Yesterday, Bridget, her mom, Siobhán and I all went to Mike and Stacey McGinley’s for Christmas.

Everyone had a great time, and we all got another unexpected gift: The Eagles made it to the playoffs, and got to pound on the Cowboys at the same time!

Here are some of the pictures that I took:

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Bridget, her mom, Siobhán and I all went over to my mom’s house for Christmas dinner, which included some very good turkey and excellent stuffing! Here are some of the pictures that I took:

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After a morning of opening up our presents at home, we stopped by my mom’s cousin Bob Degnan’s house for a bit to visit and so he could see Siobhán. Here are some pictures:

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Even though Siobhán doesn’t know what Christmas is yet, we still enjoyed our first Christmas morning with our favorite gift!

Here are some pictures of our little cuttie:

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After our visit at the DiQuattro’s on Christmas Eve, we stopped by the Hutchinson’s so that we could give Carly and Eric their gifts. The Lionel train set we gave to Eric was a big hit, as you can see:

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Bridget, Siobhán and I went over to Jim and Debbie DiQuattro’s home for Christmas eve. Here are some of the pictures that I took of the festivities:

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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us.

As you can see in the post below, we put a lot of effort into this year’s card, even though the picture we ended up using was a pretty simple snapshot… at least compared to some of the other ideas we tried.

Here’s our completed Christmas Card for 2008:

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and have a great Holiday Season from The Kelleher Family!

Bridget and I spend a lot of time each year with our Christmas Cards. Many people will remember the 12 months of Halley and Ben pictures that we had last year on our card.

This year was no exception. First we tried to get a shot of Siobhán in a sleigh with Halley and Ben as “reindeer” pulling her along. It was a very cute idea, but as they say, never try to work with children or animals, and especially not both children AND animals! Here are some of the pictures we got:

Next we tried some of just Siobhán by the fireplace. The first idea was with her inside of a giant stocking that we had, but holding it up was a problem since Bridget and mom had to hold it (and her) up, and our little angel didn’t enjoy it as much, as you can see:

Next Daddy had the idea to put her in her bumpo sitter covered with some blankets, and surrounded by snowmen.  It turned out pretty cute:

But in the end, it was a quick shot that I took before we started with mommy hold her in her Christmas dress that we decided to use.