Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family.
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Unfortunately, Aaron is under the weather, but after pancakes and gifts this morning, Averie and I made the drive up to the hospital to get our stockings and celebrate the holiday with some cuddles from AJ.
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Extra big thank yous to our nurse last night who went the extra mile helping out Santa and even taking pictures and making a first Christmas sign for AJ.
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Although this is definitely not the most ideal way to spend Christmas, we are still so very thankful that we are all able to celebrate today.
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Averie and her new baby doll – she thought he looked like her brother, we gave him the spare trach that CHOP had given us to play with.
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Day after Christmas – Averie wasn’t wanting to give up her brother. I pulled out the camera to catch her saying “He’s mine”… She stopped saying “He’s mine” after this happened: