Holidays Are Upon Us

The rush and frenzy of the holidays are upon us, at least, upon me. Gifts to buy, money to send, decorations and tree to put up, continuing ed./license renewal, rooms and closets to tidy up, etc, with just over a month or so left to do them all. I'm stressing out and starting to feel that indecision-paralysis, i.e., if I cannot do it right just the way I want it, why even start? I have to continually remind myself that only few things really matter: in our case, that Jojo is relatively healthy and that he is here with us.

Speaking of Jojo, he is now singing "All I want for Christmas are my two fronth teeth." He lost his second tooth a week ago and got another visit from the tooth fairy. Jojo is currently keeping himself busy playing on the computer or "bugging" us to play "space" or "cars" with him. I would say that Nana and Miss Frances (Jojo's sitter) have the patience of Job when it comes to playing pretend with Jojo: for all of Jojo's stories about being in space or when playing with cars never seem to have an ending. Brady and I salute these ladies and thank them for their love and patience.

I don't think I took any pictures or videos of Jojo last week, if you can imagine that. Below are two videos when he was four years old and when his arms/wrists/hands were stronger. Nowadays, Jojo mostly paints and draws using his computer.