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   Merry Christmas! It's December 12th and beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!  The tree is decorated and we are slowly adding presents underneath it.  What's new with the Hamilton crew? Well let me tell ya.  Justin is starting a new job as St Alphonsus's webmaster next Monday.  Which means I can kiss my daytime freedom goodbye.  Since February Justin has been working at home with a start up company called RealResultsOnline.  So if I had both kids down for a nap I could easily leave the house to go grocery shopping or whatever.  Now I'm heading back to the reality of being a stay at home mom.  Anyways...I'm sure I'll survive.  Because what choice do I have?!  We'll miss you Justin....  Especially Channing.  That kid loves peeking in on Justin during the day and getting in lots of daddy play time.  But we think this new job will give us better opportunities for the future.  So yes, I gotta suck it up! 
   Have I told you lately that I love living in Meridian? It still gets cold here but not nearly as cold as Rexburg or Idaho Falls.  I love living close to my family, the new friends that I've made, and this great house we get to live in.  
   In other news, we moved Channing into a big boy bed and one week ago we started potty training.  I feel like a real parent now cleaning up so much pee.  Luckily he's doing super awesome!  The first day was rough but since then he hasn't had an accident.  Unless I put underwear on him, then he'll pee in those.  So he's been half naked all week.  At least he's got a cute bum!  The only big accident after day one was when he "missed" pooping in the potty. (Hence the title of my post.) But hey, I wasn't home to clean it up! (Love you Justin!) 
   Mckenzie is 5 months old now.  She loves to talk and smile.  She's really good at grabbing toys and putting them in her mouth.  We just love her cute, chubby smile!

Helping Justin hang up Christmas lights.

He's definitely my son, loves licking the brownie bowl!

Miss micky may!

Potty training day 1.  He went through 3 pairs on underwear before I learned he just needed to be naked.

And there it is... Don't worry mom, it didn't land on your precious carpet. ;) Hey at least he attempted to poop in the potty! Lol!

5 months old!

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