Old News, but Good news: Your First Christmas and New Years!

We wondered how long it would take you to notice, but a few days before Christmas you finally got curious about those packages under that indoor tree. You even unwrapped a very heavy present!We spent Christmas eve with your Aunt Sham, Uncle Joe and Grandma and Baba and you got to watch in amazement as people opened their gifts...

And rejoice with amazement with each cool gift that your family were kind and generous enough to give you! You love your chew-toy giraffe... And your new Porcupine!

Christmas morning was a blast! And although it was a modest haul, Santa visted you and left some really cool gifts... which you and your Giraffe didn't seem to notice at first.

"That blue monster is for ME?"

"Oh, I LOVE Christmas!" And, I gotta say, your Mom and I love Christmas like a million times more now that we get to celebrate it with you! You may have had more interest in eating wrapping paper than most of the presents, and you certainly had no interest in leaving milk or cookies out for Santa, but your exuberance and smile lit up Christmas time for everyone more than a Christmas tree ever could have!

The lights are all down now, and the tree and ornaments are all packed away, but you continue to light up our lives every day! And that's the best Christmas present a Dad could ever ask for!

p.s. Your first New Year's Eve was pretty fun too! You had two friends over, Caitlin, who really liked playing in your jeep, and Brady, who slept a lot.

You didn't quite make it to midnight...or 9 pm, for that matter. But that's good. You were in good company, and even had your first kinda-sleep over. Caitlin took the pack-n-play in our bedroom, while you and Brady shacked up in your room. Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Michelle finally got Brady to fall asleep...on your floor! This is very reminiscent of when Uncle Jeremy would spend the night with me when we were kids. Me in a bed...him on (a mattress on) the floor.