Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Calvin and I had fun this St. Patrick's day! We met our friends Melissa and Bennett and rode the train to Discovery Gateway (the children's museum) where we played with all of the fun activities there. It was a free day at the museum and things were pretty crazy! Calvin still had a lot of fun, but we will have to try it again on a less crowded day (with coupons to get us in cheaper!) Calvin loved the train ride and hanging out with his buddy Bennett for an entire day was too cool. I think the public transportation was a treat in and of itself. We'll have to do that more often.

Its a girl!

Well, there she is! Can you tell from the picture at the bottom that we are dealing with a girl here? Its okay, I can't either, but I am taking their word for it! You can tell from the top picture that this little girl is already beating on her mom's insides! Check out that hand reaching around the placenta to try to poke my stomach. The feet are probably trying to position next to my bladder. I'll be honest, I love feeling her in there. I feel like a kicking baby is more likely to be a healthy baby and that makes me happy. Kick away kid - you've only got a few more months left to do it from inside.

Christmas - at last!

It took me awhile, but here are some shots of Christmas. Apparently we get tired of taking pictures because we take a bunch of pictures all at once and then we stop. At least this time we got some Christmas morning pictures of Calvin. We spent Christmas in California with my parents. We were all so sick before Christmas that we were afraid we wouldn't be able to come, but we were able to head out Christmas Eve and we stayed over the weekend. We left later than we should have, but we survived the weather coming home and it was a great trip. We had lots of fun and we'll be excited to see my family again soon. You'll notice all of the things that Calvin is playing with in these pics. The only thing that was actually given to him was the train set. Grandma gets the best stuff! That grabber was especially fun. Although, I must say that those curlers were certainly a hit too!

Santa? Who's that?

I love this, Calvin gets on Santa's lap and he is totally unexcited - until Mrs. Claus hands him a candy cane! Merry Christmas!

New Baby

Look - its a baby! Can't you tell? In the live ultrasound I could see movement and shape pretty well. This picture isn't as clear, but you can still see our new little baby blob. Yay! Only thirty more weeks to go! The due date is about June 21st.

Halloween: Superman!

Happy Halloween! This year Calvin went as Superman! That was my old Superman cape from when I was little and it is still awesome! Thanks mom for the cool dress up. Calvin was a great superman (does he even know who Superman is? I don't have an answer for that). He loved Trick-or-Treating and getting to hang out with Aunt Kyra was a lot of fun too = ). The picture with the doughnut mess is from our neighborhood Halloween party (sponsored by the ward). Man it was cold, but so much fun! We love Halloween around here!

Manly Apron

I have heard that Calvin was not particularly manly in all of the pictures I have of him in my aprons. Fortunately, his Nai Nai (grandma) took care of him. She gave him this very manly Lightning McQueen apron and he is loving it! Particularly when we are making chocolate cookies for the Halloween party.