February 2007 - Holiday Photos: Christmas and New Year

We arrived safely back in Lyon, France from Accra, Ghana on 1st December. Julien went straight back to work the following Monday! We stayed with his parents until our tenant vacated our old flat as planned the Thursday before Christmas. So the month of December was a flurry of doctor's appointments (for the pregnancy and Etienne's obligatory checkups according to the french healthcare system); temporary unpacking and then repacking and moving back to our old flat and unpacking again; sorting through unbelievable piles of paperwork (tax, flat, social securities etc), cleaning, and then getting ready for the arrival of Julien's sister and family from Rouen, north of France for the holidays. The photos above are from Christmas, the ones below from the New Year lunch, with Julien's grandparents and granduncle in their 80s. Of course we enjoyed the food and wine and champagne (although the latter not for Kae yet for another six months urgghh :)!!) Etienne was overwhelmed by people toys and food but in a good way, he enjoyed the company of his cousins throughout and the four of them generated enough noise and mischief together for years of family stories to come.