Our incredible friends staged a mini-Thanksgiving just for us, since we were benched from the big expat feast by Covid.
In true first‑time‑parent fashion, Mom and Dad also went full CDC: Covid test, whooping cough vaccine, and flu shot required at the door.

(And yes, that is our Christmas tree already up in the background—we were very eager to celebrate our first Christmas with Josephine.)

I vaguely remember putting coconut oil in your hair… and instantly regretting it. Seeing these photos, I remember exactly why. Sorry, baby.

If ‘new parent’ were a hairstyle, Brian has absolutely nailed it. The rest of us are just trying to keep our eyes open.