on the run...

Max is walking!  He took his initial steps on my birthday (February 10) and one month later, he's really got the hang of it!  Although he's still a little unsteady at times, he is determined and very proud of himself.  Check out this little video taken in our (very dimly lit) hotel room.

adventure in the alps...

Mont Blanc Massif

We've just returned from Chamonix in the French Alps!  Brook finished his first period at INSEAD (culminating with three days of exams) last Wednesday, so we packed up the car and headed to the mountains with two other INSEAD families, our Chilean friends Barbara & Eli and their daughters Natalia (almost 4) and Rafaela (16 months) and our Russian friends Vasily & Polina and their sons Peter (3 years) and Greg (14 months).  We took the children skiing/sledding one day and on a train ride to Montenvers overlooking an enormous glacier the next day.  It was a wonderful trip - absolutely stunning scenery, good food, good wine, good kids and lots of laughs.  

Here is Max with Natalia in a fire engine!

Click here to see the rest of our Chamonix photos.

february in review...

February began with more settling into our new life in France.  Brook remained very busy with school, and Max and I kept busy with new friends and a new routine.  Unfortunately Max caught a bad virus and was really sick for almost ten days, but when he finally recovered, he was his usual charming self.  Max and I spent the second two weeks of February in Boston.  I guess that time doesn't technically count as part of the official 'France Adventure,' but we had a great time with Grammie, Papi, Kara and all of our friends in the area.  It was a excellent (if busy) trip.

Happy First Birthday, Max!

The biggest event in February was Max's first birthday... we celebrated it twice, once on his actual birthday (February 15) with our new friends at INSEAD and then again at Grammie & Papi's house on the 23rd.  Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with Max, especially Jill, Rocky and Molly who came from Manhattan Beach/St. Louis! 

Click here to see our February photos.

2008 - la vie francaise!

We arrived in France on January 1st  and it only took two months for us to get this website up and running... sorry for the delay!  

Click here to see our January photos.

(Almost) 37-Week Ultrasound

Today we went to a 4D imaging center to check on Baby Rosenbaum's progress at nearly 37 weeks. There isn't much room left in my belly, so the images are pretty squished... but we were very excited to see Baby R. anyway. We think it looks like a boy (specifically it looks like its Dad!) in these photos, but we won't know for sure until the baby officially arrives.

Pregnancy Progress

We are just three weeks away from Baby Rosenbaum's due date!!! And we haven't posted anything in a long time... so here is a quick photo re-cap of the pregnancy.

17 weeks - Labor Day

21 weeks - Early October

29 weeks - Thanksgiving

33 weeks - Christmas Day