Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends and Family,

Seasons Greetings! We hope this letter finds you well and that you are enjoying your Christmas!

We are still living in Arlington, VA for a few months longer. Our two years here have flown by and we will be moving back to Claremont, CA at the end of May 2012. Our remaining time in D.C. should go very fast as well as we attempt to finish our D.C. area bucket list with the help of lots of guests. Most importantly, we are expecting a new addition to our family in March! We are very excited to be welcoming a little boy to our family around March 19.

Melarie is enjoying her last few months as a stay-at-home mom to only one child. It’s been wonderful to spend so much time with just Julia, but we all feel it’s about time that Julia had a little company at home. Julia (2 ½ yrs) never ceases to amaze us with her abilities to learn new things and seems so grown up to us now.

Robert has spent this year working in the International Tax group at the PwC Washington D.C. office. It has kept him really busy, but he has enjoyed the challenging work and the technical learning. He enjoys that Julia stays up late so he can spend some time with her on most nights. Play time often involves getting Julia riled up by running around the house together, playing red light green light, or tossing her in the air. Julia has come to think of him as a human playground and continually asks "do it again, do it again" until Robert is too tired or dizzy to swing her around anymore.

We’ve loved having visitors and getting to know our nation’s capital. If you’d still like to visit us, our guest room is still not “booked” for January, so let us know soon if you’d like to come see us!

Merry Christmas!

Love,

Robert, Melarie, and Julia Wheat