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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
They had seen their parents do it many times and had even done it a few times by themselves. But for some reason no matter how hard they tried they agreed that they couldn't decorate half as well as their parents could. Their tinsel just never seemed to reflect the light correctly, or be high enough up out of the reach of Emma, who delighted in ripping any down that she could get her little hands on. Guy had wanted a simple Christmas in this their first real home, that they paid for themselves, as a family, but Connie wouldn't hear any of it. She had made sure to decorate nearly every square inch of the small house with anything even closely Christmas related. Emma had delighted in all of the lights and decorations, though having to be told more than once to not put anything into her mouth and to not pull anything down on top of her.
"It's beautiful," Connie said softly, on Christmas eve, with a content sigh as she leaned back into Guy's arms as the two sat on the couch alone together and having put Emma to bed.
"It's not the only thing," Guy whispered softly into Connie's ear with a slight chuckle before he began to trail a line of kisses up the side of her neck.
"Stop it Guy," Connie weakly argued with a slight groan to her voice as she rolled her eyes and started to pull away slightly.
"What's the problem, Emma's asleep and," Guy started to wonder aloud with a slightly hurt look on his face and tone to his voice before Connie explained.
"I'm just…not in the mood, but you are right about one thing, it is beautiful," Connie replied slowly with an anxious look in her eyes before she leaned back down up against Guy and pulled his arms tightly around her waist, nestling her head into the crick of his neck.
"So what now," Guy asked with a somewhat hesitant tone to his voice as he kept one eye on the decorations while studying Connie with the other.
"We take advantage of the time together that we have before Emma wakes us up early and wants to open presents," Connie answered softly with a large yawn before she turned to the side just a bit and rested the side of her face up against Guy's chest, closing her eyes at the end.
"So in other words we sleep," Guy mumbled softly down into Connie's right ear as her grip on the front of his shirt intensified.
"Yep," Connie weakly mumbled back with a very tired and worn out expression on her face, though she kept her eyes closed, before moments later Guy could swear that she began to snore softly.
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"Mommy," Emma shouted with the zealous delight of a small child on Christmas morning as she grabbed a hold of Connie's hand and tried to pull her mother over to the presents.
"Nnh…Guy, your daughter wants to open her presents now," Connie mumbled out softly, half asleep, as she tried to ignore Emma's actions and pleadings.
"It's only five in the morning," Guy yawned back, still with his eyes closed, as he hoped that Emma would calm down and go back to bed. Both stayed still for a few more moments before Connie cautiously opened an eye enough to see that Emma hadn't gone anywhere other than to walk over to the tree and grab a hold of the lowest branches on the tree.
"Emma no," Connie shouted softly in a harsh tone of voice as she hurriedly got up off of the couch, slipping out of Guy's sleepy grasp, and then walked over to the tree, stopping Emma from pulling the entire tree over.
"What'd she do now," Guy asked softly with a very sleepy look on his face as he yawned deeply before then trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.
"She tried to pull the whole tree down on top of her," Connie replied with an impatient look on her face as she picked Emma up and walked back to the couch before sitting back down beside Guy.
"You're not supposed to do that young lady," Guy stated with a very humorous but firm tone of voice and look on his face as he lightly tapped Emma on the forehead with each word.
"But daddy," Emma pouted with an impatient frown on her face before she started to tear up, prompting both Guy and Connie into action.
"Maybe we should just open our presents now, it is Christmas morning after all," Connie softly said with a slightly uncertain look on her face as she turned and looked up at Guy after placing a soft kiss on the top of Emma's head.
"Why not," Guy had no more than mumbled out before Emma squealed with glee and almost yanked her mother off of the couch before racing over to the tree and the presents beneath it. An hour later Guy and Connie sat on the couch sipping some eggnog while watching Emma play with her toys.
"All in all not a bad Christmas," Connie said softly with a relieved smile on her face as she leaned back up against Guy and then took a sip of her eggnog.
"Nope…except it seems like we went to five different stores for nothing," Guy said with a sarcastic scowl on his face as he tried not to smile.
"What do you mean," Connie asked with a confused look on her face as she turned back and looked up at Guy.
"We spent all day looking for that play set, and she's barely touched it," Guy groaned back softly in reply as he nodded his head towards Emma. Sure enough, as Connie turned and began to watch her daughters she noticed that she was having a ball playing with the box that the play set came in while the set itself stood vacant.
"That's it…next year she's getting boxes," Connie weakly said back with a stupefied smirk on her face as she shook her head and tried not to laugh at her daughter's antics. Two hours later would find Emma sound asleep all curled up with a warm fluffy blanket on the couch while Connie and Guy spent the time on the phone, wishing Gordon and the other ducks a merry Christmas.
END OF EMMA 2
Author's Note: I had originally hoped to have this done by Christmas but obviously that didn't happen. Sorry about this being short but it's only supposed to be a little snippet. Emma got Connie and Guy up early to open presents as many kids do and then ended up playing with the boxes that her expensive gifts came in rather than the gifts themselves. Hope you all liked it and as always reviews are appreciated.