All week Phil and I have been singing Christmas hymns to Eloïse before we put her to bed at night. With Advent just around the corner, I can think of nothing more wonderful than having this season of relative stillness to help me meditate on the profound impact of Jesus' birth. Who but parents of young children spends 15 - 30 minutes every night rocking their little one to the sound of  hymns about the coming King? When I look down at our peacefully sleeping baby, I can hardly believe that Jesus was also a baby so small...