Finishing up 2014 photos- only two years later!

Having two kids left me with a lot less time than having one kid.  Having an iphone and facebook also changed how I take and process photos. So while I have dutifully snapped pictures of my second born, I have been slooooooow to make albums.  But I persevere.  Here is the rest of 2014, which, I note, I am completing before 2016 is done.  2 year statute of limitations sounds about right?

Click here for Photos - Fall 2014
These photos take us through Lucy's first halloween, Lucy's first birthday, and a halloween visit with Aaron and Alena! 

Click here for photos from Henry's 6th Birthday, December 2014

and last but not least, we finished the year in sunny St. Maarten!


Click here for photos - St. Maarten, Winter 2014

Still catching up.... more 2014 photos

Still catching up with our photos over the past year.  I'm almost there!

They say there are faces only a mother could love.  I give you a photo album only a mother, and maybe a grandmother, could love.  It is chock full of photos and videos of random pictures of Lucy-- the type a new mother obsessed with her baby's perfection takes.  I post it here for posterity.  These pictures take us from March through May, when Lucy was about 3-6 months.  Spring 2014

where's lulu?

henry wanted in on the action

Next up we have photos from the summer, 2014.

Photos from our trip to the Hershey Hotel

super silly that lucy wants to eat the chocolate

making chocolate

Photos from Rhinebeck

Photos from Watch Hill

Photos from the Jeff Koons show at the Whitney

Miscellaneous summer photos, 2014

catching up.... photos from early 2014

Continuing with my updates to our photo albums over the past year, I bring you four new photo albums from early 2014.

The first is titled, quite inventively, "Winter 2014".  Despite its boring name, this album has some of my favorites, including a bunch of videos.  These photos begin at Christmas 2013, when we went up to Turkey Hill for a week of skiing with Joanna et al.  Lots of fun photos of Henry goofing around with his cousins, as well as a few videos that show his learning to ski over the week between xmas and new years. Also, lots more shots of Lucy just being a new baby. :-)

Henry, Aaron & Alena

happy new year!

Next up is an album from our trip to Disney with Mom, Art, Jeff & Michelle.  It was nice to give Henry a really fun vacation so soon after Lucy was born, and also nice to have all the extra hands so Raph and I could ride a few rides!

amusing ourselves in line for tower of terror

"My butt is blue"

When we returned from Disney, more skiing was on the agenda, but this time with our friends, the Wieners.  One word: FUN.  Of course, one word won't do for me; I also want to note this was a weekend of epic, insane snow.

future babysitter

Last up was an amazing trip to Paris.  We really had a chance to spend some quality time with family and friends there.  We were so fortunate to be able to bring Laurie with us.  Having an extra set of hands was a life saver for me when Raph was working in Lux, and I hope she got to see a good bit of Paris to boot.  It was very special for me to show her around the city that I have come to know and love so well with Raphael.

crepe banane et nutella!

Lucy meets her great grandmother, Nelly

Laurie at the eiffel tower

Lucy

Oh, it's only been about, oh, I don't know, A YEAR since Lucy was born.  Time to get caught up on some photos........

So as you all know by now, Lucy Rosalie Cohen was born November 11, 2013.  We adore her beyond words.  We recently celebrated her first birthday.  She has been walking for a few weeks.  Here are some photos from about a year ago.  I cannot believe how quickly a year has flown.
Click on the links for the full albums.

Lucy's first month of life.

Glamor shots taken by the hospital photographer.

Lucy in a cornicopia (as soon as I knew she had a thanksgiving birth date, I couldn't resist).

Lucy's baby naming, at the Washington Crossing Inn.

Summer/ Fall 2013 - life before Lucy

Life before Lucy.  Hard to remember now that she is five months old at the time of writing this post!  After our big trip to Corsica, we kept things pretty low key for the remainder of the summer and fall leading up to Lucy's birth in November.  Highlights of the summer photos include experimenting with mentos and coca cola.... a visit to Sesame Place with Alena and Aaron.... a visit with Amy in NYC.... and as usual some fun times up at Turkey Hill.   Fall highlights include apple and pumpkin picking with Lydia and Oren.... the High Holidays in CT, complete with stop off at Loomis....soccer.... halloween... and just some general silliness as we kept ourselves busy waiting for Lucy's arrival!

Here are the summer pictures
Here are the fall picture

Photographer Henry

When we were in Corsica, Henry had his own camera, with which he took a series of photos.  He was very proud of his work, so I wanted to capture it here for him one day.  It's interesting to see life from the view of a (then) 4 year old!

Henry's Selfie

Henry's portrait of us.  Or, the view from below.

Here's a link to all 40-something of Henry's photos.

Egypt

Egypt has been in the news a lot lately, and I've been thinking how lucky we are to have visited there in 2007.  We went in July with a French tour group, Nouvelles Frontiers and cruised down the Nile.  It was hotter than hades, but the sights were incredible.  Cairo is the filthiest place I've ever seen, and a bathroom I used there at a hotel near the train station is seared in my memory.  It was quite the experience, highlighted by a memorable overnight train trip from Cairo to Luxor.

Here is a link to our pictures from that trip.  My pedestrian understanding is that it is a very complicated political situation there, so I won't get into it more than to say while I do not at all support (and actually fear) the Muslim Brotherhood, I do support democracy as a concept as well as the preservation of innocent lives.