Some pics of our apartment

Finally here are some pics of our apartment. The light is not so good today because we actually had a rare snow flurry (it hardly ever snows in Paris). The chairs and couches are actually white but we have to keep them covered because of Angus :) White furniture and bulldogs don't mix. Please remember that our apartment came fully furnished...furniture, artwork, linens,etc. So you can tell that it's not exactly our taste but it's a typical French apartment.

Madison's Parisian Nursery

We just realized that we have not posted any pics of our apartment in Paris. Here I posted some pics of Madison's room. As you can see, we brought a little piece of home with us and "re-created" her mural from home. The crib and bedding set are new additions (I was excited to choose girl specific!) I applied wall decals to the wall behind her crib to spruce up the boring white walls. It's not quite the colorful "Nursery Rhyme" mural like her room at home but it's just as cute.

We'll post more pics of the rest of the apartment this upcoming week.

Lots of Laughs!!! (Please listen to with full volume)

After a long day of playing, I was putting Madison's toys away and she just starting cracking up laughing. Even after I stopped to get the camera and continued again, she just couldn't stop laughing. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

One more short video...

We couldn't resist posting just one more short video. Kevin said we just had to because you can really see how blue her eyes are (which still puzzles us). Enjoy!

A Little Video

Here is a short video of Madison crawling through her playhouse (Thanks Grandma!).

Back from London

The family trip to London was great. We took the Eurostar train and Madison did wonderfully. We did a lot of sightseeing, shopping, eating and walking around. It was a really nice town to get around with Madison. Because of the unique London taxis, we were able to just wheel Madison in her stroller right into the backseat; which was perfect for getting around town. Madison loved the toy store in Harrods (as you can see from the pic).

Madison is officially crawling. She can make about 7-10 crawls and then she bellyflops :) We keep trying to get a good shot of it on video but no such luck. We've attached a short video of her getting around the living room. The video is mostly for Lexi (and Jenn and John) so she has a new one to make her parents watch over and over and over again :) It's a little slippery for her here between the hard wood floors and the velvety outfit but she still gets around. She's getting to be such a big girl so fast! She's eating real food (she pigged out on fresh fruit and bread at the Champagne Brunch at our hotel on Sunday), she's crawling around and starting to pull herself up and she's such a happy little girl. As Jenn said, she's such a little girl now...not a little baby anymore :)

We're getting excited for Christmas! Since London and France obviously do not celebrate Thanksgiving, both towns are in full Christmas mode already and I'm loving every second of it :) Harrod's had Christmas carols playing and was fully decorated already. We're going back to Disney this weekend to see it all done up for Christmas. We should be able to get a lot of fun pics of Madi with the characters.

We also have our first visitors coming soon. George and Sue will be here in about 2 weeks and we're going to have our own version of a Parisian Thanksgiving. We're really looking forward to it.

PS-We wish a very Happy Birthday to John!!!

PPS-Madison is OBSESSED with Kevin's blackberry. Luckily he now has 2 so he and Madi can conference call each other :) Harrod's has a whole floor dedicated to pets and we managed to find a "blackberry" dog toy to bring back for Angus.

Headed to London

Friday morning we are embarking on our first family vacation (other than this 8 month long expedition) to London. We'll be staying for 5 days at the Landmark. This is our first trip there (technically Kevin was there in H.S. but can't remember a thing) so we'll be doing a lot of sight-seeing and such. I'll be sure to post some pics when we return, as well as another short video of Madison (special request from Lexi!).

She's Finally Here!!!

My goddaughter, Samantha Perillo was born very early this morning at 2:48am!!! Mom and baby are doing great. 8lbs, 19.5 inches---she's a beauty!!!!

We wish we could be there to meet her in person. We can't wait to come home in a few months for the christening.

Lots of love to Jenn, John, big sis Alexa, baby Samantha and Tiny!!! We love you guys!!!