Happy New Year!

What a great year 2008 has been for us!  Noam travelled all around Europe with the Mobius Band, I got to visit him in Amsterdam and Emmett arrived in August. We have had a lot of fun and look forward to 2009! I hope everyone has a wonderful new year.

Here is a picture of me from about a year ago!

Emmett's professional picture taken a few weeks ago.

Grandma and Grandpa with the two grandchildren on Hanukkah at our house last weekend.

Emmett loved staring at the menorah!

Tuckered out after a long day of fun.

Snowy Weekend!

Well It's finally Winter.  And Ole Jack Frost ain't wastin' time no more up here in New England.  It started snowing Friday and hasn't really let up all weekend.

Today is the shortest and darkest day of the year, but with the fresh snow it's also the most beautiful.

I had one dog-walk today.  Driving there was a mess, but walking in the woods was amazing!

We've been spending this snowy weekend getting some small things done around the house, but mostly just relaxing.  Picture heaps of blankets, piles of dogs, a handful of movies, and buckets of cocoa!

Emmett bundles up for his first snow day.

Taiko plays "log" in the snow.

Taiko in front of our neighbor's barns - a New England postcard!

Our neighbors have this beautiful old car in their barn.

Emmett looks out at the world.

Emmett muggin' it up for the camera.

Emmett and Taiko are B.F.F.!

We busted out the "kitchen gamelan" for E's entertainment:

Fun Weekend!

Not too much has been going on here.  Little Emmett is a happy camper most of the time. 

He recently has been enhancing his cuteness with some excellent laughter.  Sarah and I really had him going the other day with some knock knock jokes. 

Despite the fact that he has no clue what the heck we were saying, he really seems to have a good sense of humor.  That's important in a nut house like this place!

Grandma and Grandpa brought cousin Mirinae for a visit this weekend. 

Grandma and Emmett are having a staring contest.

Mirinae thinks Emmett is pretty cool!

Everyone seems to love singing to the little guy:

2 cute pictures

Nothing really to report here - but here are 2 cute pictures of Emmett from this weekend.

E.P.S. First Turkey Day!

This year we went to Thanksgiving at Noam's aunt and uncle's house in Hopkinton. It was Emmett's longest car ride yet (2 hours each way) and he was great most of the way. 

It had been a while since Grandpa Roy had seen the little guy and they both seemed happy to see each other again!

Grandma Paula and Mirinae were happy to see Emmett too. 

Mirinae enjoyed reading Emmett his favorite book, Shiny Turtle.

After a busy evening, Emmett relaxed on Grandma's shoulder.

Then he took a nap on a chair - what a life!

Emmett says Happy Thanksgiving!