Holiday Roundup

Randy parents came to New York for the holidays!  They celebrated Tiger Cub's first Christmas with us, shopped and cooked up a ton of awesome meals, joined us in freezing our tails off, and did a lot of baby-watching since it was this place's busy time of year.  

Here's a sampling of the eating-decorating-present opening-child entertaining bonanza that took place.

A post-church brunch.

Joy and I joined forces for an all out bake-a-thon.  I didn't photograph the goodies, but they included a few types of cookies, peppermint bark, and fudge.  Here's GiGi and her little kitchen "helper."

With about five days to spare, a real tree suddenly appeared in our home one evening.  Stringing lights on a Christmas tree is the most exciting thing EVER!

We couldn't bear to stop the fun and let Tiger Cub stay up an hour past his bedtime.

TC had his first visit with Santa, which you can read about here.

On our way to somewhere.  If you ask me, this pic looks like it could be on a page of People magazine.  "The R family was spotted out with their young son on a chilly December morning."

This one has nothing to do with the holidays, but how could I resist?

Tiger Cub found his presents to be almost as much fun as the ribbon that came around them.

Three generations of "R" men.  Randy, where's your tie???

And happy New Year to us!  Pork with the traditional accompaniments of greens and black eyed peas plus a side of squealing baby.