TEETH:

She is just now getting her 4th tooth.  And let me tell you everything strange that you ever hear about teething is true.  It changes the way they act, look, crap… it is crazy.   CrazyAwesome that is.

HIGH FIVE:

Yup, she high fives now.   nbd.

She even high fives the window :)

HAIR!:

It is finally coming in!!!!

SOME OTHER THINGS:

she…
- waves hi
- sits unassisted for quite a few minutes
- sits in high chairs at restaurants now
- doesn’t like: broccoli,  avocado, tomatoes, watermelon, lemons(sort of).
- likes: Gulden’s Brown Mustard, pickles, black olives, buffalo sauce, baby cereal w/ cinnamon, lemons(sort of).
- looking for things when they fall
- had her worst sick day yet.  100% Zombie Mode.  Fever went up to 102.8.
- purposefully turned a switch so that her chair would make noise.  I feel like this was really advanced.  Maybe I will try to get a video of it up later.
- rolls onto side to sleep, and even napped on stomach for the first and only time so far… which means…
- ROLLS FROM BACK TO BELLY!!!!!  She did it for the first time right in front of us while kate and I were working out.  Kate excitedly yell/whispered (you know that thing you do as a parent to get the other parents attention but also trying not to distract the baby from what they are doing yell?)  for me to look.  I turned my head as she rolled over so that she could reach a toy better.  Now she does it constantly.  She rolls around the whole room.  She likes to roll in one direction until she gets to a wall and then she just chills with the wall for a while.  It is awesome.  This was a big one, and I have never felt more proud than I did in that moment.  Right after it happened, my mind shot forward 16 years to the moment in time when she passes her drivers test…. will that feel like this did?  Will I still want to clap and shout an excited high pitched ridiculous sounding “YAAAAAAAAAAAY!” ?   I guess we will just have to see.

Oh and yeah, her eyes are still adorablicious!

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Ridonculocean!

So yeah, these first 6 months have been amazing.  Every now and then it all hits me square in the forehead: wow, this is actually my kid… we made her.  It kind of blows my mind.  You spend most of your life wondering what it is going to be like with a kid, and what that kid is going to be like.  And when it finally happened, for me, it feels so normal.  The funny thing is, now I look back and wonder what it was like when I didn’t have a kid…  it was only 6 months ago!  But bring it on!  I am ready for the next 6 months and more!

March Firsts:

- can roll over consistently and purposefully for the first time!  Still only from belly to back.
- celebrated your first St. Patrick’s Day!
- still obsessed with your feet and nails.
- you might recognize your name, or it is just in our heads.
- laughed at your cat milani and reached out to pet her.
- said and still say DADA!
- making all kinds of new, strange and awesome noises.

Also another side note for those of you who care and the rest who will read it anyways:

-2 month appointment:

-11 lb 10.5 oz
-23inches
-39.3 cm head
-75th percentile in all categories

-4 month appointment:

-15lb 11oz.
-24.5 in
-41.2 cm head
-75th percentile in all categories

-6 month appointment:

-17lb 12.5 oz
-27in
-43.5cm head
-75th percentile in all categories

That about does it.  YouTube adventures coming soon.

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This might be the last of these collages.   This project is getting an upgrade!  Get excited!

Addison has been shooting under par these days, and by that I mean she has been even more awesome than ever before!  She is rolling over like a pro now thanks to her cousin Owen, smiling with her tongue sticking out,  sticking her tongue out even when she isn’t smiling, refusing to laugh by holding her breath to stop herself, and in almost all other ways being dominantly cute and amazing.  Another recent discovery of hers is her finger nails.  She scratches them on everything.  Any new texture she finds she tests out her nails on them to see how it feels.  It is the adorablest thing in history!  Yes, ADORABLEST!

As far as the legit list of firsts goes…

February Firsts:

- picked up pacifier from her lap and successfully put into mouth.
- slept over with Grammie and Gump!
- showered.
- ate from The Source in public.
- flew.  (…to california… oh and she did amazing!  nbd.)
- discovered nails.  scratches on everything.
Yes you heard right.  We flew to California with a 5 month old.  It went very well.   She slept all the way out there.  Since our flight attendant was born awesome, she gave us an extra seat for Addison.   So that helped a lot!

Addison.  Loved.  California.

We had an amazing time hanging out with our best friend Blair and her family.  It was the perfectly short/awesome vacation!  But like everything good in life, our trip came to came to an end.  We boarded a Red Eye bound for home and crossed our fingers.  This time we had no extra seat, so I came up with the brilliant plan to have her sleep on the tray table.  It worked AMAZINGLY!   I just forgot to consider one small thing, if our baby is sleeping soundly on the tray table,  guess who gets to stay awake for 5 hours and make sure she stays on the tray table…  ME :)  So, other than the fact that my sleep consisted of slipping between half dream and half awake brain functionality, it actually went fantastic!  Not to mention that for the flight back we were on Jet Blue.  Which if no one has told you (no one told me) is by far the BEST airline in the business!   Reasons they were awesome:  Most Leg Room Ever; No stupid obnoxious beverage carts, the flight attendants waited on everyone individually; free snacks… I never see that anymore!; coffee, orange juice, hot towel, and water in the morning; yes a Hot Towel!; no I was not in first class.  they rule the school.

So that about covers month 5.  Stay tuned for month 6!

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January Firsts:

- plays with toys… kinda, mostly holds them and sucks on them
- discovered feet
- completely legit laugh, from feet being tickled!
- smiles at peek-a-boo
- making some serious progress on your stomach
- doesn’t like jelly or anything that we have tried and makes very funny faces with anything savory… serious hilarious.  Will attempt to get a picture later.
- puked on dad.  legit first time she has for real puked on me.  filled up my belly button… it was nasty.
- Man Farts!
- Wants to stand almost constantly.
- Getting much better with hands.  Pulled pacifier out and switched hands then attempted to put it back in your mouth and failed.
- Holds toys with fierce grip.  Holds bottle… kind of, not really.
- First time rolling over!  on the 31st, just snuck it in there.   Belly to Back.

Which one of these do you like better?  The fast one or the slow one?  Also these won’t work on phones I don’t think, not most of them anyways.  And give them a bit to load if you just opened the page.  I would really like feedback on these.   One is fast the other slow.  These are different pictures through out the 4 months.   The actual idea is a video with all of the pictures… maybe a years worth or 6 months if I get anxious.  Then again at 2 years and so on…  Anyways, thoughts?

VERSION I – fast

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ONE | Swaddle Blankets

If you have or soon will have a newborn check out the video by http://www.happiestbaby.com/ If you can look past the absolutely horrible production quality, and the slightly creepy look of Dr. Karp, there is a lot that Kate and I learned from this video.  As you probably guessed from the title, the film is about how to keep your baby happy and how to get an upset baby back to being happy.  So yeah, swaddling was a big thing in the first couple months of Babyjedi’s life.  Addison loved it!  I think it really helped with her sleep and definitely kept her warm.

TWO | Sound Machine

Every night when Addison lays down for her 12 hour slumber fest this baby gets turned on to OCEAN+THUNDER.  In the beginning we noticed that when we had it on she slept through the night better.  She definitely takes after her mom and dad since we can’t sleep without our trusty fan turned on high.  Also another quick trick, when we are in the car and she is having a rough time, sometimes turning on the radio to an AM static station helps.   I guess the white noise in the womb is quite loud, so they are used to loud white noises.  Either way, she loves this thing.

THREE | Video Monitor

At first I never thought I would get one of these.   I thought they were overpriced and unnecessary.   Then I was introduced to the constant and gripping fear that is first time parenthood.  For most people, sleep becomes a very precious thing when the baby arrives, we were lucky because Addison sleeps amazingly.   But one of the reasons why we still don’t lose sleep at night is because whenever we wake up from a dream about, say… gremlins invading our child’s bedroom, we can look at the video monitor and dissuade our fears.  Also you can check to see if she is breathing still (which you will do almost constantly in the beginning) from anywhere in the house.  This comes in handy since I am a stay at home dad that needs to get work done during nap time.  Plus its a neat party trick when you finally start having your friends back over, everyone can look at her and go on about how adorable she is whilst never entering her sleep chamber.

Side Note :: the monitor+sound machine combo puts the sound machine in both your room and your baby’s room!

FOUR | Pacifier_Thumb

You know those people that look down at you when they see your child sucking on a pacifier?  Kate and I are those people.  Until now.  Another possible reason for Addison’s stupendously superb slumber, is this Soothie.  The reason I say pacifier/thumb is because it really comes down to personal preference.  I am not sure if one is better than the other, but Kate really likes the option to clean off the Soothie with her Arm and Hammer pacifier wipes.   I also recently heard that the, it’s bad for their teeth theory is false, since they lose all their baby teeth anyways.  Now of coarse if your kid is still using a Soothing with her adult teeth, you might have done it wrong.  On the other hand, pacifiers can be almost too good.  I have caught myself just giving it to her at the smallest peep of sound by habit.  This is when I think you could be doing more damage than good.  Sometimes you just gotta let the kids makes some noise, in the beginning, talking and crying sound similar.

FIVE | Bouncer/ing

If your baby is anything like ours… or at least trying his/her hardest to be as awesome as ours, then they will love to bounce!   In any form.  Manually throwing baby through the air.  The good ole’ knee trick.  Or one of these fantastic bouncy devices.   Bouncing is key.  Bouncing brought about Addison’s earliest forms of laughter.  Also she can sleep in this thing or watch you do house work, or hang out with you while you make dinner.  In short, we love the crap out of this thing!  THANKS MATT AND LIZ!

SIX | Breast Feeding

As most of you know, our baby adventure has been near perfect, but if there was one thing that tried to ruin our winning streak, it was breastfeeding.  In the end Kate won, and boob juice rules.  Once again there is a vast overwhelming store of information on breastfeeding and all of its benefits, so I wont get into that.  A couple quick things though.  If you are going to do it or already are, stick with it.  It sucks for a while, but it does get easier and easier!  Also, if you are going to need to pump, make sure you invest in a good pump!   If you know someone that works at a hospital they might be able to get a really good quality pump for much cheaper than normal retail.  We use a Medela.  It rules.  And by ‘we’ I mean Kate.  Also, the nice thing about pumping is that you can store milk for up to a year in a deep freezer like ours.  So if you save the extra milk, you would be able to give your baby breast milk even after you stopped breastfeeding.  This is cool because it’s free.

SEVEN | Cloth Diapers aka Puke Dominators

This is a cloth diaper.  Take note on how it looks.  This one has a thicker section in the middle, the thicker the better.  These things have saved many a life in the 5pr46u3 household.  Many a life and Many more outfits.  What makes them so great is that they were specifically designed to absorb liquid.  In our case, Addison didn’t just puke.  She puked with a vengeance.  No joke, like 2-3 ozs of liquid spewing out of every hole on her face.  It was a scary sight.  I am sorry for those of you who witnessed this event, and to those of you who never saw it, be thankful.  Anyways, these Cloth Diapers were the only thing that could take what Addison was dishing out and beg for more.  Buy these, then buy some more.

Side Note :: I was changing Babyjedi’s ‘TreeKillerDiaper’ with one of these underneath her the other day and she decided to pee.  Strangely her pee soaked through this particular cloth diaper, so yeah, not sure what the deal is with that.  Addison Pee > Cloth Diaper

EIGHT | Car Seat

Of everything that we have ever owned in our lives, we have never received more compliments than the amount we receive about our Car Seat.  Almost every time we take the thing out someone mentions how much they love it.  “It’s so small!”  “Black!?  That is way cooler than our lame pink/yellow/orange/green/blue Car Seat” “Boy or Girl?”  Ok so that last one is the only draw back to our awesome black Car Seat/Stroller.  People often confuse Black for Boy… not sure why.  But if you are wondering where you can get an awesome Car Seat/Stroller head over to http://www.maxi-cosi.com/us-en/ And seriously, use it!  Get out there!  Go to your favorite restaurant, your friends house, across country!  My theory is the more you go out with your  baby, the more comfortable they will be in new/unknown places.  When we go to Margaritas, one of our favorite local chain restaurants, we bring the Car Seat right inside to the Bar area and sit at a booth.  The loud ambient noise of a bar makes for a perfect white noise machine for the baby, and you don’t have to worry if she cries, because no one will hear or notice.   As long as you can get past the occasional “what the heck are you doing with a baby in the Bar section”  looks.

NINE | Travel Bassinet

Compact.  Simple.  Amazing.  Easy to clean.  This portable Bassinet by http://www.brica.com is a must.  If you worry about sleeping with your baby in your bed, this thing is just small enough to fit in bed or easy enough to put on the floor next to the bed.  You can take it with you whenever you leave the house, and if the baby needs a nap, presto! this 2lb mysterious folded up carrying case looking thing is now a bed!  Addison doesn’t fit in this anymore :(  it was a sad day when she out grew it, but she was moving on to bigger and better things!

TEN | “Bigger and Better Things”

As hard as it was to start having our little girl sleep in her own crib, it is SO nice to have my bed with my wife back to myself }:)  And hopefully getting her used to sleeping in her own room so young will help later down the road.  We shall see.  We got this beauty at… drum roll please… walmart.com!  I know right?  They have a matching crib/dresser set and they are pretty stinking sweet.  Solid, although they come with poorly written/drawn directions, and you may be missing a part or two that you may or may not have to wait for the manufacturer to send you while you have the parts strewn across your nursery floor.  But hey, its wal-mart, you knew what you were getting into.

Eleven |  Have Another Dose of Adorablam!

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Since it doesn’t count until its blogged… Addison’s first Christmas is officially in the books!  It was one for the ages too.  This year I learned a valuable lesson.  And I am going to use some math to break it down… you were warned.

First, the equation with its variables and terms defined:

XY = Z

X: the number of offspring you produce.
Y: equal to the product of (a times b times c) and represents the potential amount of money an individual offspring might spend on you for Christmas.
a: a constant of $10, a base Christmas budget.
b: a value of 1-10 which represents how awesome you are.
c: a value of 0, .1, .3, and 1 depending on the average age of your Offspring or AAO:
-If AAO is 0-5years c = 0;  If AAO is 6-1oyears c = .1;  If AAO is 11-17years c = .3;  If AAO is greater than or equal to 18years c = 1 .
Z: the theoretical value of your future Christmas presents (this is for the individual parent, double this total for 2 parent households).

AAO:  Average Age of Offspring

Second we make some a scenarios and do some math:

Scenario 1 – Average Awesome(6); 2 offspring
Scenario 2 – Not Awesome(1); 10 offspring
Scenario 3 – Super Awesome(10); 0 offspring
Scenario 4 – Super Awesome(10); 5 offspring

Written out it looks like this: If the AAO of the parents in scenario 1 is 20years which will yield the best Christmas presents, then Y = ( 10 x 6 x 1) = $60.  So if X = 2 and Y = 60 then their offspring will spend $120 dollars on them for Christmas, $240 if you combine both parents.

Scenario 1 ::  @AAO = 1years  Z = 0; @AAO = 8years  Z = $12; @AAO = 13years  Z = $36; @AAO = 20years  Z = $120
Scenario 2::  @AAO = 1years  Z = 0; @AAO = 8years  Z = $10; @AAO = 13years  Z = $30; @AAO = 20years  Z = $100
Scenario 3::  @AAO = 0years  Z = $0; @AAO = 0years  Z = $0; @AAO = 0years  Z = $0; @AAO = 0years  Z = $0
Scenario 4::  @AAO = 1years  Z = 0; @AAO = 8years  Z = $50; @AAO = 13years  Z = $150; @AAO = 20years  Z = $500!  <– scenario 4 you know who you are ;)

Also, because I couldn’t leave well enough alone, if you had 10 kids and were Über awesome, therefore being an Über awesome parent, and your children were in their 20s, and you have a spouse, your offspring would be spending $2000 dollars on you and your spouse combined!!!!

So what have we learned here….

DUH!  MAKE BABIES AND BE AWESOME!  oh and be patient, it may seem like it is taking forever, but eventually your children will be adults and that is when Christmas is going to be magical again.

::DISCLAIMER:: this may or may not be based on science and research.  Daniel Aaron Sprague LLC and its affiliats cannot be held liable for Offspring that do not manage their christmas funds well, and or do not get jobs.

Anyways, we are getting ready for another Patriots playoff game around here.  This is the year!  And I think I am going to post about my top 10 favorite baby items that I could not live without soon.  As always, tons of stuff in the works.  I promise I will be blogging more often, so keep an eye out.

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They both went to Northeastern in Boston together.  And they are getting married in Hong Kong.  Hence… BostHongKong.

Congratulations Guys!

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Hello world!  How have you been?  I think I am finally getting over the holiday hangover.  First of all, yes Addison is getting HUGE!  She has grown so much since that fateful day of October 1st, so much that it blows my mind.  This month she has done a bunch of new first time ever in the universe done by Addison things.

November Firsts (not sure i ever told you guys these ones):

- took pacifier
- Boston, like 4 times <3
- Nubble Lighthouse
- sick with cold
- thanksgiving
- first LOTR Extended edition 5pr46u3 family tradition marathon
- christmas tree cutting, you knew that one.
- slept 8 hours straight as compared to the previous record of 7 }:)

December Firsts:

- laughed because of our laughter
- full night in her nursery
- broke her 8 hour record with a few 9 hour night time sleeps
- first trip the E.R.
- first diaper rash… lol… not that you needed to know
- broke 9 hour record with a 10 hours stretch
- first christmas
- first new years eve

January Firsts so far:

- plays with toys… kinda, mostly holds them and sucks on them
- discovered feet
- completely legit laugh, from feet being tickled!
- …more to come.

difference picture like WHOA:

Some final thoughts:

I am done weddings for the year!
Bookings are picking up!  good thing because Addison likes the $$$… just like her mommy!  jk kate ;P
I love my family the whole huge crazy extended insane group of us.
Christmas went awesome!  I’ll be posting about that next!
So many cute pictures I have to catch you all up on, so be excited for that.
Super secret projects are in motion.
Kate is doing amazing at work!
Kate and I have decided to do INSANITY by Beachbody again!!!!
Blog schedule: 2 epic engagement sessions, more addison in your face, supersecretstuff

So grab some popcorn, we have enter rapid fire zone!!!  ok that is enough technicolor… sorry…

Lastly, here are some honorable mention face pictures that didn’t make the cut this month, mostly due to the fact that I couldn’t line them up right…. :

haha that last one kills me!  “What possessed you to think it was a good idea to wake me up!?”
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I am currently at a loss for words.  Time is flying by as fast as ever, and ever faster.  Kate is back to work and killing it!  I am excited to be blogging on here about our family a lot more often as things slow down for the winter.  All though, these last few engagement/family session blog posts are going to be killer!

I am not sure if I am the only one, but holy jolly pants batman!  These holidays are killing my relationship with the bathroom scale.  We are pretty much ready for Christmas around here.  Some last minute shopping as always, but I am sure you are right there with us.  We already had a few HolidayParties/FamilyChristmases and they have all been awesome.  I cannot even begin to relay to you the perfection that is my daughter.  For instance, we were in the car for 8hrs (there and back) on a day trip up Maine for our annual family (on my dad’s side) Christmas party.  She was perfectly content the entire day, sleeping for most of it and quietly cooing for the rest.  She has been surrounded by more large groups of poking, prodding, pinching adults/children in these past few weeks than even the happiest of holiday cheermeisters could stand up to without becoming irritable.  And she has taken it all in stride, with a seemingly effortless patience.  Who she gets it from I will never know.

In other news, at the risk of jinxing it, I think she is over the projectile vomiting stage of the game.  Kate and I have not been as hesitant to take her out from fear of covering half the world with her stomach contents.  In fact there is really nothing to complain about currently, other than this spare tire I am slowly developing via the ghost of Christmas Overeating.

One thing I am really excited about is that the three of us have settled into a pretty consistent morning rhythm, and since I know you are curious, I shall divulge/indulge.

5pr46u3 Morning Routine Timeline:

12-3:44am – The 5pr46u3 family slumbers.  Sometimes Darth Dader can be seen slaying nOObs MW3style way to early in the morning…
3:45am       – Kate awakes to pump and get ready for work.
4:40am       – Kate puts Addison in bed with Darth Dader.
4:45am       – Kate goes to work.
4:46am       – After occasional early morning diaper changes Darth Dader and Addison fall back to sleep.
4:55am       – Kate arrives at work 5 minutes early.
6/7isham  – Addison wakes Dad up to eat breakfast.
7ish-10am- After eating Addison drifts in and out of short naps.  Darth Dader gets to work.
10isham     – Addison eats again.
10:04am    – Kate gets out of work.
10:21am     – Kate walks through the front door.
10:21am     – Kate/Addison smilefest 2011 starts.

The rest of the day is a mixture of working/cleaning/diapers/smiles/naps/MW3/movies/grey’s anatomy/family/friends/beer.

Remember when I said that I was at a loss for words?  I lied.

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That last face kills me!

So I have been thinking a lot lately about how one raises another human being.  At this stage in the game, Kate and I have to make all of the decisions for her in all aspects of her life.  It is an ominous job, this rearing of a child that is completely and utterly helpless, but someone has to do it.

Some daily questions that run through my mind:

Am I doing this right?
What are the most important things I want to teach her from a young age?
Did you just poop in your diaper?
Is the person that she grows up to be just a product of Nature?  Or Nurture?  Or half of each?
Did you just poop… again!?
When will she start dating?
What will she look like?
What will she look like?
What will she look like… I think this few times in a row as I imagine her at different ages.
When and what will I teach her about alcohol and drugs?
Will she love me and think I am the best dad ever?
Religion?  Christianity?  Buddhism?  The Force?
Will she be America’s next top model?
Should she have siblings or should we just focus all of our efforts on raising one well adjusted person?
Will I always be there for her when she needs me?
Teddy Bruschi thinks I should get life insurance… should I listen to him?
More poop? Really!?  wait, no that was just a fart.
Wow you are gorgeous addison. <– that wasn’t a question
How long can I keep this daily photo thing going?
Will she be a photographer? Do I even want her to be a photographer?  I guess if she wants to be one… that is a new one…
Can I slow down time?  Can I just pause it here for a little while?
I know I will make wrong choices… but when it really counts will I make the right ones?

I have no answers to any of these questions.  Except one… yes, if you can smell it, she definitely dealt it.  Poop or otherwise.

Anyways, Check this out.  How insane is the difference in these two pictures!?  I mean look at those amazing lashes!

Ok people, weddings to work on!  Only three more left to edit and I am all caught up!!!  Be excited!  I am!  Once I am done with these awesome weddings then I can get to work on the time-lapse-pregnancy-craziness-super-top-secret-project!

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I could not have asked for a more down to earth awesome couple to share this epic day with!  Shawn and Francesca… you da coolest!

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The very first picture is Addison’s thanksgiving day outfit.  I know, she looked adorable.  That was the only picture we took on thanksgiving day since we were all busy stuffing our faces… see what I did there?  The next day we got down to some picture taking goodness, and started our first family tradition:  Killing Trees }:)

I want to give a shout out to McCromes Christmas Tree Farm on Rt. 155 in Dover.  I highly recommend them if you want to cut down your own local tree in Dover.  Tell them I sent you, it wont get you anything, I just felt like saying it.

Kate and I are so glad that Christmas time is back once again.  We seriously get all giddy and childish during this time of year.  It is a little scary.

Thanksgiving went amazing!  We had a lot of great food and got to spend a lot of time with our family and friends.  I hope all of you had a great thanksgiving as well!  An interesting topic of conversation recently has been on starting our own family traditions and when we should start them.  I definitely want to have our own Thanksgiving-Christmas-Holiday traditions, but I feel weird forcing them while our child still has no concept of… well… anything.  Part of me wants to do our own little family thing but I also still cling to my childhood traditions which are hard to let go of.  Cutting down our first Christmas tree as a family was a great place to start though.  It was something that Kate and I had already started doing over the last 8 years of being together.  I would love to be able to tell you that Addison loved it and smiled the whole time… but she was busy catching some Zs.  Seriously though, who cares when she looks that adorable!

So we shall see when it will be time for us to start our own Christmas Eve/Day traditions.  But for now we will stick with the standard operation procedure.  Any slightly more experienced Moms and Dads out there that have any advice on this?  When did you break off from going to your parents house for Christmas day and start your own family Christmas tradition?

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