Merry Christmas !!!

The chestnuts will be roasting on an open fire here in SoCal this year. For the past two years (or should I say, ever since I got here) the two of us spent Christmas time in Holland. With Anh still having 34 days to go, we obviously won't be able to travel. 

Looking back at this year, I can definitely say a lot of things have happened. Obviously we got ourselves 'knocked up' and I'm impatiently waiting for our little one to pop out. The thought of becoming a parent is still surreal. I think I would also like to give a huge shout-out and show gratitude to my best friend Ytja back home. Thanks Charlie, for helping me out with my dad earlier this year. For the readers, Ytja has been like a brother to me ever since we were little kids. The brother/neighbor from next door. Best friend a person like myself could ever wish for! Meanwhile, I just realized how old I am ... I've known this fool for over 20+ years now ... but then again, age ain't nuthin' but a number.

Back to Christmas ... currently, I'm seeing people running around like crazy trying to do their last minute Christmas shopping. We just got home from the mall ... and it's crazy to see the shopping madness. Too bad Americans only celebrate Christmas. Back home, when Christmas time comes around people just shut down ... celebrate Christmas, Boxing Day (2nd Day of Christmas, or 2e Kerstdag) and start stacking up on fireworks for New Year's Eve. In my case ... December 26th (2nd Day of Christmas) is another working day for me :-(.

Anh has this week off. Most of her time, she's sleeping in (cuz the phone won't be answered until after 10:00 am.) and cleaning up our place. We're going to have a Christmas dinner with her family tomorrow. What the plans are for Christmas Day ... we still have to plan :-). Depending on how the weather is this weekend, I might take a small snowboarding trip to Big Bear. That's the good thing about SoCal. You can either go to the beach here in Santa Monica, stroll down the boulevard and enjoy the sun or just go up north a little bit for 4 to 6 feet of snow. Enough diversity, I should say. 

At this point in time, the final touches are being added to our little masterpiece. She should be 5.5 lbs by now and approximately 18 inches tall. The kicks have turned into small wiggles and stretches due to her growing day by day in that little space called Anh's womb. I read somewhere that she will be adding her final layer of fat this week which will result in her having her daddy's dimples (I hope). Also, her lungs should almost be fully developed (meet your new competitor, Michael Phelps). And her liver is starting to process the waste products (thank God we've already stacked up on those diapers).

How much longer can a person count down for her arrival in 34 days? Again, I can't wait ... maybe by hitting the sheets now will make another day go by faster. 

Lastly, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy the food, each other, the family (if they haven't been snowed in or being stuck at the airport due to weather conditions). 

Until the next post :-).