The New Addition to Our Family

Aaron Calvin Hallstrom was born on 10/09/2009 at 7:38pm. He was 21 & 1/2 inches long and weighed in at 7 lbs & 10 oz. He is a perfect addition to the Hallstrom Family1 :) So far we recognize that he has daddy's eyes, ears, hair, and height. He has mommy's nose, noggin, and feet. We will keep you updated. We will upload an album to our blog shortly. Hope you enjoy!

Update

Hey everyone! So I'm still fat ha ha! We are due on Sunday. Hopefully something will happen soon. We can't wait to see our little boy! Aaron started his last semester for his BA degree. He is getting straight A's so far! I'm so proud of him. Work is going great for him too and we love our home.

Drum roll please...

It's a boy! Calvin David Hallstrom - our little trooper. He is so cute! And wow can this kid kick!! I am very proud of my little belly so belly rubs are completely appropriate (especially for good luck... we are convinced that Calvin has mind powers so rub away). Our dear friends (Paula and Shawn Wheeler) gave us a crib and dresser for his room! We are so excited because it is actually becoming more realistic to see his room being put together. October 4th is the due date! I know you all have been there for us and have kept us in your prayers and we are so very grateful to you all!

Update

Here is our monthly update (sorry) and we are taking votes on if you think the baby is a boy or a girl! We find out this coming Wednesday night, May 6th. We picked out names... If it is a boy his name will be Calvin David Hallstrom and if it is a girl her name will be Sawyer Hadassah Hallstrom... I still think Calvin pushed Sawyer out of the way on his way down from Heaven (he is my little rascal) but Aaron and I know that our little Sawyer packs a punch and in order for Calvin to make it down before her he must have jumped her from behind... hmmm... What do you guys think?

So everything is great here. We are loving our new house and excited about our growing family and my growing belly. Aaron is doing well at the fraud department of Wells Fargo and he is just finishing up another semester of school. He will graduate this December instead of this summer because they don't offer his last class during the summer... grrr. Oh well. Aaron and I received callings which is so much fun. I work with the 11 year old girls for activity days and Aaron works with bears and wolves in scouts (of course he is having a blast.) We love you all!

Our Witto Baby

So we are just having one beautiful little trooper! We are very excited. We saw the heartbeat at five and a half weeks and I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time on my first visit to the ob (march 9th). It was incredible. My next visit is on April 6th. I am doing great. I am very blessed in the morning sickness area. I am not even close to as bad as I thought I would be so it is really nice. We are 11 weeks today! Our due date is October 4th. We will keep you updated. We don't know if it is a boy or girl yet... I say boy and Aaron says girl but we shall see.

So we have officially moved into our new home. Same phone numbers but our new address is 8043 E. Idaho Ave. Mesa, AZ 85209. We are now over on Sossoman and Baseline in a beautiful house that we love! I know I know... this makes the 8th move in 3 years but we are done for a long long long long time.

January 31st, 2009

Hey everyone! Shannon and I have just come back from the doctors, and it looks like we are having our first kid! I take that back...the doctor said that the numbers that came in from the test leads him to believe that it is twins! For those of you who don't know...Shannon and I have been married for over 3 years now. We found out after MANY test that we were unable to have children on our own (besides a miracle from our Father in Heaven). So, we tried envitro. Unfortunately, the first two embryo's were miscarried. We decided to start fresh again in about three months. Since mid January, we tried again. This time with (obviously) much more success! The babies are due the last week of September! We are VERY excited...and VERY thankful that our Father in Heaven blessed us with this great blessing. Thank you all for your prayers! We love you all!

Jan. 18th, 2009

Well, we have been looking for a home to call our own. We have found a place in East Mesa, but we'll see how it goes. As of right now, we won the bid... We should be closing no later than the end of February. I am now working for the Wells Fargo Fraud Department. Shannon graduated from college at NAU with a bachelor degree in Early Childhood Development. I will be finishing my degree here by the end of Summer semester. Shannon and I will be trying the envitro process again this coming Tuesday. Wish us luck. He hope and pray that we get one kid. We would be thrilled if we had twins! Wish us luck!! So many great things are happening to us. Our Father in Heaven is surely blessing us lately.