New Years Eve, Cloe's birth, and my mom's birthday celebration in the hospital.

Our baby Cloe arrived via emergency c-section on 12/28.

...and surprise massages were given.

...and people danced vigorously...

...and then shots of tequila were taken...

A wholesome family evening to begin with...

Grassroots band and booze with our visiting family.

Meagan's applying for her first passport.

Brad is making a special natural birds mobile for our baby.

We had our lab holiday party with catering from Cheesecake Factory, which was delicious.

Each student in our lab got us their favorite childhood book for our baby.

Rochester White Out: One week of non-stop snow ahead.

Uncle Umay has amazing taste in baby shoes.

Improv opera singer made people slightly uncomfortable last night at the annual neurosurgery Christmas party.

Brad made his signature square pumpkin pie and Meagan made an amazing cherry-apple pie.

Other guests provided various types of social and emotional support.

Meagan made delicious cranberries, deviled eggs, and stuffing.

The outcome was a shock to me and I think all my guests: it was not disgusting.

My first turkey, miso-thyme-lemon soaked and ready to hit the oven.

Brad's family together for Thanksgiving weekend at our place.

Prepping for Thanksgiving: Meagan caught this pie from heaven.

Police camera photo of me going through a red light. I'm still not convinced.

Nesting instincts.

I just got pink roses for no reason.

I'm really going to miss my mom's sweet potatoes this Thanskgiving.

Umay had to take an important call during the ceremony.

Evan's wedding at the Duke Chapel.

We saw a spooky spider.

Brad carved a pumpkin prisoner and I carved a sweetpea.

Carving Halloween pumpkins with Ayden

A good way to get boys interested in art is through monster truck detailing.

We smuggled an illegal rootbeer float into the old folks home.

The Amish Acres Thresher's Dinner is rated the best meal in Indiana and it's true.

Amish ride on wood-wheeled horse and buggy.

Daytrip to Amish Acres where the children learn from textbooks that are 100 years old.

We ran out of gas on the expressway at 1am.

There's a rainbow over Rochester right now

This dinner reminds me of America: tofu nuggets, beans, and macaroni

Adjustment to concrete box architecture from the 70s.

Self-cleaning Canadian pay toilets that talk to you about how clean they are while you are inside.

The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

All the power is being harvested from Niagara Falls.

We only caught someone else's line.

Everyone who lives here is in this river somewhere.

Salmon fishing is the pulse of downtown Pulaski.

Scouting for salmon

Waking up in the tent, it is 39 degrees in here.

Camping at Selkirk Shores State Park.

Good morning Maria.

My hip maternity clothes, donated by my PhD advisor.