Christmas 2009

I think everyone in the family would claim that Christmas this year was a hit.

Summer knew exactly what to do with a doll and bottle.  She hasn't stopped since.  Amanda received the exact same doll and it has been hilarious to watch the two race their strollers around the house or argue whose doll is whose.

Amanda helped me unwrap my new tie.  Can you see the chocolate on her chin?  It was the first thing she opened and she wasn't interested in anything else until it was gone.

This kid couldn't help but smile.

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The Christmas Tree

So we drove out to a Christmas tree farm about 15 minutes from our house and chopped down our first real Christmas tree! This is a huge step for us, for the last 8 years we have used the same 4 foot tall, fake tree. So now we finally have the space to have a big tree, and wow did we get one!

We packed the kids into the car-complete with rubber galoshes (Lisa used her red polka dot boots) and loads of warm clothes. Of course, Brendan was worried we forgot the ax.

After too much debate over picking the best one, we finally decided on something too big and very wide. But heck it only cost $27!

As you can see, we picked a great one...

Now if we could only get the kids to stop rearranging the presents twice a day.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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