Archive for December, 2008
Christmastime
Merry Christmas!!!
We had the world’s most low-key Christmas, spending most of the holiday at home in front of the fireplace. We made a nice dinner on Christmas eve, Steph handled the entree, dessert, and the baguettes, and Rémi made the main course. Then we drank sparkling water out of champagne glasses. Christmas morning we opened each others’ gifts, and played with our new toys, then we ate homemade cinnamon rolls, yummy! We exchanged gifts with Steph’s family via webcam, and Rémi’s family over the phone, so we felt surrounded by family even though we were apart from everyone. We spent a lot of time enjoying the TV that Steph’s parents bought us, we watched many movies this christmastime. Then the day after Christmas, our present from Remi’s parents and grandparents arrived, a new camcorder/digital camera. We took that new toy on a walk to test it out, and got some fun videos of Will playing in the snow. It was a great Christmas!
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- Merry Christmas!!!
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- Remi installs the new tv, a gift from Steph's parents
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- Christmas Eve Baguette
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- Our Entrée, salmon and capers on baguette with cream cheese
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- Rémi presents the plat principal: Lamb a la bonne femme
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- Ready to eat
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- Steph loves lamb
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- Of course, choux for dessert
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- Cinnamon rolls, after rising all night, ready to go into the oven Christmas morning
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- After the long wait, Presents!!!
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- Rémi like his new headphones
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- Steph shows off her new slippers
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- The finished cinnamon rolls smell like heaven!
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- Our Christmas brunch
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- Steph's family, on webcam from Asheville
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- We took this with our new camera
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- Will begging, we took this with the new camera too
Haul out the holly
The season is upon us and we’ve begun to celebrate it in earnest. The house looks great with all it’s once-a-year trim, it is a cozy, welcoming place. We had a great trip to Georgia, where we celebrated Thanksgiving with Steph’s family. The drive was long, but bearable in the comfy saab. Rémi did most of the driving, and Steph mostly kept her feet up and slept on a blankets in the back seat. Will spent the whole trip snoring loudly. Being back in Atlanta was incredible, we were able to see friends and visit some of our favorite restaurants. The city has changed a lot since our last visit. Apart from spending time in Atlanta and Marietta at Steph’s parents’ house, we also visited Asheville for two days where we got to see her sister and brother-in-law’s new house (Niki and Nick… www.nickandniki.blogspot.com ) And we went down to Macon for a day to celebrate with her grandparents and extended family. Steph also had a baby shower and got to see a lot of friends who came together to celebrate the advent of Camille. (That little girl really cleaned up! She - we - were quite literally showered with gifts and love that day.) We can’t wait to see her in some of these adorable outfits, and watch her play with these toys. We’ll post pictures from the shower later. Now the spirit of Christmas is with us and puts an even sweeter light on this time of anticipating the coming of Camille.
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- Notice Remi is in a turkey coma.
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- The saab looks cute hauling the tree.
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- Rémi looks cute hauling the tree too.
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- Blurry, but you get the idea.