provides Santa's workshop and free pictures with Santa. Calder loved visiting Santa again. This time he stuck with his answer of wanting a drum. Santa asked if he wanted anything else and Calder said "nope, that's it." Can anyone guess what Calder's getting from Santa this year? Our neighbors will be thrilled.

Thanksgiving & Grandma Kate's Visit

 Jason's mom came to play during Thanksgiving this year. It was so fun! We had we had great weather and a wonderful visit. Calder invited each of us to ride the slide with him. (We don't insist he wear a helmet at the playground but he rode his bike there and just didn't want to take it off)

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and somehow didn't manage to take any pictures of it. Jason brined and cooked the turkey. It was wonderful.

 The day after Thanksgiving we decorated the tree. Calder loved it this year. He put all his ornaments on the same branch.

 This is Calder drumming on a piece of paper with some wooden spoons. Do you think the kid could use a drum?

And some more drumming. Calder is so creative. He can use just about anything to make a drum or any sort of toy. I love it.

The Move

 This was by far the easiest move we've ever had. I started packing three weeks ahead, which is a little too early. There were long stretches where I couldn't pack any more until the move got closer. Next time I think 10 to 14 days will do. We just moved from one apartment to another apartment in the same building. Thankfully we didn't have to rent a truck or go outside at all. It took 47 minutes from start to finish to get all of our things from one apartment to another. We had wonderful help and it was so easy.

 Here's a little recap of Calder's size from every move we've had since he was born. This was June 2010 when we moved from Columbus, Ohio to Maryland.

And this is from June 2009 when we moved from Chicago to Columbus.

2011 Christmas Card

Here's the Christmas card from this year. I can't get the wording to work out right, so I'll at least get the picture up. This is from our trip to Spain.