Christmas

So as we are waiting for this little girl to arrive, life just keeps happening.  This last weekend was Christmas, and it was really great.  I'm especially proud of my little boy who was very excited about everything and was happy with the food, people and his presents. He never got greedy or selfish, and would often say things like " I really like my....." and talk about one of the gifts he got.  You could tell he was really appreciative.  

On Christmas morning, Henry woke up at 6:15 like he normally does and bounded into our room, full of happiness and excitement. He asked if he could open presents, and we said okay. As we were getting up, he ran to the the Christmas tree and picked out a present. Which present did he grab? It was a gift for me. The one that made him most excited was not a gift for him, but one for me. So, so sweet. I should say the gift was a Wii Zelda game and he is infatuated with Zelda right now. More about that later.  This picture below shows Aaron opening his gift from Henry. You can see how happy Henry is. I'm glad he likes to give presents as much as receive them.

 As for his presents from us, the biggest one is a real Zelda shield. His reaction was so cute and after he saw the design on the shield, he knew exactly what it was. For the last couple of weeks he has been running around with a Target foam sword and a make-shift shield from a velcro toss game. Not anymore! Now he can be the real Zelda. Here is my little warrier.

The shield is made out of wood and is much heavier and bigger that his previous one, but he seems to be adapting well. The whole day yesterday he went on and on about how much he likes his shield. In fact, last night he slept with it. At around 2:00am I could hear noise from his room. Henry was singing. He was saying "Da da daaaaaa," which I can recognize as the theme song to Zelda. He got up at this time and wanted to start the day. I brought him back to bed and he wasn't too happy with that. I threatened that if he didn't go back to sleep, I wouldn't let him sleep with his shield the rest of the night.  Well, that did it. He fell quickly asleep and woke up at his normal time.

There is so much more I could say about Christmas, but the main thing I feel is greatfullness. I have a great family (in-laws included), wonderful husband, healthy happy son, stable job, and good home. I have everything I need and more. I am very very fortunate and sometimes it's hard to remember. So, this holiday gives me some reflection time and some of my thoughts were able to drift away from the coming baby.  This baby is also another reason for me to appreciate my life. I'm just so excited to meet her.

Hopefully everyone else had a great holiday too.