Happy New Year

Hope everyone has a superb fun healthy 2009, and Congrats to Peter and thanks for sharing the good news.
Also, at least Obama will be more interesting to follow than Bush, right Paul?!

Mimi called

All is well in Malawi. Mimi arrived, spent one night on a plane, and the next two in the Capital city where she landed in Malawi. Today she was picked up in Mazuzu (?) and is going to be staying for a week or so in a place at the lake, then will have a more permanent place. Her cell phone is 002659207484 and is 7 hours later than New York. Will keep posting news as it happens.

The Tennessee Waltz

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This was a great way to spend a snowy January Saturday afternoon/evening.

Nadia get's born and goes to Canada

This is a bit dated since Nadia seems like a full blown baby now but this is a video Sandra put together of Nadia's first 2 big trips. 1. Being born and 2. Going to Canada. (Don't worry she edited out all the scary bits of the birth and Canada)

First post of 2009!

I just wanted to wish all of you a very happy new year! 2008 was so wonderful to us and I just know 2009 will be the same. Any good resolutions from anyone?

Christmas Skype?

We'll all be in Pelham on Christmas Eve from about 1pm on (but stepping out to hear Kate sing at 5 o'clock mass). If any of you guys are going to be together and we can work out a time, I'll bring my laptop up. Let me know in the comments...

Guess what we did today...

Click here to find out...

(Hint: Locks of Love will be getting a donation of a beautiful blonde ponytail shortly, to make a hairpiece for a girl who's lost her hair to cancer or alopecia).

Tree Trimming and Ice Cream Cake, Parts 1, 2 and 3

So I took some video footage of our fun day on Saturday -- chopping down and decorating the Christmas tree, followed by Haagen Dazs ice cream cake to celebrate Mimi's birthday. Problem is, I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to uploading/editing these little video clips. I'd love to splice them together into one short video, but I don't know how. So instead, you get to watch three separate eensy weensy clips.

Check out the detail of the grain of my leather gloves in this one:



I love the action in this one:

And here's where the ice cream comes in. Happy Birthday, Mimi!

... sadly, the third video refuses to upload, despite numerous attempts. Too bad, really -- that's the one with the fully decorated tree, and Vivian dancing on the table while Mimi blows out the candles on the beautiful and delicious Haagen Dazs ice cream cake. Oh well. Sometimes technology is really annoying. To bo continued, I guess...

P.S. If anyone has any advice for me on what to do with these little clips (AVCHD? Wha?), I'd love to hear it.

Peaches and Meem

And Vivian too.

WE MAY HAVE FOUND ANOTHER COUSIN

Perhaps Barack and Michelle will join us next summer at the cousins party. We could have an all Irish theme just to make them feel comfortable. Jaye, you'll be in charge of getting parking passes for the Secret Service detail