It's Technically Your First Christmas!

Last weekend, Daddy and Mommy decided to put up a tree for Christmas. It would be the first tree in our home. And technically, since you "exist", it would also be your first tree and your first Christmas.

We had fun picking out the ornaments at Jaya Jusco in One Utama, one of the big, big malls near our home.

You didn't "protest" too much either so we figure we picked the right stuff.

Our tree has little pastel coloured drums, little pink ornamental balls, mid-sized lime green ones and also large gold and cloth-woven ones. We almost forgot the little pine cones, which always seem to impart a traditional, woodsy mood to any tree. Then there are stars - silver ones and blue ones; and also some snowmen, a sock and a reindeer.

It's simple, not at all glittery and glamorous like the ones in the shopping malls but I guess it's a tree that reflects our personalities - homey, ecclectic, with a bit of shine and sentimentality.

I wonder what your personality will be like?

Even though you have been getting more active in Mommy's womb, you haven't treated the walls like a punching bag. Friends who gave birth in their late thirties tell me that "mature" babies behave more maturely. It seems they have a "sense" of what to do and what not to do.

There's no proof to any of this of course. But it's still fun to wonder.

We don't need you to be perfect, Baby Aidan. Every human being has his or her own cross to bear. We are given some years in life to move towards a better version of ourselves. And in that time, we learn from mistakes made, we learn to be comfortable in our skin, to know who we are, to share our best parts with friends and loved ones, and to finally gain peace and joy - which is a deeper and more lasting form of happiness.

As Christmas is a time of hope and expectations, our wish is for you to be healthy, happy and loving. You are the star on top of our "tree" and we'll do our best to keep you safe and help you achieve the person you're meant to be.

Merry Christmas dear one.

God is with you.