With December half over, it’s time to look back at the year that was, and to look forward to the year to come. Consider this my Christmas letter.

The year started out well, with Erin no longer going to work in the mornings. Unfortunately, she was tired all the time, and unable to truly enjoy her time to herself - something that’s been conspicuous by it’s absense lately. February brought two more weeks of the same sort of activity.

February 17th, William was born, changing the daily routine somewhat. We went from a two person family to a three person family, and had some adjustments to make. Changes are still underway (as they will be for the next 20 years, I’m sure ;) Looking back at the pictures it’s hard to believe the change that William has gone through in these past 10 months. He’s gone from a cute little lump that didn’t do much moving around to a boy who crawls around faster than it’s possible to believe without seeing it for yourself. He’s just days from walking, and getting lots of practice falling on his behind.

Anyway, I’ve been distracted. Where was I? Oh yeah - March. We didn’t do much in March, though I did manage to get Erin to approve the purchase of the projector. We’ve been quite happy with it, and honestly, I don’t know why people would ever spend four times the money for a screen that’s 1/4 as big, and fragile, and heavy etc, etc. It made the playoffs a lot of fun to watch. I think I got William hooked on hockey.

Gee - I think I should have prepared a little better for this, because I don’t really remember what all we did in April through December. I’ll have to continue my Christmas letter tomorrow after doing some research

Simpson’s quote of the day: “And remember when I let that escaped lunatic in our house because he was dressed like Santa Claus? Well that’s nothing, because you have a gambling problem!” - Homer