White Christmas 2013

where the tree tops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow....

iPhone shot of our drive through upstate NY. Took 7 hours due to weather. And no, Mathilda doesn't sleep in the car, and yes, she talks the entire time.

holding all of her friends in the carseat

posing with Kathleen like the ladies they are

Christmas Eve dinner waiting for us when we arrived- Haitian specialties prepared by Manmi TeTe visiting for the week

oh yeah, and there was literally a bucket of meat

creeping down the stairs

checking to see if Santa ate his cookies, drank the eggnog, and if Rudolph ate the apple she left for them

OMG multi-colored goldfish! Who cares what else is in these boxes?

Love for Manmi TeTe, here from Haiti

Mickey mouse chapstick, or "lickstick" as she calls it

What color is this, Mama? Vert.

Santa is so awesome he brought Hungry Hungry Hippos!

Papa snuggles

my cousin and brother in law are far too cool for this bunch

Till-ye

watching herself on video with Manmi, a favorite pasttime

hot chocolate!

"I wanna go outside and eat snow!"

learning to throw a snowball

cousin Vladimir had never seen snow- he's born and bred Miami- so naturally he was tortured in his first ever snowball fight

payback's a bitch

Tilly's best friend

My brother in law, Robert and his girlfriend Jamie just had this adorable, sweet, teeny tiny baby, Camille. Love her!

Christmas dinner!

Jean-Yves contemplates parenthood while Mel practices with Camille

twinsies

Tilly learning to be gentle

Reg still has the magic baby touch- always got her to settle and sleep when she fussed, just like he did when Tilly was an infant

daily am hot chocolate with Vlad. Look how she adores him!

cheese Manmi!

Somehow I didnt get any photos of my sister-in-law, Stepha and her adorable baby bump- due in early April! Tilly spent half the trip kissing her Tatie Steph's belly, so I hope someone got a shot of that!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Below is a youtube video of me singing with some colleagues for a UPMC promo. So much fun we had! (luckily we had some wine first to go with all the cheese!)