Merry Christmas Everyone! So Sunday is here again. We had a wonderful Christmas and are very much looking forward to my parents coming to town for the New Years. Plus we get to have a second Christmas celebration. I know Connor can't wait. Though now it is time for us to pack up and get ready to leave Santa Fe, and I have stepped up to the fatherly duty of packing the vehicle. This task is not as simplistic as some would like to think and not as much of a honor to undertake. This task will be contemplated for several hours before undertaking. Long conversations to yourself about how it should be done will happen. Your family will look at you as if you have lost it. These things will happen because as with every good trip to new grand-parents house, we are leaving with more then we came with.
Not to say that we packed lite to start with. On the trip down packing the vehicle was filled with questions of, "Do we really need this," or "Why are you packing so many baby clothes?" These question were quickly answered by Megan with, "yes we need that," and "shut up and just pack it." So now I am left with packing everything we brought and more. After lots of sweat, anguish, pinched fingers, bumped heads, and of course choice words of encouragement to the inanimate objects being shoved in, I now stand there looking at our family vehicle, weighted down looking as if it could tip itself over, with a smile and a look of great accomplishment. I smile knowing that as the years go by, packing the vehicle will involve less grumbling under my breath, less wanting to smash boxes in to tiny pieces so they fit better, and more joy as I watch Connor struggle with the task. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and will have a very Happy New Year! --Christian
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