Thanks to Aunt Nicole and Uncle Than, Amelie watched the game (vs. U of U) in True Blue fashion 🙂 Too bad we didn’t win…

Sorry it's a bit blurry!

Calder started smiling on Halloween day. We’re loving this new trick and try to get him to smile as often as possible 🙂 He is such a good baby, eating well and letting me get some sleep at night. He’s definitely a little chunkier now. He gained 1.5 pounds his first 2 weeks and I’m sure he’s gained just as much since then! Amelie is a wonderful big sister. She brings me his pacifier when he cries, rocks him when he’s in his car seat, and tries to clean him when he spits up. I even caught her burping one of her stuffed animals the other day 🙂

Cheese!

Big smiles.

He's also discovered his tongue recently 🙂

Not a smile, but pretty funny.

Just hanging out.

Happy belated Halloween, everyone! We had fun this year dressing up as Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Amelie was Goldilocks, I was Mama Bear, Bryce was Papa Bear, and Calder was, of course, Baby Bear. Amelie enjoyed the ward Trunk-or-Treat and Bryce taught her the ins and outs of trick-or-treating. Unfortunately, the party got rained out early. Saturday night, we went to another Halloween party. We’ve gone to this party (hosted by Michelle’s sister and brother-in-law) since Bryce and I were dating, so it’s become a tradition. Here are some pictures from our Halloween weekend:

Pretty little Goldilocks, ready to go trick-or-treating.

Baby Bear, cozy and warm in his winter outfit that doubles as a costume.

Papa Bear (who voted, apparently) with his cute cub.

The whole crew, homemade bear ears and all.

We couldn't resist getting a picture of Calder with his sweet cousin Hayley (she's almost exactly one month older). Especially since she was Tigger and he was in his Pooh Bear outfit 🙂

We’ve received several comments and questions about Calder’s name, so I thought I’d explain why we chose this name. One night, a couple of weeks before Calder’s due date, Bryce was looking through a baby name book and came across the name Calder (in a section about using surnames as first names). He then remembered that there was a Calder Haymond somewhere in his family tree. So, we looked in our records and, sure enough, Bryce’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was named Calder Haymond. On top of that, Calder was a family surname further back in the line. We thought the name was different enough without sounding too “out there” and liked the family link. Once we’d decided on the first name, it only took us a minute to decide on the name Allan, after my father, for his middle name.

As a funny side note, we emailed family members and had them guess what his name would be. The only clue we gave them was that it began with a “C”. We got lots of guesses and it was fun to see what people came up with. We were shocked, however, when my dad emailed us with “Calder” as his top guess. We didn’t think anyone would guess correctly. I guess it was meant to be that Calder would be named after my father! 🙂

So, that’s the story of how Calder Allan Haymond got his name.

Here are some pictures of our new little one, Calder Allan Haymond. He is such a sweet baby. He loves to snuggle on your shoulder and sleeps and eats like a champ. What a blessing to have another newborn in our home. We love you, Calder!

Amelie meeting her little brother, just hours after he was born.

Amelie is a terrific big sister. She loves to hold her little brother.

Bryce is definitely smitten with our little guy.

We were so grateful to have my mom with us for that first week. She was a tremendous help and we miss her!

Daddy and Calder tired after just getting home from the hospital.

We were so glad to finally meet sweet cousin Belle and visit with Aunt Sarah. Thank you for making the time to visit!

My little sweetheart.

Just looking around.