It usually takes me a couple of years to complete an album because I'm such a perfectionist; so Frank thinks I should start working on it as soon as possible. He agreed that I should have from October to January off because I've been working so much lately and I feel bad because I haven't been able to spend a whole lot of time with Christian.

Today's the first 日 of my vacation and it's going to take me a while to get back into the routine of taking care of Christian completely on my own every day. I woke up around 9 o'clock in the morning because I knew Christian would be awake any 分 now. I walked into the room just as he was opening his eyes and 発言しました "good morning buddy!" I think he was surprised that I was there because he asked "you're not going to work daddy?" I 発言しました "not for three months."

I picked him up and brought him downstairs. I put him down on the ground and noticed something taped to the refrigerator. I put the ミルク on the counter and grabbed the piece of paper off of the fridge to see what it was. I knelt down 次 to Christian and asked "what's this?" He 発言しました "those are my stickers to 表示する あなた how many times I used the potty daddy. The red stars are the accidents and the yellow stars are the good ones." I asked "how come あなた haven't showed me this before buddy?" He 発言しました "I want to; but あなた are tired." I felt really guilty as I looked down at him and I 発言しました "I don't want あなた to ever feel like あなた can't 表示する me something just because I've had a long 日 at work buddy! I don't care how tired I am; あなた can spend time with me."

I looked at the piece of paper and noticed that there were significantly もっと見る yellow stars with about 10 red stars scattered throughout the page. I 発言しました "it's definitely getting better. I wish some of those red stars weren't there; but it's getting better! We'll work on it while I'm on vacation. You're still having quite a bit of accidents huh buddy?" He 発言しました "yeah; I'm sorry daddy" and started crying.

I picked him up and 発言しました "it's okay Christian; why are あなた so upset? It's no big deal; あなた know I don't care about that stuff!" He 発言しました "but daddy; I don't want あなた to be mad! I want to make あなた happy! I didn't do good!" I don't have any idea why Christian is so critical of himself; but it makes me feel horrible!" I grabbed the piece of paper and asked "do あなた see this? This is so good Christian! Why would あなた think that I would be mad at you? I'm happy buddy; trust me! We just need to work on it a little bit もっと見る until there's no red stars!" He 発言しました "you're supposed to be mad at me; aren't you?" I 発言しました "of course not" and hugged him as tight as I possibly could!

***

I'm a daddy on a mission this week and my mission is to hopefully complete this potty training thing with Christian. He is almost completely trained and I can't wait to put this thing behind us because I'm running out of carpet cleaner.

Christian came downstairs after waking up this morning and walked up to me as I stood at the counter drinking my coffee. I knelt down and gave him a hug as I 発言しました "good morning buddy; did あなた sleep well?" He shook his head yes and I asked "did あなた already use the bathroom?" He 発言しました "yup" and was about to sit at the 表, テーブル when I 発言しました "I'm making breakfast sandwiches instead of just cereal; so when they're finished cooking I will bring one in to あなた and the two of us can eat in the living room while we watch cartoons."

After the egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches were finished cooking, I came into the living room with them on a plate. I sat down 次 to Christian on the ソファー, ソファ and passed Christian his sandwich. I definitely think Christian likes the idea of having me ホーム for three months because I think he was getting sick of eating cereal every morning.

Christian had ketchup on his face; so I leaned over to wash it with a napkin and that's when I realized the ソファー, ソファ was soaking wet. I looked at Christian and he 発言しました "I think I need to go potty daddy." I rolled my eyes and 発言しました "I think あなた already did." I joked "why did あなた have to pee on my couch?" I think Christian thought I was mad because he burst out crying.

After cleaning him and the ソファー, ソファ up, he was still crying and I asked "what's wrong Christian?" He 発言しました in between sobs "I made あなた mad!!!" I picked him up and 発言しました "I'm not mad at あなた at all Christian; daddy was joking!" He insisted "you're supposed to be mad at me daddy!" I hugged him and 発言しました "no I'm not supposed to be mad at you! Do I look mad?" He 発言しました "no; but why aren't あなた mad at me?" I 発言しました "because I would never get mad at あなた for anything! I might get disappointed in あなた sometimes; but I'll never be mad at you! I thought あなた went to the bathroom already though." He 発言しました "I was going to when I came down here; but then あなた 発言しました that I could watch カートゥーン and I kind of forgot." I 発言しました "well; I'm not too happy that あなた lied to me Christian. It would've been better if あなた just 発言しました あなた had to go. It would've taken just a few 分 and then あなた could have come in here to watch cartoons. Doesn't that make a lot もっと見る sense than going through all of this?" I think he started to get what I was saying because he gave me a hug and a kiss.

***

I excitedly shouted "high five Christian!" He looked at the chart taped to the fridge and gave me a high-five. I 発言しました "I think it's pretty 安全, 安全です to say that あなた are officially potty trained now buddy! あなた haven't had an accident in a week; not even at night and that shocks me. I'm so proud of あなた buddy!" He jumped into my arms and was way もっと見る concerned about the bag of キャンディー on the counter than what I had to say.

I passed him some M&Ms and we went into the living room to play with his toys. I usually keep the TV on and a ハロウィン commercial came on. I wasn't surprised that they were using "Thriller" as the 音楽 on the advertisement because that song has become sort of a ハロウィン tradition. Christian looked up at the TV and I asked "would あなた like to go trick-or-treating this 年 like the kids on TV?" He 発言しました "get キャンディー daddy!" I chuckled and 発言しました "yeah; people will give あなた candy!" He 発言しました "okay" and I was kind of regretting bringing up the idea of trick-or-treating because I just realized that I have no choice other than to disassociate myself from the Jehovah's Witness religion. Sometimes I wish the rules weren't so strict because I want Christian to experience holidays just like any other child. I hope mother won't be too mad at me!

***

Yesterday my paperwork was approved and I've been officially disassociated from the Jehovah's Witness religion. My mother's on the way over and I don't know how she's going to take the news. The worst part is that Christian is taking a nap; so I can't use his cuteness as a distraction from our conversation.

Once she arrived, the two of us sat down in the living room and she asked "what did あなた want to talk about Michael?" I asked "can I ask あなた a hypothetical question?" She 発言しました "yeah; I guess." I asked "what would あなた think if I told あなた that I disassociated myself from the Jehovah Witnesses?" She sat there silently for a few 分 and then she asked "this isn't a hypothetical question; is it Michael?" I let out a deep sigh and 発言しました "no; it's not mother." She looked up at me and whispered "why?" I 発言しました "I'm not trying to hurt あなた mother because I know how important me being a Jehovah's Witness is to you; but I want Christian to experience the things that I never got to growing up!" She 発言しました "Michael; you're my only good son! I 愛 my children equally of course; but you're the only one that ever listens to me anymore! All the others got sucked into the world of greed and I think any hope of getting them back is long gone now! I understand why あなた did what あなた did and I accept it; but あなた should know that I'll never agree with it!"

She got off of the ソファー, ソファ and walked into the kitchen. I followed after her as she opened the front door and I shouted "mother; wait! I'm not trying to hurt you!" She didn't seem mad at me which was a good thing I guess; but I think it definitely saddens her to have me abandon one of the things that the two of us shared over the years.

I ran upstairs to my room and sat on my ベッド as I started to cry. I always try to make others happy instead of myself and I felt like I had to choose between Christian and my mother. I could either make my mother happy によって practicing that religion または make my son happy によって letting him experience things like Halloween, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Part of being a father is putting my son first before anyone else. I'm hoping all this will pay off in the end because right now I feel like the world's worst son.

Suddenly, I noticed Christian climbing onto my ベッド and he asked "why あなた cry daddy?" I tried my best to dry my tears before he saw me crying; but it was already too late for that. I 発言しました "I'm just a little said; that's all." He 発言しました "you need a hug daddy" and wrapped his arms around me. I smiled and 発言しました "thank you; I think that's exactly what I needed buddy." He 発言しました "don't cry anymore!" I chuckled and 発言しました "okay; I won't!"

***

Christians surprised me when he 発言しました he didn't want to be Mickey マウス for his first ハロウィン and I'm starting to think that he just wants the キャンディー もっと見る than the whole experience of trick-or-treating. I think he finally settled on being a doctor after changing his mind over and over again. I hope he's okay with that because I just bought the costume and I have a feeling he's going to look so adorable. I got the costume just in time because ハロウィン is today. I came up with the idea of buying myself a costume as a disguise; so I can go trick-or-treating without a giant mob of ファン knowing that I'm even near them.

I was in the living room opening up the costumes when Christian came in and noticed them. He asked "is that my doctor costume?" I 発言しました "it sure is buddy!" He asked "what are あなた going to be daddy?" I 発言しました "I'm going to be Spiderman because that's the only thing with a mask that will cover my whole head." I helped him put his costume on and he looked so cute. The white ジャケット was way too big for him and his hands pretty much got ロスト inside the sleeves. I think his お気に入り part of the costume was the stethoscope and I think he thought it was real because he kept trying to check my ハート, 心 beat.

After I got my costume on, we went outside and Tim dropped us off in the middle of town. I told him to pick us up in about 45 分 because I figure any longer would be too long for Christian; since he just turned three a few weeks ago.

Christian was having a blast knocking on the doors. I was always trying to get him to ask for the candy; but he's way too shy for that. He didn't even really want to take the キャンディー because he was too afraid. He would only take it if I took it from the bowl first and he took him from me.

I looked down at my watch and realized that Tim would be looking for us in a few minutes; so I 発言しました "this is going to be the last house Christian because we have to go home." We walked up to the door with Christian holding my hand and the doorknob turned. The door swung open and a teenager wearing a 狼, オオカミ mask with a flannel シャツ growled at Christian.

Christian immediately freaked out and started hysterically crying as he clung to my arm. I picked him up and looked at this teenage boy as I asked with an irritated tone "seriously? That was so immature of あなた to scare a three-year-old! I'm glad あなた think that's so funny dude because I don't at all!"

I carried Christian off of the property and back to the SUV where Tim was. I climbed into the car with him on my lap as he continued to cry. I 発言しました "it's okay buddy; I know that boy was mean! He 発言しました "daddy; we go home!" I 発言しました "yup; we're going ホーム right now!" He seemed all shaken up because of what had just happened; so I excitedly asked "do あなた want me to make チョコレート chip パンケーキ for dinner?" His eyes widened and I chuckled as I 発言しました "I thought あなた would like the sound of that!"

によって the time we got back to the ranch, it was almost 7 o'clock at night and we usually eat ディナー at 5; so I wasn't surprised to see that Christian was getting tired. He was practically falling asleep at the 表, テーブル while he was eating his pancakes. I sat down 次 to him and fed him bites from his plate as he struggled to keep his eyes open.

After he had eaten most of the 食 I picked him up and whispered "are あなた ready to go night – night Christian?" I patted his back as I carried him upstairs and got him ready for bed. I brought him into his room and put him under the covers. I thought he was almost asleep at this point; but when I leaned in to give him a kiss, his eyes shot open and he asked "are あなた eating my キャンディー daddy? あなた smell like skittles!" I 発言しました with a guilty grin on my face "maybe!" He 発言しました "you are; I can see the red on your teeth and your tongue is purple!" I giggled and 発言しました "alright; あなた caught me! There's plenty もっと見る left; so I snuck a couple pieces!" He lightly pecked my lips and 発言しました "don't eat all of my キャンディー daddy!" I chuckled as I shut off the light and turned the TV on. Christian 発言しました "I 愛 あなた もっと見る daddy!" I laughed as I 発言しました "hey; I'm supposed to say that! I 愛 あなた もっと見る Christian!"

***

It was weird being able to celebrate ハロウィン because I've never been allowed celebrate it before and now I have to figure out how to celebrate Thanksgiving because that's right around the corner. My mother still won't talk to me ever since she found out that I left the Jehovah's Witness religion and I don't know if she's mad at me または not. I wish I could convince her to leave the religion as well; because I want her to be able to be a part of all these new experiences with us.

I was sitting at the キッチン 表, テーブル waiting for Christian to wake up and there was a knock at the door. I got up to answer it and my manager Frank was standing there. I invited him inside and he 発言しました "I just wanted to stop in and see how you're doing; and I haven't seen あなた in about a month. How are あなた enjoying your vacation?" I 発言しました "I finally disassociated myself from the Jehovah's Witnesses and now I'm just trying to figure out how to celebrate Thanksgiving. I'm thinking I should invite as many people as possible over to the house for Thanksgiving." He 発言しました "I'll definitely come Michael! I usually celebrate Thanksgiving with my family; but if あなた want me to I can come!" I 発言しました "only if あなた want to Frank and if it's okay with your family. I really think あなた should celebrate with them instead Frank because they are your family; not me and Christian!" He 発言しました "I consider あなた part of my family Michael; あなた know that!" I 発言しました "yeah; but あなた don't feel the same way about Christian!" He 発言しました "I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't too keen on the idea of あなた becoming a father; but I'm slowly getting used to it as time passes." I 発言しました "Christian is going to wake up soon; so あなた should probably go. Feel free to stop によって on Thanksgiving 日 for a couple of hours; but あなた really should spend it with your family Frank!" He patted my shoulder and 発言しました "will do for sure!" He shut the door behind him and I walked upstairs to check on Christian to see if he was awake yet.

I walked into his room and he was once again hanging off the side of the bed. I ran to catch him before he fell off the ベッド and smacked his head on the floor. I picked him up and 発言しました "good morning Christian." He opened his eyes and rubbed them as he 発言しました "good morning daddy." I 発言しました "I'm going to make あなた some breakfast and while あなた eat, I'm going to make some phone calls to invite your aunts and uncles to come over on Thanksgiving."

I went downstairs and made Christian some oatmeal for breakfast. Afterwards, I went into the living room and started to call each one of my siblings. Surprisingly, all of them agreed to come over and I'm hoping it's not because my brothers want to ask me for money to pay for another one of their "get rich quick" schemes. I really hope I don't regret inviting them because it usually doesn't end very well for me!

***

My alarm clock started beeping and I opened my eyes just as the sun started to come up. I got ready for the 日 and went downstairs to make myself a cup of coffee. I went to the pantry and grabbed a bunch of different 食 to start preparing for our Thanksgiving meal this afternoon. I am a pretty good cook; but I've never tried to make some of these foods before and I hope I don't screw it up. I was at a complete loss about how to cook a turkey and this was one of those times when I wish I could call my mother for advice.

I know that that's going to take the longest to cook, so I put that in first and hoped for the best. I decided that it's probably best if I cook the things that I'm most familiar with first; so I made the mashed potatoes and vegetables before starting the もっと見る difficult things. I'm not really familiar with baking things; I just hope that these pies turn out okay.

After I had gotten the three pies into the oven, I heard Christian coming downstairs. He walked up to me and I 発言しました "hey buddy; I've got to pick out your clothes for the day!" I turned the TV on in the living room and went upstairs to get his clothes while he watched cartoons.

I came back downstairs and helped him get dressed into his little Thanksgiving 日 outfit. It was a pair of カーキ pants, white socks, and a long sleeve white T-shirt, and a sweater vest with a checkered pattern of brown and orange. I combed his hair because I want him to look good when everybody came over.

I only allowed Christian to eat small snacks because I didn't want him to lose his appetite によって the time everyone arrived. When they got here, I invited them inside and we all hurried to set the 表, テーブル because they were really hungry. I helped Christian get up into his booster シート, 座席 and sat down in the chair 次 to him. I 発言しました "I guess I'll say grace as fast as possible because I know we all want to eat. A lot has changed in these past couple of months for me and I never thought I would be in this position; but I don't regret it one bit because I 愛 my son so much. I'm so thankful that God brought Christian into my life because I can't even imagine what my life would be like without him; amen."

I started to fill Christian’s plate with 食 and Latoya 発言しました "that was really sweet Michael! I have to say that you're an amazing father!" Jackie 発言しました "yeah Mike; she's right! You're a great dad!" I looked at Christian and asked "do あなた think they're right?" He 発言しました "you're the best daddy in the whole world!" I hugged him and 発言しました "you're the best son in the whole Christian!"

All of us went into the living room to eat デザート and we sat on the floor. Christian is addicted to Oreo クッキー and that's his お気に入り food; so I made an Oreo cookie flavored pie. The 分 he started to eat his piece of pie, I could tell that he was going to make a huge mess. I took the plate from him and 発言しました "here; let daddy feed あなた because I don't want あなた to make a mess buddy!" Janet 発言しました "you must be excited celebrate クリスマス with him Michael! あなた and him get to celebrate your first クリスマス together! Do あなた have any plans for クリスマス Michael?" I 発言しました "I don't really know what I'm going to do yet; but it's kind of irritating that it doesn't snow here in LA! Christian won't get to experience a white Christmas!" She suggested "why don't あなた take Christian to Canada and rent one of those fancy log cabins; that way there will be snow on the ground when he wakes up on クリスマス morning?" I 発言しました "actually; that doesn't sound like a bad idea!" Jermaine looked at Christian and asked "what do あなた want for クリスマス Christian?" He quietly whispered "clothes." All of us were completely baffled によって his response and I asked "you really want clothes for Christmas? I can afford to buy あなた anything あなた ever want for a toy; but あなた want clothes?" He 発言しました "I like clothes daddy" and Randy 発言しました "I definitely wasn't expecting to hear him say that! What three-year-old wants clothes for Christmas? My kids just throw any clothes they get behind them and 移動する on to something else!" He joked "can I swap kids with あなた Mike?" I laughed and 発言しました "sorry; he's here to stay!" Christian 発言しました "kiss daddy" and I puckered my lips as he leaned in to キッス me. Rebbie 発言しました "he's seriously the cutest thing ever Michael!" Christian sat in my lap and I asked "Christian; who is your best friend?" He pointed up at me and Marlon asked "you 愛 your daddy; don't あなた Christian?" He whispered "yeah; I'm daddy's boy!" I 発言しました "and I 愛 my buddy so much!"

***

I really like the idea of renting a キャビン in Canada for a few days and I am going to rent one after all. I was upstairs getting Christian ready to take a nap when I 発言しました "okay buddy; I'm going to go shopping for your クリスマス presents and Tim is going to watch あなた while I'm gone!" I turned the TV on and walked out of the room.

My other bodyguard James took me to a department store that was closed just so I could go shopping for the day. I bought so many clothes for Christian that it filled up three shopping carts. After I had gotten a bunch of clothes, I went to the toy section to buy him some fun things. At the back of the store, I saw a huge 300 piece train 表, テーブル with tracks and Christian has recently developed an interest in "Thomas the Tank Engine"; so I knew he would 愛 this.

This wasn't just any train table, it's a $1500 train 表, テーブル with pretty much every character that is on the "Thomas the Tank Engine" TV 表示する and I think the cashier at the store was shocked that I was actually going to spend that much money on one item. I ended up spending $15,000 on all of Christian's クリスマス presents; but it'll be well worth it when I see his face on クリスマス morning when he sees all his presents!

***

My bodyguards James and Tim pulled up in front of a huge キャビン that I had rented in the Canadian countryside. Christian I got out of the car and I 発言しました "have a good holiday あなた guys; we'll see あなた when あなた come to pick us up in three days!" James 発言しました "we already had someone drop off all the gifts あなた bought and they are in one of the spare bedrooms waiting for あなた to ラップ them Michael!" I 発言しました "okay guys; thanks for all the help! Say hello to your families for me!" They both 発言しました "we will Michael; have a good Christmas!" I quickly grabbed the cardboard box from the back シート, 座席 with all the cookie baking ingredients inside it and waved goodbye to them as they pull out of the driveway.

I carried Christian inside with one hand as I carried the cardboard box with the other. I turned on the light with my elbow because both my hands are full and put the box on the nearby counter. It was way past Christian’s bedtime によって the time we got to the cabin; so I carried him upstairs to get him ready for bed.

I found a room that was perfect for Christian to sleep in because it had a TV and a big ベッド that I think would be hard for him to roll out of in the middle of the night. I covered him up with the blankets and kissed his forehead after I turned the TV on. I don't even think he will be awake long enough to even watch one episode of cartoons.

I walked down the hall and found the room where all the presents were. That's when I realized how many presents I had actually bought because this entire room was covered with stuff. I walked into the room and sat down on the small 宇宙 of the ベッド that wasn't covered with anything. In one corner of the room, I noticed over 30 rolls I'm wrapping paper and a bucket full of rolls of tape. I whispered to myself "this is going to take forever to ラップ all of this stuff! Why did I wanted do this all of this on my own?" I must've spent most of the night wrapping gifts and when they had all been wrapped I counted about 250 presents. I know what you're thinking; I'm crazy!"

***

I was downstairs cooking ベーコン and eggs for breakfast when Christian walked down the stairs of the cabin. He walked up to me and I picked him up as I 発言しました "good morning buddy! Are あなた ready to have fun today?" He asked "what are we going to do today daddy?" I 発言しました "well, before we do anything we're going to eat breakfast. Then we're going to go outside to play in the snow and go sledding. We're going to decorate the クリスマス 木, ツリー and bake クッキー to leave out for Santa Claus. Then we're going to go get ready for ベッド because tonight's クリスマス Eve and あなた have to be asleep for Santa Claus to come."

After we were done eating breakfast, I 発言しました "okay; let's get あなた ready to go play in the snow!" I went to the closet and grabbed everything we needed. I began to get him dressed in his snowsuit, jacket, gloves, hat, and boots. I looked up at the clock on the ウォール and realized that it had taken me 45 分 to get him ready to go outside. I asked "are あなた ready to go outside now?" He asked "daddy?" I responded "yeah?" He 発言しました "I have to go potty." I covered my face of my hands and asked "are あなた serious? Do あなた really have to go?" He nodded his head yes and I couldn't help but laugh at how much time I had just wasted getting him ready to play in the snow; just to have him tell me that he needed to go to the bathroom before we even made it out the door.

Afterwards, we finally made it outside and it didn't look to me like Christian had ever seen snow before. He wouldn't let go of my hand and I 発言しました "it's okay buddy; it's just snow! It isn't going to hurt you!" He started freaking out and 発言しました "my boot is stuck in the snow daddy!!! I can't move; help!!!" I 発言しました "okay; how about we try something with a little less walking involved?" I climbed onto the sled and put him on my lap. We slid down a huge 丘, ヒル and thank God I was on the sled with Christian because I had to swerve out of the way so we wouldn't hit a tree. Christian thought そり滑り, そり was the best thing in the world after that and I must've carried him up that 丘, ヒル over 30 times; so we could slide back down!

I brought Christian back inside and fed him some lunch before I put him down for a nap. While he was sleeping, I started to set things up so we could make cookies. An 時 later, he woke up from his nap and came downstairs. I picked him up and 発言しました "okay; are あなた ready to make some クッキー for Santa?" The クッキー were already in the オーブン because I knew Christian was far too young to actually help me make the cookies; so it's better just to have him decorate the cookies.

When they came out of the oven, I let them cool down for a few minutes; so they were still warm but not warm enough to burn Christian. I passed Christian a cookie and he put SO MUCH frosting on those クッキー that it was overflowing off the sides. I had to stop him because if I didn't there wouldn't have been enough frosting for the other cookies. After the クッキー were decorated, I asked "do あなた want to lick the spoon that I used to make the cookie dough with?" He smiled and I passed in the spoon as he walked off into the living room.

I followed after him with boxes of decorations and sat down on the floor. The smell of the pine needles from the クリスマス 木, ツリー filled the entire living room as I started to put ornaments and lights on the tree. I made sure to not buy any glass decorations because I wanted Christian to be able to help me decorate the tree. Once that it was decorated, I passed Christian the 星, つ星 and put him on my shoulders. I 発言しました "go ahead; put the 星, つ星 on the 上, ページのトップへ of the 木, ツリー pal!" Even though he was on my shoulders, he was just barely able to reach high enough to put the 星, つ星 up there!

I took Christian off of my shoulders and noticed that it was starting to get dark; so I 発言しました "let me switch on the lights on the tree." I think that's when Christian really got excited and I 発言しました "okay; let's go eat some macaroni and cheese!"

After he was done eating, we went through his typical bedtime routine and he climbed into ベッド afterwards. I lie down 次 to him and read him "the night before Christmas." I kissed his forehead and 発言しました "sleep well buddy! Don't go downstairs until I tell あなた it's okay! あなた have to go right to sleep after the 表示する is over because if あなた don't Santa Claus won't come." He 発言しました "okay daddy; I will! I 愛 you" I shut off the light and 発言しました "I 愛 あなた more" as I shut the door.

I waited about an 時 and a half and went to check on Christian to make sure that he was sleeping before I started to bring things downstairs. It took me about 50 trips up and down the stairs to bring everything into the living room. The final trip was for the train 表, テーブル that I still needed to put together. I tried my best not to make noise as I pushed the gigantic box down the stairs.

I dumped the contents of the box onto the floor as gently as I could; but it still made a racket. I was so worried that that woke Christian up; so I ran upstairs to double check on him again. Once I realized that he was asleep for the rest of the night, I went back downstairs and lay down on my stomach. I opened up the instructions and started to flip through the pages as I 発言しました to myself "Spanish, French, Japanese, German; where the hell is the English version of these instructions?" I found them at the very end of the manual; but that just confused me. It took me from 9 o'clock at night to 3 o'clock in the morning to put together that train table! The box 発言しました "some assembly required" when actually it should have read "all assembly required!” I had to set up the tracks, built the 表, テーブル itself, and put the trees in the area they were assigned to going によって the number written on the train table. I'm just glad that I built this thing because I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to figure out how to do it; I'm not a very handy person at all and I'm surprised that I figured out how to put this train 表, テーブル together all on my own!

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I heard "daddy, daddy, wake up daddy" as I felt Christian jumping on my chest. I opened up my eyes slightly and groaned in pain as I 発言しました "okay; okay I'm up!" I rubbed my eyes and looked over at the alarm clock as I noticed it was only just barely 7 AM. I got out of ベッド and chased after Christian as he ran to the 上, ページのトップへ of the stairs. I 発言しました "wait for daddy Christian! Don't go downstairs yet because I want to take pictures.

I grabbed my camera as I followed behind Christian and 発言しました "okay; let's see if Santa Claus came last night" his mouth dropped wide open as he walked in so living room and I snapped pictures with the camera. I knelt down 次 to Christian and chuckled as I whispered "what is that Christian?" He 発言しました "choo-choo train!" He walked over to the train 表, テーブル and I knelt down 次 to him again as I pointed to one of the trains. I quietly asked "who is that Christian?" He looked at it and 発言しました "Thomas!" I gasped and 発言しました "wow; Santa Claus must know that あなた like Thomas the Tank Engine!"

I grabbed the empty plate of クッキー and 発言しました "wow; he ate all your クッキー buddy!" He didn't even look up from the train 表, テーブル and that's when I realized it probably would've been a better idea to cover that up with a blanket and have him open it at the very end because I think I ロスト him.

I sat down on the floor and 発言しました "come here Christian; look at all these presents あなた have to open?" He whispered "no; I play with my choo-choo train daddy!" I 発言しました "you can play with your choo-choo train later buddy; look at all these presents that daddy spent hours wrapping!" I started to tear open one of the presents and that caught his attention because he took the present out of my hands. Once he realized that there were toys and clothes underneath the wrapping paper, he was unstoppable. He ripped through everything like a tornado and before I knew it, the entire living room floor of the キャビン was covered with stuff.

Once everything had been opened, Christian started to come up to me and was asking me for help taking things out of the packaging. I 発言しました "I'll open this for あなた but I want a hug first." He gave me a hug and lightly pecked my lips and I 発言しました "thank you; did あなた have a good first クリスマス with me?" He 発言しました "yeah daddy; but how did Santa Claus get that big train 表, テーブル down the chimney?" I 発言しました "I don't know; Santa is just magical like that I guess!!!”