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A Christmas story, continued: Cancer-stricken Cubs blogger refuses to quit fight

Adeline Blazek has put her first birthday and her second Christmas into the books.

With all the being held, squeezed, kissed and spoiled, she sure has been one busy young lady.

“I’m blessed,” said her father, Nicholas. “It really feels that way. Having her birthday 10 days before Christmas is ideal. That way, we can celebrate her life in the finest fashion.”

We shared the Blazeks’ story one year ago at Christmastime. Adeline was a week old. Nicholas was bravely fighting Stage 4 brain cancer. Sanekia was tirelessly caring for her husband — a lead writer for the FanSided network’s Cubbies Crib site — and their first child.