Before we get swept up in the holidays with packing and flying and visiting the Rios Clan & the Lopez clan, I just wanted to quickly write about a Christmas tradition that your mother and I have. One that we started before we were married.
Basically, every year we buy a Christmas ornament for our tree. One year, it was a cat ornament that we got from an art museum in Chicago. Another year, it was a Cirque du Soleil ornament that was filled with swatches from the performers' costumes.
This year's ornament reflects an exciting time period in our life. It marks your first Christmas with us and it also serves as a reminder of my steps towards obtaining a graduate degree.
I joke with your mother that you too will one day be a Northwestern Wildcat. I would tell you how she feels about that but I think that's one thing you should find out on your own. (HINT: She went to USC.)
As I type this, I'm listening to Christmas music and taking a break from reading The Time Traveler's Wife(I figured I needed to read something other than books about writing right now). As for your mother and grandma Lopez, they are having a grand ol' time at UW-Milwaukee watching William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The cat is nowhere to be found.
And you. You are sleeping.
Life is pretty cool right now(Outside it's cool too. Too cool. 16 degrees).
Stay warm and enjoy your own Midwinter Night's Dream.
Love.
Dad.
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