December 24th, 2004

Kylie's birthday had been wonderful. She of course had gotten spoiled. She got her bike, toys, and clothes. Catherine had even bought a dollhouse that was the size of Kylie for her. It's been ridiculous and now Christmas was upon them.

"He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose." Carlos said as Kylie cuddled into him as they lay in bed. Kim sat in a rocking chair holding a sleeping Sierra. "He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, 'HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!' The end."

"Oh daddy!" Kylie looked at him with wide eyes. "Can you read it again?"

"No way. You need to get to sleep." Carlos said.

"But Daddy!" Kylie moaned.

"Listen to your father." Kim said standing up, "If Santa comes by the house and still see little girls awake, he wont leave presents."

"Really?" Kylie whispered.

"Really." Carlos pulled the blanket up around her, "Sleep tight, Sweet pea."

"Night daddy. Night mommy. Night, Erra." Kylie immediately shut her eyes. Kim chuckled softly.

"Let's get this little one in bed." Kim whispered as she moved to the nursery. Carlos followed her.

"This is amazing, Kim." He said.

"What is?" She lay Sierra in her crib, "Sleep tight, Squirt." Carlos stood next to her and looked at Sierra.

"A family Christmas. I never had any of this growing up." He said. "I'm learning about all the Christmas traditions along with the girls." Kim smiled as she shut the light off in Sierra's room.

"It gets better every year." She said taking her husband's hand. "Come on. We have a lot to do."

"We get to play Santa." Carlos said walking to the living room where the Christmas tree was. Kim pulled a box out of the closet that was filled with presents.

"That is my favourite thing to do." She chuckled. Carlos sat on the couch and pulled out the stocking stuffers from beneath the couch. He went to the fireplace where five stockings hung. Kim was going to fill Carlos' so he wouldn't know what was in it. Joey was spending the night with Jimmy so in the afternoon he'd be able to open his gifts.

"Why do we wrap Sierra's stuff? She can't open it." He said.

"Kylie would question Santa if everyone else was wrapped and not Sierra's." Kim said.

"Good point." Carlos slid a candy cane into Kim's stocking and moved on to Joey's stocking. "Why do we do stockings?"

"I don't know. It's tradition." She said. Carlos nodded.

"Tradition is a new thing to me." He said. Kim laughed softly.

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Carlos scrubbed his face. It was three am and he was finally done putting Kylie's wagon together. He was about drained. Kim crept down the stairs.

"Come to bed, Carlos. Kylie will be up in a few hours." She said.

"All right. I just wanted to put the finishing touch on the wagon. Do you think she'll like it?"

"She'll love it." Kim extended her hand. "Come on." Carlos smiled and took Kim's hand.

"You think the kids will enjoy their Christmas?" He asked.

"I think they will love it." Kim pulled Carlos to the bedroom, "Sierra is still too young to understand it, but she'll love the wrapping paper." Carlos chuckled softly as he crawled into bed.

"Probably, but it'll be fun." He whispered, "Just my family and me." Carlos wrapped his arms around his wife as they fell asleep. In a few hours, it'd be utter chaos. They needed sleep.

January 7th, 2005

Sierra was getting so big now. She was sitting up all by herself. Kim was sure that she'd start crawling in a couple of months. She could believe how big and gorgeous her princess was getting. It made her sad knowing this was her last one.

"Do you ever get sad knowing Sierra is our last child?" Kim asked ass he brushed Sierra's hair. Carlos looked up from his book.

"Why would it make me sad?" He asked. Kim shrugged.

"I always wanted a house filled with kids and now, I can't have anymore." She said. Carlos put his book down.

"Three isn't a house full?" Carlos asked. Kim chuckled softly.

"Hardly." She said looking at him seriously, "Can I propose something to you?"

"We're already married." He said. Kim rolled her eyes.
"I'm serious." She said.

"All right. Go ahead." Carlos got down on the floor. Sierra squealed when he picked her up.

"I have been seriously thinking about that house full of kids dream." Kim said, "How would you feel if we adopted?"

"Adopted? You already adopted Kylie." He said to her.

"I know that, Silly, but I mean in addition to Kylie." Kim said, "You know what the system is like. We could adopt a little boy and give him the childhood you never had. It breaks my heart knowing how many kids need homes out there, how many babies are born into the system." Carlos nodded.

"Yeah, I know. That's why I took Kylie back after her family died." he said. Kim nodded.

"I'm not asking for us to do it right now or anything, but would you be willing to at least talk about it?" Kim asked.

"Yeah." Carlos said kissing Sierra's curls, "I think it's a great idea, but let's have Sierra get a little bit older before we look into a little more all right?" Kim nodded with a smile.

"All right." She leaned over and kissed Carlos very softly on his lips. Sierra looked up at them with a confused look on her face. Kim chuckled softly. "Don't be a perv, sweet pea."

"She takes after her daddy." Carlos cuddled with Sierra. Kim looked at them.

"What age would you like to adopt?" She asked him. Carlos chuckled. She really wanted this badly it seemed. He thought for a moment.

"Well, I would say between newborn and a year old just because of the ages of our kids." Carlos said. Kim nodded.

"And a boy right?" She asked.

"It doesn't matter, but a boy would be nice." He smiled. "Eduardo Cannon." Kim laughed loudly.

"Oooh. Not if I have any say in it." She giggled. Then she sighed, "A little boy would be so great." Carlos smiled.

"Let's not get our hopes up." he said, "We'll do some research online later, all right?" Kim nodded. Maybe her dreams of having a house full were closer than she thought. Adopting a baby would make her feel so good. She was thrilled Carlos was open to the idea. She was thrilled at the prospects of their family growing in the future.

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