This time, last year, was a time of anticipation and anxiety.\u00a0 The baby was due in Feb, and we didn\u2019t know what it would be like to be \u201cparents\u201d.\u00a0 But it\u2019s been a year since then, and the not-yet-born is now a 10-month-old.\u00a0 And she is revelling in her first experience of Christmas.<\/p>\n
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
\nJack Frost nipping at your nose
\nYule-tide carols being sung by a choir
\nAnd folks dressed up like Eskimos<\/p><\/blockquote>\nLast night, we decorated the house with a Christmas tree, stockings and twinkling lights.\u00a0 When Pumpkin woke up for her midnight feed, she was so taken-in by the transformation of her familiar surroundings that she simply stood in the room (yes, she can stand now!) with her mouth open\u2026 for 10 minutes!\u00a0 And then she just broke into a smile.\u00a0 And would not stop smiling for a long time after that.<\/p>\n
Have yourself a merry little Christmas.
\nLet your heart be light,
\nFrom now on our troubles
\nWill be out of sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nFrom her point of view, it must have seemed like the sensory equivalent of a triple sundae, don\u2019t you think?\u00a0 It must be such a fantastic feeling to discover something new and wonderful for the first time!\u00a0<\/p>\n
And so I\u2019m offering this simple phrase
\nTo kids from one to ninety-two
\nAlthough it\u2019s been said many times,
\nmany ways Merry Christmas to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWe are just getting ready to leave for the traditional Christmas Lunch at my in-laws\u2019.\u00a0 Later today, we will take Pumpkin to meet Santa Claus at the local mall\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
This weekend is going to be a merry one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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