I thought I would take a moment to reflect on the year's Christmas while it is fresh in my mind. I have decided to lay out the highlights and lowlights. The highs far outweigh the lows. There are many more of both that won't make the list. Here's what I've got:

highlight: I got an iPod.
It was sort of a Christmas present to myself. My wife is so awesome. When I asked Kim what she thought about me getting an iPod she said, "Go ahead, you deserve it. Consider it your Christmas present to me." She is great. Just knowing that I was getting something I had wanted for a long time was present enough for her.

lowlight: 18 hours of driving to and from Florida, and only 52 hours of visiting in Florida.

hightlight: Watching la-eh-ah-er-na turn into "learn".
Our nephew David is five years old and is learning to read. He got a new book as a gift, Let's Go Swim. As I helped him read it for the first time, he sounded out the letters for the words he did not know. The look on his face when realized what word he was sounding out was priceless.

highlight: Kim's mom getting all choked up.
When she was reading the poem Kim framed for her to announce our pregnancy, Kim's mom teared up. It was incredibe to see how happy someone could be for someone other than themself. Kim's mom said she had been praying for us continually that we would be able to conceive.

lowlight: Kim getting upset about people complaining that we should have told them sooner.
My baby's mama doesn't need to be getting stressed out.

highlight: Hanging out at the Ramseys'.
The Christmas Eve service at Visio Dei was nice and simple. However, my favorite part of the evening was the after party at the Ramseys'. There was lots of good food, and quite a bit of fun. I had a lot of fun playing with the boys and the train. We probably ruined Jeff's rule about not touching the train.

highlight:Kim's excitment over my mom's gifts.
My mom went out and bought gifts for our yet to be born child. Kim said she thought she was going to cry when she was opening them.

There are tons more, but if I make the post any longer no one will read it to the end. So, I hope you all had a great holiday season. Feel free to share your highlights.

Labels: baby, family, travel