December 9th, 2005

Lily was so excited that the holidays were coming up. They were celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas. She wanted to do everything big since it was Taj's first holiday season.

"Hanukkah Christmas ornaments." Maya said as they walked down the snowy sidewalk. Lily chuckled and looked at her.

"What?" She asked.

"We put Hanukkah Christmas stuff on our tree." Maya said. Lily smiled softly and nodded.

"We can do that if you want Butterfly." She said catching up with Bug and Taj.

"I think the snow fascinates him." He said. Taj's large eyes stared at the snow that was piling up in front of him. Lily smiled as they entered the Christmas tree lot.

"Big tree!!" Maya squealed. Lily chuckled as she scooped her up.

"We can pick any tree you want." She said. Maya's eyes were wide as she walked ahead of her brother and parents. Lily could literally see the wheels turning in her head.

"Santa needs to have a break in a few days." Bug winked. Lily nodded.
"Mrs. Claus does too." She said as she followed Maya.
"Look who we have here." Jordan walked up to the family, "Small world."

"Boston isn't that big." Lily winked, "You getting a tree."

"Yeah." She pointed to Woody, "He has like this whole ritual in buying a tree. SO far I've had no input." They stared at Woody. He was ordering the people who worked there, around.

"Enjoy the tree." Lily said, "Feel free to stop by tonight. We're having eggnog and decorating ours."

"I may take you up on that offer." Jordan said.

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"Oh Come Ole Ye Faithful. Joyful and triumphant." Lily said.
"Come ye. Come ye. Come ye." Maya sang as she hung up a red Christmas ball on the tree.

"Beautiful." Lily chuckled. Maya beamed with pride.
"I know." She said. Bug bounced Taj on his knee. Both were wearing Santa hats. Of course Lily had taken a lot of pictures of it.

"Anyone home?" Jordan opened the front door.

"JOR!!!" Maya squealed running into her arms.

"Hey there, Big girl." Jordan chuckled as she hugged the child.

"Hey." Lily smiled as Jordan closed the door behind her, "Where's Woody?"

"Work." Jordan rolled her eyes, "We were on our way out when he was paged."

"I know the feeling." Bug said. Lily chuckled softly.

"Come on. I'll get you some hot chocolate." She said. Jordan smiled softly following her. Bug sighed watching Jordan. She seemed so sad that Woody wasn't there. He knew it was hard being a Doctor in a medical examiner's office, but he couldn't imagine being married to a cop.

December 25th, 2005

She may only be two, but Maya already knew the true meaning over Christmas....To wake up early and harass your parents. Maya threw open her door and ran to her parents room. She screamed at the top of her lungs as she fly onto their bed.
"SANTA CAME!!!!!!!!" She screamed. Lily chuckled as she sat up in bed.
"Taj isn't up." She said.

"Wake'em!" Maya moaned. Bug grumbled from bed.
"Is she really up?" He mumbled.

"Yeah she is." Lily chuckled sliding out of bed. It was really cold outside of the bed. Sometime she really hated living in Boston and a place that needed firewood to heat the house up. Bug sat up rubbing his eyes. He looked at Maya's face. She looked so excited. He smiled back at her.

"Let's go get your brother." he said. Maya squealed.

Okay, maybe Christmas was cool. Bug got up and walked into the hallway towards Taj's room. He could hear Maya's little feet hit the hard wood floor behind him. Bug walked into the room. Taj stirred with a yawn. Bug leaned over the edge of his crib.

"Brudda!" Maya squealed. Bug chuckled picking his son up.
"Calm down, Butterfly." He cradled Taj against his chest as they walked out. Lily ran past them, down the stairs, and into the living room.

"Coming!" Maya yelled running after her mother. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the plethora of gifts. Her brown eyes widened. Lily began to take pictures at her daughter's reaction.

"Come open some." Lily said. Maya flung herself at the gifts and began to rip open the wrapping paper that had her name on it.

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Lily cuddled into bug as they watched Maya sleep in a pile of wrapping paper. Taj sat in his swing gnawing on a new teething ring. She smiled softly.

"I love Christmas." She said.

"I know you do." Bug said.

"I love it even more now that we have children." Lily said, "TO see the joy on Maya's face...It's priceless."

"When we have more children-"

"More?" Lily laughed softly. "Don't even finish that sentence, Bug." He smiled at her.

"You don't want more?" Bug asked. Lily chuckled sitting up.

"Yes I want another one more than anything, but not anytime soon." She said.

"Good because I'm not ready for another few years, financially and mentally." Bug said.

"Good, Sweetheart." Lily said, "Because we have two beautiful children already that we need to focus on for the time being."

"I agree, Baby." Bug told her. Another child would be great, but watching the two they already had was even better. Bug didn't want to miss a single moment of their lives.

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