Eric and I are very excited to announce that there will be another Bingham joining the family.
The due date is June 8. We are only at 12 weeks so we do not know if it is a boy or a girl yet but we will probably find out. We have not tried explaining it to Tom yet. Not sure if he will really quite understand. I am sure he will love being a big brother.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving the Hjorten clan got together. It wasn't a traditional Thanksgiving. But it was great. Michael & Melissa brought wonderful food that was already cooked in crock pots. And lots of people were able to show up and it was great to see everyone. Tom had a great time running around the house playing with his cousins. Reminds me of the days when me and all of my cousins were young and would run around having a great time at Grandma & Grandpa's house. Thanks Michael & Melissa for having the idea to get together.
On Thanksgiving we went to Jim & Lynn Selig's house for Thanksgiving. Kitt, April & Lania were there too. Tom had a great time playing with Lania. It is always great to see the Selig's.
We went out on Black Friday (not super early). We didn't have anything in particular we were looking for. We did want to go to Santa at the Wenatchee mall. We went last year and did not have to wait in any line so we wanted to go again. So we walked around the mall a little and we were the first ones in line when Santa go there. Tom didn't do too well. He looked at Santa from 10 feet away and was excited. And then when we walked up to Santa he clung to me and would not let go. So I just sat on Santa's lap with him. Hopefully next year he sit on Santa's lap all by himself.
Tom said I love you for the first time. It doesn't get sweeter than that. He had been kind of attempting for a while, but he finally can say the words. I know that he has a good idea what it means because when I say I love you to him he will ask for a hug. It is so precious.
Tom has been getting pretty independent lately. He still wants attention, but now that he is getting better at doing things he likes to do it all by himself. Of course he will say "Help" if he wants help. It is so fun to see him learn all these new skills.
Lena wanted a Star Wars themed birthday party this year since she was Princess Leia for Halloween. And she also wanted it to be a costume party. So we dressed Tom in his dinosaur costume again and he went and played with all the kids. There was a death star pinata which all the kids loved. They each got a turn, even Tom. He wasn't quite sure how to swing yet, but he had a big smile on his face. No candy came out till Taylor took her turn. Then Lena came back in to finish off the death star. The kids also played around with inflatable light sabers and had Princess Leia cupcakes. Tom was exhausted by the end of the party.
Eric was asked by a friend to go mushroom hunting. He came back with a bunch of amazing Chanterelle mushrooms. I mad a steak and mushroom risotto. It was so great.
