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2:01 PM, Friday, December 25th, 2015:   It's Christmas! Which means it's Cam's birthday and he gets fuck-all except a cake and this song:     Ha...   Now, lest you think we're mean, we just decided to write it in stone: Cam's birthday is June 25th. We party on that day, give gifts that day - it's his big .5! It's the only way to be remotely fair and I'm honestly curious if we can pull it off. It's akin to peeling your own skin off for many family members to NOT give him a birthday gift on December 25th, but we're begging you to wait. He deserves one big crazy-ass day with a party and gifts and fun. Scheduling that around this time is impossible so just DROP IT. LOL. Forget it ever happened.   JUNE 25TH! It's June 25th...   ...that being said, it was indeed Christmas and the very first Christmas where the kids "got it". Vienna was counting down days and Cameron absolutely knows what opening presents means as you could tell from the video. So it was the first stroke of magic that will get more golden as the years pass...   ...then stop being golden as the years pass. Man, raising kids is a very strange rhythm... the second you're in the moment, shit has passed and the second you look forward you aren't in the moment. Thankfully, I'm a master documentarian when it comes to these life events and I can't tell you how visceral the feeling is sitting and watching all the videos from a random month on a 10 foot HD screen late at night. Talya and I are THERE. Like, enough there where we go: "Whew... glad she ain't 6 months old." Sure, that sentiment will change, but at least the footage is there and organized to jump in immediately whenever. Love, love, love The Journey.   As you saw from the video, Cam is a boy is a boy is a boy. I believe I've ranted about this before, but man that shit is out of your hands. I mean, doesn't matter what you say, do, try and counter-balance. I can't get a pink item out of Vienna's hands into Cam's hands to save her life. Vienna loves building with legos... they just have to be pink or purple pieces. Cam wants to throw, kick, jump, climb... ad infinitum. It wasn't like I selected the boy things for his year-end montage, that's all he does...   ...that being said? YAY. I love having both. Because I do enjoy both girl and boy things and would be bummed if I never got to do one or the other. Do I prefer boy stuff? Well, it's not so much that as I am stunned at how much Cam looks like me and I suddenly revert back to being little and having Star Wars figures and cars and trains and... BOOM. I want that feeling. A lot. When I'm with Vienna I feel more like an adult being a role model. It's still fun, but it isn't IN YOUR BONES intense the way reliving your childhood is. And sometimes, that's a bit much and it's nice to have a tea party. So it's kind of a perfect balance. But yeah, Cameron at 2 is just all out boy. Thankfully they're getting along better so they can enjoy each other, but there's going to come a time relatively soon where their interests will be so different it will be tough again.   But fuck that talk, we're here now. ;-)   Merry Birthday, Happy Christmas,   Adam