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2009
For a video of our outdoor light Christmas display, click HERE.
It's a girl! So Mary and Ed are grandparents!
Carolyn Elise French was born at 4:33pm on November 29, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 20.25 inches long.
Here are a few photos of Carolyn's first day in the hospital.You can be sure that we'll be posting more photos soon.
Northside Hospital delivers 18,000 babies a year, making it the highest baby volume hospital in the U.S.
For photos from the 'Newborn Portrait' website click HERE.
For a short video of Carolyn's first day, click HERE.
In August and September, Mary and Ed spent a week in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, then took back-to-back cruises. A 12-day cruise to ports in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland; and then an 18-day North Atlantic cruise to the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Nova Scotia, ending in New York. We've had no time to post the travelogue, but for an overview of the itinerary click HERE.
Alison flew in from Seattle to host and cater the best Baby Shower ever for Erin on November 1. Alison made all the unique delicacies from scratch, and also the flower arrangements, name tags and party favors.
For a slideshow of the party click HERE.
Alison flew in from Australia in July to visit, celebrate Mary's birthday and help Erin prepare for the baby.
Erin, Michael and Ed spent two weeks in Japan and China in May and June. On the first morning in Tokyo, Erin and Michael gave the very good news that Erin was 3.5 months pregnant with baby Carolyn.
After Erin and Michael returned to Atlanta, Ed stayed on in Asia, taking a 48-hour train across China from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet, and touring Tibet for two weeks.
Since late 2008, Alison has been vacationing 'Down Under', first treking around New Zealand for 2 months. She stayed in hostels, where she made friends with different nationalities, and traveled with them all over 'Kiwi Land'. She used the 'hop-on hop-off' bus to travel both the north and south islands. These economical buses travel a circuit all over New Zealand, and you can catch them to go almost anywhere in New Zealand.
She is now in Australia, having traveled to all 7 states of Australia, and has spent time in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Perth. She traveled the Great Ocean Road, spent weeks camping around Ayers Rock and also camped in rugged Northwest Australia. After spending several weeks in Cairns, northeast Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, she returned to Sydney before heading home to Seattle.
Her most recent photo:
Here are some more photos she has sent us:
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