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Christmas jammies!
This little girl could eat all day every day. She is happy as a clam with a cookie in her hand.

How can you say no to that little face?

This is Kaybree's latest trick to get some snuggle time with Aspen. She does spider on the swing with her. Aspen loves it! Once she gets past the giggles and giant smiles she snuggles right in.

I tried to get her to untuck the shirt. 




We were not allowed to visit Kaybree and Eisley before or after their MCO choir performance so I made everyone take pictures that I could share with Kaybree later.



Kaybree and Eisley did awesome in their MCO Christmas concert! Kaybree kept her eyes on the conductor the entire time during the first two songs but the next time she came out there was no conductor to watch. She did even better without one--when she was just singing what she knew! 

Eisley saw Stetson and Stryker in the front row and watched them the entire time! There was one moment when Eisley was so focused on her cousins she didn't notice everyone else was doing a different hand motion (during a prelude). When someone tried to correct her we saw a flash of her attitude which was fun to see. She knew all the words though and did a great job! 

Kaybree said after the concert she couldn't stop smiling! She LOVED having all her family in the audience watching her.

Aspen is the easiest baby to put down to sleep at night. She snuggles right in to her blankets and it is the cutest thing ever.

I didn't drop the girls off for their concert Friday so I missed getting a photo of Eisley! I'm really mad about it! I got to see Kaybree for a few minutes when I dropped off her dinner but I wasn't even allowed to say hi to Eisley!










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