And his name will be....Swede

Well, given that Melia's grandma is full swedish, I served a swedish mission, Melia and my celebration of 10 years of married life was by going to Sweden, and the fact that the boys are going to and I am teaching at a Swedish school, we thought we would continue the theme and give our next child a swedish name.

Anders Merkley Kydd was born October 2, 2008 at 1:33am. I wish I could have taken a picture of him coming out (for obvious reasons, I didn't) but his two little hands were together next to his face as if he were diving out into the world. The doctor thought it was more like he was in the act of praying and said, "did you see how he came out, with his two hands held together by his face….he might be a minister when he grows up." The nurse chimed in, " or a diver." I added "probably both if Melia has anything to do with it."

Well, we deliberated for weeks afterwards, looking for a nickname we could agree on. We tried, Andy and a few others that just didn't fit. Finally we landed on Swede and everyone loved it. So Swede it is!