Christmas Eve 2009

Our First Family Christmas Tree

 

Sadie's First Snow Fall

 

Two days after we moved into our new apartment, the whole northeastern seaboard got slammed by a major snow fall. This is what it looked like on our balcony. And although we had tons of boxes to unpack, we decorated our Christmas tree instead! You can see the reflection of the lights. (This was the weekend of December 18th, 2009)

Dala & Sadie

 

Dala's Visit

Grandmother Sharon Bond a.k.a. Dala visited us the first weekend in December. I know that was about six weeks ago but it was the beginning of a very hectic time. Also, my mother was in a very serious car accident that weekend and it sort of made everything even more challenging for awhile. Thankfully, my mother was protected by our amazing Subaru Forester and her injuries were not as serious as they could have been. If anyone is in the market for an SUV, we highly recommend that vehicle.

Back to Dala's visit. Sadie was so happy to see Dala again. This was her third visit since Sadie was born and they just love one another. Lots of folks think that Sadie looks like Dala and she may even have her dimples. I do hope so!

As Dala lives in North Carolina and we would not be able to see her for the holidays, we celebrated Christmas early. Dala gave Sadie a cute handmade winter-themed outfit, an amazing pop-up book and a dinosaur, hand puppet book. Our gift to Dala was Hallmark's recordable version of The Night Before Christmas. This book was really a gift to Sadie and is extra special because not only do we get to hear Dala's voice at story time but we also get to look at the gorgeous illustrations painted by our good friend Joseph Adolphe.

As we are still new parents, we didn't "do" anything exciting but Dala did have Dominican food for the first time and loved it. I'll be sure to have platanos in the house for her next visit. We look forward to seeing her soon in 2010!

First Holiday as a Family-Thanksgiving 2009

 
Our first holiday as a family with Sadie was Thanksgiving. Aunt Arlene and Uncle Aldo's hosted the day at their house in Park Slope. Everyone helped with the cooking. Our contribution was Nathan's sweet potatoes with pecans and brown sugar...mmmm. It was an unusual gathering for our clan as there were no major meltdowns or arguments. I guess that's what comes with two new babies in the mix.Sadie looked fetching in her adorable red Jackie Kennedy inspired ensemble. It was a gift from "Aunt" Tania, my high school best friend, and her new baby girl, Olivia. A few family members were unable to attend including, Ris, Logan, Adam, Hayley, Drew and Urmi. They were all sorely missed but we can't wait to see them at Christmas.

Oops, I did it again...

 

I used to be so on top of the latest technology but it was only last week that I discovered Picasa. Okay, I knew it existed and it's not exactly as revolutionary as the iPhone, but I hadn't used it yet. Love it. It will make blogging so much easier for me. Now if I can only figure out what to do about my video clips from my Sanyo Xacti vpc-cg 10. Any techies out there? The clips are fine when you watch them on playback on the TV or the camera itself but not the computer. It's like watching an old-school, poorly dubbed Kung Fu movie.
Okay...as you can see I am rambling on because it's 6 am and even though Sadie only woke up once at 3 am for a quick diaper change and middle of the night snack, I haven't been able to fall back asleep. Ah, the gods are cruel.