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Christmas Day - 2013

By Jake Parrillo

We've come a LONG way since that very first Christmas with our one-week-old Eloise.  After a great night at Noonie and Papa's on Christmas Eve, we woke up early as Eloise came into our room to tell us that Santa had visited.  After opening all our presents (well...to be honest, Sadie wasn't all that interested in opening stuff, so some of her presents just stayed wrapped under the tree!) and eating our traditional breakfast of Kirschbaum's coffee cake, we packed up the family truckster and headed out to Naperville for Christmas morning round two at the Moran's.

The girls couldn't have had more fun opening presents with their aunts/uncles and Grammy and Granddad.  We all even had matching shirts thanks to Grammy!

As both Ellie and Sadie get older, each Christmas season gets better and better.  While I'm pretty sad to say goodbye to Christmas for a while, I can't wait until next year to see Ellie and Sadie's eye's light up when the season starts.  Mine will light up (as they usually do), too!




Here's the highlight video of our morning at the Moran's after we opened presents in our pajamas. (if you are reading this in your email and can NOT see the video below, click here to watch the video on the site.)


Check out the slideshow below to see all the photos from the big day.  If you are reading this in your email and can NOT see the slideshow below, click here to view it on the site.


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