Merry Christmas! Colin, Deb and I had a great trip back to Michigan, despite my playing the role of Patient Zero in a bad Dustin Hoffman movie and spreading the Norovirus to no fewer than 5 people on the trip.
In any event, Christmas morning was a dream. Colin was as wide awake as the rest of us when we got up extra early and—after he really woke up—enjoyed the electric guitar from his grandparents. He had been making a habit of strumming the heat registers in the apartment, so we thought he might like the guitar. I think he digs it even if he doesn’t quite “get” it…
We had another Christmas with David and his family at mom and dad’s house. That’s Colin making friends with Samantha who was really good with him and David with his son Andrew. Though you can’t see it, Andrew got a remote control snake to scare his new sisters with, but when I overheard them asking to play with it, I gathered it wasn’t going to have the intended effect.
I imagine the last pictures are “obvious”… Deb and I were pretty happy about John’s t-shirt, though because I was engaging in my own little epidemiology experiment and getting people sick we had to wait longer than we wanted to give it to him. Our last Christmas was with Uncle John, Aunt Amy and Cousin Jake. We’ve always known Colin to be a bit of ham for the camera, but I think Christmas #3 turned him into a monster…
In any case, we really did have a wonderful time visiting family in Michigan. We will probably be quarantined for the first 48 hours the next time we visit, but hopefully it will be soon!
Wednesday | January 3, 2007 at 12:52 am
That top one of him is priceless. Love the jammies…
And the one of monster Colin is pretty good, too. You must send me that one for mom’s frame…..
Wednesday | January 3, 2007 at 1:06 am
I should have commented, too, that the cute jammies were a gift from Colin’s namesake grandmother (Grandma Reed)!
Wednesday | January 3, 2007 at 2:30 am
Some of this was new to me, and I *live* here! Maybe I should have been up a little earlier Christmas morning. What am I saying? I *was* up at 3 a.m. — it was 8 a.m. I had trouble with.
It was an amazingly rich week in my life — three sons in the area, with the people who matter most to them. People calling me Grandpa all over the place — including my wife, but so far, only when a grandchild is present.
And now, I just sat here for about five minutes reflecting on that time, not knowing what to say, because no words are enough.
Thursday | January 4, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year, too!
lol Glad you were able to spend it with loved ones, that always makes for the best times. I noticed some Amazon boxes in the back ground of the pictures… online shopping? 
Very cute pictures! Colin is getting so big!
Sunday | January 7, 2007 at 1:29 am
If Abby had been there she would have had that Veggie Tales DVD out of Colin’s hand and into the DVD player faster than you can say Norovirus. Although she did get one herself.
Happy New Year!