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We had a very merry Christmas here and wanted to share a bit of it with all of you. Molly was especially excited about everything this year and had a blast. As a warning, this is not in the typical style of short and fun, but is rather more like a typical home movie. It's almost 16 minutes long, so it may take a while to load if you don't have a very fast Internet connection.

This weekend, we were hit with a major snowstorm, starting Friday night and lasting until the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. It was the biggest December snow storm ever for the Baltimore area.

Leah and I only stepped out briefly. Molly took a little bit to warm up to it, but eventually had a good time. She had lots of fun throwing snow in the air.

Molly's favorite game was to pick up snow and wipe it on Daddy's jacket and pants.

This was our front yard after the snow finally stopped. The official measurement for Baltimore was 21 inches!

Molly went out to play with Chad again on Sunday. The snow was now up to her waist, so she could no longer move around. She could still throw snowballs and put snow on Daddy though.

After playing for a little while, Chad got out the snow shovel to shovel our driveway and cars. Molly very much enjoyed "helping" with her shovel and bucket.

You can see some of our snow adventures in this video.

Last weekend we got our Christmas tree (which was early for us since the last few years we've gone just days before Christmas!). Molly picked it out, so she was very excited to decorate it. She started out by helping Daddy make sure all our lights were working.

After the lights were on, Molly put the first ornament on the tree.

She kept asking Chad to put the ornaments up high, but would occasionally put one on by herself.

Leah may not have been quite as into it as Molly, but I made sure she was involved as well.

Chad also captured some of our decorating on video.

In case you didn't hear, much of the east coast was covered in snow this weekend. It was the biggest December snow storm ever for the Baltimore area. We went out and played during the snow for a little bit, as you can see here. There's only about 9 inches down so far when this was shot (Baltimore officially ended up with 21 inches according to the news).

Leah has become a lot more vocal and happy.

We finally got ourselves a Christmas tree after our adventures in potty training calmed down a little. Molly enjoyed helping out decorating it.

While we were in Tennessee with Jen's family, Uncle J built us a campfire (Molly's first). A good time was had by all, and the marshmallows were very tasty.

I took the girls to have pictures taken last week. Leah cooperated; Molly didn't.

I thought it'd be fun to show you some of Leah's facial expressions lately.

Do you have something to say, Leah?

Mid-sneeze...

A seriously squished face...

And our sweet, happy girl!

Molly has had so much fun wearing her butterfly fairy costume. On Friday, I took the girls to Harmony Hall (an assisted living community) for a costume parade. She was in good company with Nemo, Elmo, The Cat in the Hat, and a Hershey Kiss.

She then donned the costume again when we went Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. Though before we even left the house we had a costume malfunction, which set us back 45 minutes! We finally got ourselves together and headed to Grams and Pop's house. Molly was happy to get some candy as well as a book.

We then headed to Molly's friend Simon's house to go trick or treating with our playgroup friends, each with a 2 year old and a less-than-one year old. We managed to get a picture of them all (and me). Left to right you've got Maya, Molly, Simon, Matilda, Leah, and Keira.

Of course, that shot was a miracle to get, as most of the time the picture looked more like this.

The rain held off (mostly) and the kids did great trick-or-treating. They hit a lot of houses, leading to acquiring a lot of candy for a 2 year old.

After everyone dug into their new-found loot, and Molly finished off 3 pieces of candy in less than 2 minutes, there was much fun and enjoyment while on the sugar high.

We all had a great time! You can see the rest of the pictures here.