Merry Christmas!

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Eliana was not going to sit on his lap. After she asked him for a baby doll for Christmas, she later asked us, as if Santa had forgotten, that she didn't get her baby doll from him.  We had to explain that we don't get gifts right after see Santa, but on Christmas Day. I love the three year old mind.

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We have way too many Christmas tree decorations. What you see on this tree isn't even half of what we could have used.

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What catches my eye most about this picture is how inseparable Eliana is with her baby dolls.

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Our family Christmas photo.  Denise is getting pretty good at taking a picture while stretching her arm and having no use of a viewfinder.

Happy Birthday Carissa!

It was a year ago this day that we had our second daughter, Carissa.  She will always be loved and always be missed.

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Always a bitter-sweet month we have in December.  But we just love including our angels in our annual celebrations.  Plus Eliana gets to play with a bunch of balloons afterwards.

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Eliana wanted to make a cake for Carissa that looked like a cake on one of her favorite T.V. shows, "Max and Ruby".

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Besides, who really needs an excuse to have cake?