I'm not a big fan of holiday letters. People never use them for their original purpose, to update us on their lives--at least the major events. Most of the time, it just seems that people use them to "brag" or "rub in your face all their good fortunes". Not that I am opposed to people having good fortune, heck, don't we all deserve and want that? Sure, we do. But, I don't feel that using a holiday letter to all your friends is the appropriate forum to brag undercover. So, imagine my surprise when I received a holiday letter yesterday that actually was quite funny and sweet. It had all the makings of the true purpose of what a holiday letter is supposed to made up of. It was refreshing to read, made me chuckle, and got me thinking about how great a letter can truly be.
So, if I was to write a holiday letter this year, what would it say? I can only imagine that it would go a little something like this:
Dear Family and Friends,
This year brought about many changes, many wonderments, new adventures, and a new baby! Yes, we've only been married for 3 years, and we have two babies. But, hey, it's not like we are in our early 20's and can afford to wait, have some fun, and make the honeymoon last longer. Last time I checked neither one of us are getting any younger (darn you time, but thankful to my skin cream). So, we had to get this machine pumped, cooked, and served. So, now we are a family of four.
I basically spent 75% of the year hunched over a toilet, creating fat pockets in places I never knew existed on my body, and chasing a one year old around the house. Joy to the World! So, there's my changes, my adventures, and my wonderments. It's amazing how a baby can do all that to ones body, all in a 9 month period. So, the other 25% of our year has been spent changing diapers, being spit up on (I have somehow become the toilet that I was so accustomed to for the first 75% of the year), getting up several times during the night, being a milk cow on demand, and watching toys fly across the room. Yeah, a joyous year it has been.
But, you know what people? I wouldn't trade any of this for the world, okay, maybe the throwing up 10 times a day part, but everything else is worth it when I look at, hold, and kiss my babies. So, what has the hubby been up to? Who knows? He disappears from the room when someone is crying or someone has pooped. It's amazing what a little poop can do to a grown man. I guess I now know the secret of how to get alone time.
Till next year folks!
Yeah, I'm sure my letter would be a lot longer than this, but I can imagine that this would be part of it. Heck, that took my energy to complete then I can save up in a week. Yeah, I'm pretty sure this holiday letter stuff is not for me. I'll just stick to my day job.
