let me preface this by telling you i'm a sore loser

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and they're off! we finally got our magic christmas tree seed last night. i don't know the full story but i know it involves pooping fairies.... so i didn't ask too many questions. our seed was so small, you could barely see it all. but with regular kisses [justin refused] and singing [celine dion- who would have guessed?], it slowly grew! grew! grew!

slowly the seed became a little plant. i called this his teenage rebellious stage. he started asking to listen to nirvana and the ramones. i guess every child goes through that at one time or another.

eventually we got our full grown, 3 foot tree! we 'borrowed' the lights from lynsey's last apt and only had 3 ornaments with us [thanks teryl], including our 1st christmas ornament! little reginald is quite dashing don't you think?

that night we went to the irelanders house for some 'ginerbread' house building competitions. fortunately, steven is in the building community and secured the proper licenses for us. can you tell whose is whose? vote for your favorite house now! [i am a professional loser so i am determined to just beat steven's].

to vote: look to the left of the posts near the top [the sidebar].

let the voting begin!