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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. I’m happy to be waking up in my own bed this year (as opposed to a hospital bed last year!) and am excited to see how both children react to the day.

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My goal is to stay in PJs all day, watch the kids go crazy with presents and toys, and hopefully find a Christmas movie to put on that an opinionated toddler won’t object to. Anyone know if Cookie Monster has a Christmas movie??

Random quick funny story: I bought the boys Christmas PJs with Santas all over them. Santa is holding a chocolate chip cookie in his hand. If you ask E who is on his PJs, he’ll tell you COOKIE MONSTER!

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