Ah the Joy of Christmas

This time last year Christmas was the furthest thing from our minds. We had a two week old baby and every brain cell not functioning to take care of him was asleep. Christmas trees, lights, shopping, carols, cookies...we were not paying attention. If it didn't help us get more sleep we weren't interested. Henry also wasn't interested. At that time his main hobbies involved watching his parents flip out when he spit up his dinner and practicing his aim when getting his diaper changed. Needless to say, Christmas came and went and all we have are pictures to prove that we were awake for it. Well, this year we are all still a little tired and probably will still do some last minute shopping but Henry has found the holiday spirit and he tells us about pretty much every evening on the ride home--Christmas lights. He loves them. Imagine him in his car seat (I'll post a picture to remind you of his extreme cuteness or just scroll down, there is one towards the end of the blog) with one arm outstretched pointing towards every house we pass with lights up. And ever time he says "Ooooooooooo..." With more and more intensity. Tonight Wade walked him to the store in his stroller and Henry was so excited about the lights that by the time they made it to the store the "Oooooos" had become yelps and screams of joy. I wonder what he is going to do when he sees our Christmas tree. Hopefully this year we'll have time to put it up. -L