{"id":1101,"date":"2010-12-25T19:20:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T00:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2020-05-31T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T03:06:04","slug":"christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/1101","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

We started our day at John’s sister’s house for lunch and gift giving. Tara, the family baby lover, scooped up Riesa\u00a0and spent time playing with her and toting her around the house.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Tara<\/a>
Tara and Riesa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jake, Bob and\u00a0Deann’s\u00a0Westie, demonstrated, for all of us, his\u00a0amazing ability to open his own presents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Jake<\/a>
Jake opening his own doggie presents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After we finished up at John’s sister’s house we headed back to Williamsport to my parent’s house again, for more food and gift giving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Riesa’s Christmas outfit was a hit with everyone and was a perfect lead in to a very silly Christmas Day with my family. (do you see a pattern emerging?)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Riendeer<\/a>
Reindeer Bottom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were all amazed at Riesa\u00a0tearing the paper off of her own presents. She was more interested in the paper than the toys but isn’t that the way it goes with babies?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Riesa<\/a>
Riesa opening gifts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were a few touching moments. The one that stands out for me is when Britt opened up a gift made by Aunt Lois for Riesa. A beautiful handmade afghan that most likely took her many months to\u00a0complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Aunt<\/a>
Aunt Lois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Afgan<\/a>
Afghan for Riesa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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As the evening wore on everyone was getting more and more silly. Weird and funny faces seemed to be\u00a0the most entertaining. Even Riesa gave us a funny face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"Silly<\/a>
Silly Riesa Face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Silly<\/a>
Silly Britta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"MeMe<\/a>
MeMe made a funny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Funny<\/a>
Funny Face for Julia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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John and I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, filled with family, friends and warm wishes. God Bless.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Merry<\/a>
Merry Christmas to All<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We started our day at John’s sister’s house for lunch and gift giving. 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