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Wow, it is almost Christmas time! Anyone completely done Christmas shopping yet? If you are I hate you. Jk... This year Josh and I said we were doing a simplified Christmas. The boys would each get one big present and like, two small ones and then their stockings. Well... I had those two big presents done a while ago (a smart cycle for Gabe and a Cars tricycle-ish ride-on toy for Caleb) but then I started shopping for their little presents and now I realized they are getting MANY "small presents." I think that people who try to get shopping done early in an attempt to spend less just end up shopping continually between October and December and just end up spending MORE. (That's speaking from experience...) I blame my mother. Her shopaholic ways must be genetic. I remember being a kid and having so many presents my sister and I would build ourselves castles made out of presents and sit inside them while we started opening. I really wasn't usually spoiled. My mom just loved Christmas and always went a little crazy. So anyways....hopefully I will stop shopping soon and just be done!

I still don't have many good pictures to post. I am trying to buy the perfect digital camera. So far I have bought and returned a GE, a Nikon Coolpix, and the one I have in my possession (that I am returning tommorow) is a Fujifilm. I am going a little crazy. We have owned 3 Kodaks since we got married and they have all died on us - the first one lasted the longest, 2 years, and then about one per year. So, I loved the quality of the pictures but I can't handle them dying anymore! So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. Here's a couple funny pictures of Caleb trying to drink from a straw and getting all wet. He's such a funny kid. It's his 18 month birthday today! Happy Half Birthday Caleb!