...and Baby Makes Four: Christmas With Daddy

We are very lucky that we have so many families to share our lives with. This year David's shift was assigned to work on Christmas Eve and Day...That's just the way the cookie crumbled. Thankfully they decided to split it up this year so that they could have at least have the Eve off, which is posted below!

So...off we went to share in Christmas day with David at the fire station. My fingers were crossed that we would actually get to eat together this year. There was one year that the tones went off right as we were pulling dinner out of the oven and off they went...to a HUGE fire that lasted through the night (until 4am!). So, the wives played games, ate a great Christmas dinner, hung out, wrapped up the food and went home for the night. This year was a little different. David was gone when we arrived at the station this evening on a transport to the "local" hospital (thank goodness it wasn't a ferry ride to Seattle!). Soon after we arrived, there was another call and off the rest of them went! It was just Caden and I...all alone...

About an hour later, they started to show back up and around 6:20 David arrived. We were able to make a great dinner (any dinner at the station is amazing!) and actually eat all together. Caden and I were the only family that could make it this year, but that is okay. It still felt like a family dinner. I love the feeling of brotherhood that is shared amongst the guys. It is very comforting to know that when David can't be with his wife and son, he is still with family.