A belated Merry Christmas to you all! I hope that you had a great week of celebrating with friends and family and like us, I am sure you are glad it is now over. As I have gotten older I have found it difficult to remember why we have Christmas to begin with in the midst of the getting to everywhere we are supposed to be. The birth of our messiah in a barn seems to take a back seat to a schedule that we have gotten down to a manageable level of activity. At least it is all over within a few days.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy seeing family and spending time with those we love. But it is tiring.

Since Monkey’s diagnosis and the onset of his seizures, we have not had Christmas with him. This year was different. It started out not looking so good. The Sunday before Christmas we had to take Monkey to the doctor with a respiratory infection and low-grade fever. One nice ear infection and four shots of antibiotics later, he was feeling much better. He managed to recover by Tuesday and had a great Christmas! He had no seizures, was able to pay attention, play on his new platform swing and with his sister. It was amazing! It was all we needed to be reminded of the simple joy of Christmas.

Morgan  and I have the awesome gift of having jobs that give us two coinciding weeks off during Christmas. Back to playing with the kids! More to come soon before it’s back to work and school.