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Welcome Neve Dianne Elizabeth Kelly!
8 lbs., 4 oz. and 21 inches long (which makes her bigger at birth than her brothers!)
She is also named after her two grandmothers.
Baby and mom are doing well!
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2008 is on its way out, but not before it welcomes a new little bundle of joy! We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new niece/cousin! We will update this post as we get more news.
And also, this marks post #100 for 2008! Wow – that’s a lot of bloggin’!
Maybe I can still squeeze into it?
Let’s try it this way…
Now this way…woah!
Ta-Da! There we go! Nice and snug!
We’ve posted some videos on You Tube of Alex opening presents on Christmas Day. Some were taken at Grandma and Grandpa’s, some were taken at our home. Enjoy!
Pushing around the presents on Christmas!
We had a wonderful Christmas this year, hard to believe it was Alex’s THIRD one! We were “bad parents” last night and let him stay up late because we just enjoyed watching him play with all of his presents. We didn’t want to interrupt him, he looked like he was having so much fun! Here’s a comparison of the past few years, see how much he’s grown:
Christmas 2008 – 25 months old
Christmas 2007 – 13 months old
Christmas 2006 – 1 month old
And if you want to see more pictures, we’ve uploaded all of the Christmas photos to our Shutterfly site – enjoy!
Since it’s one day until Christmas, here’s two photos celebrating it! Nothing says “parenthood” quite like painting your child’s stomach and forcing them to take pictures in the name of peace on Earth! 
Alex’s new favorite Christmas song:
Tick tock, tick tock, only two days to go!
In honor of our recent attempts to potty train.
(yes, “three” is purposely spelled wrong above…Chicago pronunciation)
Four more days until Christmas!
Six days until Santa!
The 30 Pound Cat 