Bonjour !

I just would like to say how happy I am to enter the Maletz blog, and pretty soon the family (and the family address book)! Yes, yes, yes, I am extremely exited about our wedding :-)

My first contribution will be a funny picture from our engagement party ! Yes, I LOVE chocolate, and we all sure did eat a lot that night. My friend Alice was hosting the party at her place in Virginia. She also is a girl from the North of France, but we met here in DC. She just got married to a Sedwish-American guy, and... she is four months pregnant ! So she, unfortunately, won't be able to attend our wedding in March, but we will have someone to represent her "physically" as she is my bridemaid -in France, we do not make a difference between the maid of honor and bridemaids; we all call them "temoins" (litteraly "witnesses") and they are all on the same level. It's required to have at least two "temoins" at the church, but it could be more if wished. My second "temoin" will be my best friend Marie, whom I also met in DC even if she is from the North of France too ! The world is definitely small. For those attending the wedding, you will get the chance to see her super cute baby girl Chloe, who turned one last September. To close the subject about "temoins", we will have our "meeting" with our four "temoins" (Alice, Marie, Andrew and Steve) this Sunday. We are not sure yet what we are suppose to say exactly... The deacon, Xavier, who will marry us in France, will send us some guidelines. He is a very nice person, and we enjoy his flexibility, his modernity and his understanding. We are doing the religious preparation through emails and via Skype ! New technologies are indeed very useful and nice.

We, of course, will keep you posted about the wedding; and our website should be ready pretty soon. It will be a good occasion to practice your French a little bit ;-)... do not worry, it will be translated too.

Once again, I wish to tell you all through the blog how much happy I am to know you. I do and did appreciate the way you welcomed me into the family.

I look forward to sharing many, many more moments with you !