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Cnristmas Updates!

Hello all, a lot has happened since I last post on November 25th, with heavy hearts we have to announce we lost our Otis on November 27th, he died in our arms, he waited for us to get home and josh and pet him and loved him up until the very end, when we both were with him and started petting him, he suddenly calmed down and let himself go, very heartbreaking but we were so glad we were able to say goodbye! Since then good things have happened, Libby had her first school program, she got to ring jingle bells and I gotta say she put all her effort into it! Piper has been growing up soon fast she's talking like a little grownup, counting really well and knows her colors, and getting some letters! They both have been helping me bake, they love every minute of that and they really like to taste test! Piper just recently got to spend an afternoon with her great grandma Bessie and had a blast, she brought over her babies and played Dr. When I came with libs to pick her up told her we needed to go because I needed to run errands she looked up at me and said go then....she wanted to stay with her Bessie grandma(that's how she refers to her) Christmas day was yesterday and it was awesome!!! Since losing Otis we have been so lonely and Piper has been asking daily if we could take our truck and get him from heaven! So josh and I decided it would be great to surprise the girls with a new puppy! It just happened to work out that we found somebody selling bloodhounds and would meet us Mankato, we wanted a black and tan, and that exactly what they had, it felt meant to be! We picked Clara up on the 22nd and friends of ours watched her until Christmas eve night! We then wrapped her kennel and had the girls open her up first, libs jumped back and piper had to repick up the paper and say hey theres a dog in here! They absolutely love her, the only thing they prolly would change is if she didn't like their Christmas toys as much as they do! Today it's been ongoing chasing Clara and prying toys out of her mouth! So now as I write this Clara is napping and the girls are opening all their presents...taking out of the boxes so needless to say my house is a mess but that's ok, how often does this happen, I can clean tomorrow, and they can play away today, I truly feel blessed! It was a wonderful Christmas, I wish we could've spent it with my brother Chris's family as well but it just didn't work out this yr. I will try and post some pics later but I thought I should at least give an update! Merry Christmas all and happy new year!