Christmas Day and still dark out, but a great morning. Alex is old enough this year to open her presents (with a little help) and she’s having so much fun playing with everything. Next year the new baby will be with us and old enough to sit up and participate a little. Big Sister will be taking charge, I’m sure. Getting us all up at 4:00 a.m., probably, but then, she does that even on normal days. Early riser, that one. We have no idea who she gets that from.

I was awake in the wee hours of the morning myself, because at 3:00 a.m. I woke up and realized what had been bothering me about the Rockets revisions that I hadn’t been able to put my finger on. Out of the blue, there it is, clear in my head and I can’t believe I didn’t see it sooner. So later on today I’ll be putting that change in. It’s a small but very important addition. (No, I didn’t get up and do it at 3:00 a.m. I just noted it and went back to sleep.)