Randoms: 4-yr check-up, sweet boy and news flash: holy @#$! this time of year is insane.

Will had his four-year check up this morning and ouch, literally. I'd been warned by other moms that this appointment would be full of shots and it was. I gave Will a heads up that this would be coming so he wasn't totally caught off guard, but that didn't seem to help much. He had to get four shots, two in each thigh. This isn't all that much more than what they get as babies, but when you're four, you are a lot stronger, know that's going on and can try like hell to scream and kick your way out of it. Overall, he did pretty well and I'm glad it's over. Other than flu shots, no more shots for him until he turns 11! (wow). Oh, and Will is tall. He's 42 1/2 inches tall, which is the 90th percentile for height at his age. Not surprising given that his dad is a giant himself.

This morning I turned on some Christmas tunes. I was feeding Evelyn breakfast and Will was sitting in the living room listening to the music. While he's a lot like his daddy, there are some things he does that are so much like me when I was his age. I used to love sitting and listening the the record player (date myself much?) for hours, especially when it came to Christmas music. He's the same way. He just sat and listenend and sang when he knew a song. Jingle Bells came on and I heard his little voice signing along and it was so sweet. Christmas music makes me feel verklempt anyway and hearing him sing that song made me choke up like a little girl.

So I'm trying to remember sweet moments like this are really what this season is about because, Lord, this time of year is cra-zay. I know we all say this every year and blah, blah, we all know the drill: Christmas shopping, cards, decorating, traveling for the holidays, etc. On top of that, work is especially busy right now w/ new product launches and some awesome things happening--all so much fun, but oh, so much work. And more work. So between work and more work and Christmas and spending time w/ family and friends, I'm glad I have little moments like hearing Will sing Jingle Bells that remind me to take a step back and be thankful.