Michael Buble – Cold December Night
I feel like the majority of this blog will be me apologizing for not keeping it up to date, but if you know me, you know that “Sorry, Sorry, Sorry” isn’t anything new to spurt out of my mouth. That being said, I’ve broken up a couple of weeks into a couple of posts, as there is always plenty to go around.
This is Holidays Part One to lay out the cornucopia of Christmas events that I have to say are quite interesting in the fact that while there is no child yet out of the womb, the quantity of gifts she received are more than my wife and I got added together. Part two will mainly be New Years fun, along with a little planning for the new year.
So for a couple with two 6+ kid families, the idea of just ONE Christmas celebration is completely out the door. We have one Adult Christmas on my side, as well as Christmas Eve. On my wife’s side, we then have one family Christmas a couple of weeks ahead, then Christmas Eve, then Christmas Day. Count ’em people, that’s 5 events full of food, drinks, and presents. And with the addition of a Murder Mystery theme and enough alcohol to run a Buick cross country, let’s just say that Dad has been using the designated driver card a little more heavily than in the previous months.
That being said, while I know that my wife has appreciated the additional variety in food intake, her patience with my ability to keep up “like an Irishman” will definitely be repaid 10 fold in diaper changing, late night feedings, and other such nonsense that I don’t even understand yet. 
As for my little girls part in all of this, she had the excitement of getting 4 car loads worth of gifts for no so sober Dad to pile into the car each night, as well as some of the most feminine gift items a little princess could want. Tutu Dresses, pink blankets, and bows galore. She even received both the Playskool Inn @ Bethlehem and Nativity scene. Now, I’m Catholic, and while I appreciate the gift from my parents, I have yet to understand the need for the Inn @ Bethlehem? I mean, Mary and Joseph spent all of 15 seconds there, and somehow they receive their own Playskool set for it? While I still am trying to figure it out, we’ve packed it away with the Christmas decor, along with the small wooden and cotton ball nativity set that we had already, that for some reason my dog tried to eat this year. Apparently the stick manger and baby Jesus looked at her funny one day and she took it upon her self to set the record straight as to how many babies she was going to allow in this house.
All in all though it turned out to be a successful holiday season for these upcoming parents. Mom got a Kate Spade diaper bag, and Dad his very own Grill light so that he can cook in the dark without wearing a less than flattering head lamp. There were a few other smaller gifts in there from Santa or from Baby Girl Denny, and with the help of our over generous families, her first experience with Christmas was a good one.
Sorry that you had to hear one more Christmas song so late into January, but if you share the same man crush on Michael Buble that I do, you won’t care. Just pretend that he’s singing “Cold January Night”, as it is freezing here in St. Louis anyway.
traveling daddy 