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< > December 2007

• Tue, Dec 25, 2007 5:33 PM

  "Mommy?"
  "Good morning sweetie, happy Christmas!"
  "Did Santa come?"
  "Well, what do you think?" (gesturing to the pile of presents)
  "OH WOW!" (scrutinizing said pile)
  "Can you read me this book?" (which he carried into the room with him... not a new book, one that has been around forever)
  "Of course, but...um... don't you want to open your presents?"
  "Yes... after you read me this book."
  
  He snuggled down into my lap, and I sat under the (tiny) tree, next to a pile of presents reading my adorable little ShortBus a story.
  
  Today, that was his gift to me. To start out Christmas morning deciding to cuddle in my lap listening to a story before he opened his presents. That was seriously the best gift ever.
  
  I always tease that he may look like his dad, but his personality is all me. And, usually I do it when he does things like... um, I dunno... shove 90% of a piece of cake in his mouth all at once. But, beyond all the sillyness, and the stubbornness, and independence, there is that sweet side that just wants a cuddle and a story. All the other stuff can wait... it'll be there... right now, we have time for the cuddle and the story, and that's what I need.
  
  Happy Christmas to everyone... hope you get what you want, and what you need... but most of all, I hope you all get the unexpected happiness you deserve.

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