Holly Dayz

Well I-10 is beginning to clear out for the holidays, so I'm thinking I'm going to do the same. I may not have any vacation days at work, but I do at this side gig so...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

HO HO HO

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Daddy's Girl

Paige seems to fit perfectly in the crook of her daddy's arms.

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Decorating the Tree

Claire is old enough this year that she can participate in various Christmas festivities. I'm pretty sure nothing tops cookies and baking, but putting ornaments on the tree was fun also.

Yep, we're working on our "smile for the camera"...

Candid shots are just my favorite!

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Coloring with GIgi

We think Claire is a little Lefty, but we're not sure. She seems to favor her left hand, but just went you think it's confirmed she'll go and change it up on  you.

Thank goodness for Ultra-washable Crayolas!

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4 Dozen cookies

I made 4 dozen Christmas sugar cookies tonight and I'm exhausted! Claire "helped" me for about half of them. She wanted to roll them, pat them, and mark them with a P (for Paige), so the cookies kept turning out mis-shaped.
"Claire stop eating the dough"
"Claire please don't press your fingers through the cookies"
"Claire why did you pull the star off the cookie?"
"Claire please stop eating the dough" (Over and Over and Over)

You know her response when I ask her not to eat the dough because it has raw egg in it? "I'm not eating it, I'm licking it Mom" She got me there. Claire kept saying "You so happy Mom?", "I love you Mom", "Need 'nother taste test Mom"

The cookies may not look stellar this year, but luckily that doesn't affect the taste!

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Paige at 5 Months

Paige Renae is 5 months old!

Paige is starting to show quite the personality.

Paige is such a happy baby... until she get Hangry. Feed this baby!

Nothing makes Paige more happy than watching big sister's antics. And there's a lot of them.

Love her.

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Christmas Shopping Hints

What's on your Christmas list?? I am trying to make sure the elves are working on all the right presents for the right people, but it's hard work!

When I'm drawing a blank on what to get someone I automatically head to Sephora.com for the ladies and Cabelas.com for the Ross types. However, Uncommon Goods is a great site for both M/F and helps spark some gift creativity. Oftentimes I find something on Uncommon Goods and then look the item up on Amazon. Another trick I use is to always check Retailmenot.com before ordering anything online! 80% of the time there is a coupon/discount code available for any given store on this website. Try it out!

This year I have ordered 100% of my gifts online, which is a first. Hope everything arrives before Christmas!

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Little Turkeys

We spent Thanksgiving at my parents house. I'm not sure Claire really grasped the concept of Thanksgiving, but she sure loved wearing her turkey shirt and saying "gobble, gobble." She wholeheartedly approves of the pie and ice cream holiday tradition and had to "taste test" each type of pie. So much like her mommy :)

Here's a Thanksgiving Day picture--

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Baptism

The girls got baptized together a couple weeks ago and it was such a special day. Granna, Gigi, Pop Pop, & Uncle Jeff were present.  My heart is/was so full!

Into the mic Claire says "He putting water on my head!" :)

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