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First Christmas





Our first Christmas as a family of six was CRAZY and SPECIAL all at once. We spent Christmas at home this year visiting family in January. Rachel got to enjoy the local sites and sounds of what Christmas is like in Texas. She had no problem figuring out how to open presents. The girl is a pro at finding a seam and ripping it open. Seriously, there is no seam this girl can't find on anything to open..that's why she can't hold anything in the grocery store cart! Tee hee we laugh but for me to pause and look up at the ornament we have from Shaohannah's Hope from two years back, it's a reminder of each Christmas spent wondering and waiting about our 4th child.

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Robert & Meredith said…
Hey there Duncan Family! I love the picture of Rachel with her baby doll. Allison Grace has the same doll. Rachel is so cute!!!
26 March, 2009
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