Christmas and National Boards

This is Kim's first Christmas and our first Christmas in California. We are celebrating it with Jeff and Becca. It's been nice to take a break from school - especially this past quarter. I failed Infectious Disease and have the chance to take it again this next quarter. I am allowed to miss one class that is required for national boards, so as long as I pass all my classes this next quarter I'll be okay. I have been scanning in class notes to be able to study better and to sell them for my class and myself for profit. It's really coming together. Blake is even helping me with setting up a website to host all the files.

Kim has been growing up extremely well this year. She is still tiny which is great :) She's able to wave, shake and nod her head. In fact today when we were at the Christmas party, someone asked Kim if she was adorable and Kim nodded. It was so precious.

She still isn't vaccinated. Both Monica and I are, and we just don't know if we want to. There are pros and cons both ways and it's tough to figure it out. Part of me wants to say that if you eat healthy, move well, and think well you'll be fine. The other part of me thinks of Murphy's law and that she could get sick and die. I am not prepared to make a decision now, but I know how I feel. I feel that if we were to get her vaccinated I would feel like we gave in and would regret it. So I need to study it out and figure out this controversial issue. Needless to say, she is still cute.

As for Christmas, Monica and I sat down and wrote down some Christmas traditions that we would want to implement. Obviously Kim isn't aware of what's going on now, but seeing her cousin who just turned three we can tell it means a lot for him. We started to wonder what do we want to focus on during Christmas time. It's easy to talk about Santa and say Merry Christmas, but how do you bring Christ in one of the most busiest times of the year?

This year it helped that there were three baptisms within two weeks in December. It forced us to do church work, but still it was hard to bring it home. Our washer gave up the ghost so we had to buy a new one (THANK YOU Craigslist), also bought a wii with a projector (also cheap deals - thank you again craigslist). Monica got the whole family to pull together some money so that I could get a chiropractor table. She got $600 together! WOW! I got her a silhouette and power tools that she wanted.

Overall this season has been fun. I have loved being able to just be home with Monica and Kim. They are my family and the reason that I work so hard. I love them with all my heart. I am lucky to have such a wonderful wife and daughter.