Talkin’ ‘Bout the New Year
Year in reviews tend to be a bit schmaltzy and usually include some sort of photo montage of people who’ve died. I’ve started and deleted and edited and started this post again and again and again, and I can’t seem to find the right things to say.
I mean, I don’t know if Henry will have another year where he’ll change more. He started off being the cutest ball of chubbiness, then went on to being the cutest ball of rolling chubbiness, to a lanky spaghetti of sitting up, to a wonderful crawling monkey, to where we are now… a kid who runs around the house and tires his parents out quite quickly.
(In between, of course, there were a lot of other milestones and weight fluctuations.)
But I don’t want to look back. No, here are Barnabas Monkeypants (with the newly designed logo), we only look forward. For 2010 (which is so strange for me to type), we’re looking forward to Henry talking in full sentences, jumping, becoming completely potty trained, transition him to a toddler bed, begin learning calculus, and more. Much more.
We’re going to try and travel more, too. Henry’s a free ticket until he turns 2, so I’d like to drag him and Kristen along to some of my work trips (it looks like we’ll be in New York City in March and we’re definitely going to make our way down to Florida soon) and have him charm the pants off of people in many, many states.
We’re going to continue to experiment more with food, making sure that Henry is comfortable eating everything. (Our child is not going to subsist on chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese, I’ll tell you what.)
We’re going to try and keep Henry away from the television.
We’re going to start Henry taking swimming and gymnastics classes, to make sure that he is properly prepared to win gold in the 2028 Summer Olympics in New Delhi.
And we’re going to continue to make sure that Henry is the happiest kid around, that his laughing will never stop.
That’s not too much to ask for, is it?
