The most wonderful time of the year
IMG_0722, originally uploaded by osbick_bird.
Leo was 3 months old last Christmas, not even really old enough to pay much attention to the lights and decorations. He's still too little to understand the all fuss, but he's much more engaged and interested in the goings on & will almost certainly have a ball opening presents.
Trying to grow up a little and be more gracefully accepting of things that I can't change, but the same things still seem to set me off every time. My goals for this Christmas are to keep cool and not get angry at my mother, even though after her last visit even the thought of spending the holidays over there is upsetting. Am hoping for a measure more of grace, patience and kindness than I currently feel able to muster. Looking at this picture of my sweet baby helps me remember a little more easily when Christmas was more innocently magical and exciting and less an annual pageant of family drama.