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Ok, not the nicest title, I know, but I haven't posted anything new in a while, so I feel like I will be going on and on. We have had a crazy past 10 days. Patrick has been gone out of town almost constantly because of a terrible accident they had on one of their jobs in Jacksonville. They had a 7 story parking deck that was under construction collapse, trapping one of their workers underneath the rubble. It was 2 days later before they were able to pull him out. He lost his life and left a 5 and 7 year old without their Daddy. It really made me thankful for my Husband and that he comes home to us safely each day. It could have just as easily been him underneath there. The kids are diving us nuts! The whole "Santa Claus is watching" thing just isn't working for us. I think part of the behavior is because their Daddy wasn't here, maybe we will begin to see an improvement. We finally bought our Christmas tree tonight. I wasn't able to be there because I had to work, but there comes a time when you say "we either do it today, or it's not going to be worth all the trouble to put it up"! Lillie is absolutely amazed by all of the lights on people's houses this year. Each one we go by, no matter how much or how little it is decorated, she says "Mommy, look!" And I have to say back to her; "yeah, pretty!" or she says... "Mommy, say Yeah, pretty!" It is so cute to see her enjoying Christmas this year. Parker is eagerly awaiting Santa's arrival, and is being oh so unselfish. All he asked Santa for was a transformer. He keeps saying " I can't wait for Santa to bring me a transformer!" At any rate, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and I love you all!