The Stories of our Lives

Exactly one month later, we are back with some content. Of course, the most interesting days and weeks of the year are the ones where one is too busy to post anything.

Holidays
I have a couple of things I’d like to post about, but for now I will start with a recap from the holidays, which were quiet and nice - ie. not too crazy. We didn’t travel too much - ie. we skipped on my family reunions in Beauce this year - and kept to simple and cozy celebrations with my close family and Frank’s relatives in town. Xavier was wonderful throughout, even when we woke him up for a couple of hours in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve to celebrate. But let’s cut to the chase… pictures and video.

We have a full album up of Christmas with my (Émilie’s) family, and Frank’s mom put up her pictures of Christmas with both of Frank’s extended families. The complete albums will be more interesting for relatives, but here are a couple of favourites for everyone:

Xavier learning to unwrap gifts:

Serious negociations between boy and uncle:

Learning guitar:

Xavier’s not the kiss-kiss type:

Merry Xmas:

Little elf:

Most (all) pictures from the holidays with Frank’s family were taken by Frank’s mom and dad, since we were pretty busy filming the event. Frank edited a video of the holidays; it’s a little long, but for interested relatives, you will find it here.

Manon’s birthday

Right after the holidays, we had a family dinner to celebrate my mom’s birthday (Jan.9), and an album of pictures is up for this event as well. Of course, Xavier stole some of the spotlight with his face full of chocolate icing:

I don’t think mom minded, seeing as she was his main provider of cake:

Funny videos

And if you’ve made it this far, well surely you deserve a little treat. Here are two funny videos of (you guessed it) Xavier.

Xavier dancing:

Jumping Xavier (w/Frank) - they’d been at it a while before I started filming, too:

What Xavier is exclaiming during breaks is his version of “encore” (again)…

That concludes our very long post for today. We’ll be back (quicker than last time, surely) with more family news. Meanwhile, please receive our warmest wishes for 2008!

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