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This years Christmas was one to remember. For starters, we got a puppy. His father was a black lab mix, and the mother was a shepherd mix. Even though we got him in November, he was an early Christmas present for the two of us and the start of a family. We named him Axyl, probably because of The Middle. I don't think the name would of crossed Kenny's mind otherwise. He claimed that the connection came from the thought that, "he was the axle that held our love together," though I believe that was an afterthought. We got lost a million times on the way to pick him up for the first time, but it was well worth the stress at the end of the day. He adjusted to life with us very well, and for the most part he is well behaved. He is learning commands and being trained at the moment and has proven his intelligence to us a thousand times. He was the perfect puppy for us. Secondly, we just recently moved into our very first apartment together, so we were able to put up our own tree and stockings. We had presents under the very well decorated tree, and our stockings were hung to the side of the wood-burning fireplace. It was quite a sight to behold. We were able to bake Christmas cookies for the families, which turned out to be a great hit. Christmas Eve was shared between work, my Aunt's, and his parents house. We got to go out, laugh, and have a great time. We got some gift cards, a snow cover for the car, some clothes, ornaments, and Tupperware from my Aunt's and we got his parents traditional Christmas Eve pajamas. Christmas morning, we woke up around 330am. Strangely enough we did not have the alarms set, but he woke up to use the bathroom which woke me up and I realized I was thirsty. Well, after moving about for a minute the two of us couldn't get back to sleep. So, we took Axyl outside and fed him and started the Christmas festivities! He got me two seasons of NCIS, a foot massaging kit, a jewelry box, a CD from the first season of Glee!, a beautiful pig figurine, TMNT barrettes, a book and probably more that is escaping my memory at the moment. I got him a Fossil belt, watch, and wallet, a new car stereo, some shirts, an ACDC poster, and once again that is all I can remember. We opened our stockings and read our cards to each other after that and made sure Axyl got all of his goodies. We headed over to his parents around 630 and watched tv in the basement with Axyl. A little after 7 we were able to head upstairs with his sisters and sort out all the presents. His Father films Christmas every year, so that was something exciting and new! They went above and beyond what they should have and had gifts for me, and a large number of gifts addressed to the two of us. We got a pot and pan set, measuring cup set, a new comforter, new sheets, a new dvd player, a space heater, a watch for me, a digital picture keychain, some clothes, a million gift cards, and a bunch of other cool things. His Mother then informed me that every time a member of the family, or someone new celebrated Christmas at their house they put an ornament on the tree for them. At first, with his family being nuts about holidays, I thought they were going to tell me I had to look for it. Which would have been hard with the MILLIONS of ornaments they have on their beautiful tree. Luckily, that was not the case. They pointed an ornament out and had me stand up and take it off the tree to show the camera and the family. The ornament was a brass ball with the word joy carved out and was hinged, allowing it to open. Inside was another ornament, saying "Diamonds are a girls best friend." During all of this Kenny stood up, getting an "Oh my" in response and stated something along the lines of "You're the first person I see in the morning, and the last person I think about at night, and I wouldn't have it any other way." He got down on knee, and asked me to marry him. All I was really able to do was wrap my arms around him and mumble a muffled yes which apparently was a signal for his Mother, Father, two sisters, and grandparents to stand up and come over resulting in a large series of hugs, kisses, and of course tears. We later went to Mother's for dinner which was AMAZING! Jen made prime rib, shrimp scampi, and lobster tail. We got a season of House, a picture frame, clothes, and a DVD-VCR combo and some more clothes while there. Needless to say, this was the best Christmas I think we'll ever have.
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