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"Unto us a child is born"...literally! Wyatt James Neufeld made his grand entrance at 5:43 PM on Thursday, December 22nd. 9lb 1 oz 21" long Everything. Perfect. This is Billy & Courtney's 4th child in 5 years (God bless them), and I am especially excited about this one! Not that I'm having any sort of baby fever,  but I think that I'm finally seeing that having a baby isn't the worst possible thing that could happen to Matt & I. The Lord won't give us anything more than we can handle, right? Man, what an awesome promise! Also, we haven't had a newborn in the family since Hurley Rae two years ago! Everyone loves PaPa Ashtyn bit her... The grandmas bring out the 1st pictures of Wyatt. Daddy comes out all aglow! Oh, PaPa tied Walker's sleeves together b/c he kept chewing on them. Lookin' good, MaMa! Brothers unite. Uncle Matt ...

This holiday season has been a bit surreal to me, in general. I feel like we got back from our honeymoon, and all of a sudden it was Christmas. I put up some decor on the mantle, but we don't have a tree. No wrapped presents laying around (seeing as how we decided not to get each other anything.) The only presents in the house are the ones I'm wrapping for family members. I am the official gift-wrapper of the family! I LOVE wrapping gifts! Probably b/c I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I get this completely satisfied feeling when the paper fits the gift just right. That's why I have a slight collection of boxes. Kids' toys are a NIGHTMARE to wrap, so everything gets a box so it's symmetrical! I digress... So, it still doesn't feel like Christmas to me. I realize we're a couple days away, but mostly I'm just excited to have a break from work...again... But, in the midst of all the craziness of my brother, Billy's, life, h...