It was a good Christmas. William’s first Christmas was marked by the tree falling over (as previously mentioned) and lots of visiting. Nobody went overboard on buying presents for William, for which Erin and I are both thankful. Overall, William handled all the excitement and late nights quite well. He opened all of his own presents, with very minor help to show him where to tear. As Erin said - I don’t know if it’s a good thing that we cheered every time he ripped the wrapping paper :)

Some pictures can be found at William’s site.

Erin got me an Eye Toy for Christmas, so we had people playing Wishi Washi all the time. It’s a lot harder than it looks, and when you’re out of shape, like me, you wind up a little sore if you play too much. My arms were pretty stiff after the first day of playing, with all the action that happens above your head being the main culprit. It’s every bit as fun as I thought it would be. I highly recommend at least renting it if you’ve got a PS2. My parents, Erin’s parents, Jim and Judy, basically everyone who played it, enjoyed it.

The best Christmas present though, had to be William learning how to walk. It started with a couple of careful steps prompted by either myself or Erin, and now he walks on his own, over fairly large distances. He made quite a bit of progress over the span of a day or so.

Other than that though, and William’s continuing cuteness, nothing much is new with us.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Nice try Floyd, but you were designed for scrubbing, and scrubbing is what you shall do.” - Professor Frink