Lloyd Family

I took the kids to see Santa Claus this past Saturday. Since we live in "Christmas City" it's only natural that Santa has his own house right on our town square, and he is there every Saturday in December. Pretty neat! Since we waited until the last weekend before Christmas we had to wait in line for 40 minutes with all the other procrastinators. Luckily the weather was mild. When we got into Santa's house, who would have guessed that they were all too nervous to actually go up to Santa? Luckily Zac broke the ice for us and then Ezra went next without hesitation, doing a stellar job on his first visit with St. Nick! This picture shows him looking a little unsure, but I think he was just taking it all in. In the end everyone sat on Santa's lap, told him what they wanted for Christmas and were rewarded with the traditional candy cane. Hooray!

I think the news has fairly well gotten around now that we are having another baby. But since I didn't make many personal announcements, some of you may have missed it. We're having a baby! The 6th little Lloyd, the child to complete our family, is due on June 12, although we won't expect him/her until more like the 19th. I went through a month or so of pretty miserable morning sickness, although I almost never threw up, which was nice. I just felt like I'd eaten way too much candy every minute of every day. And I was so exhausted it was all I could do to pry myself off the couch. Thankfully, I've gotten over the worst of it and am looking forward to the next few painless months of pregnancy :)