New Teeth, Christmas Elf and A Video

I've been trying to blog in chronological order, but I've got so much material to work with it's been kinda overwhelming. I still have photos from the finalization and Jay & Barbara's visit to put up ... and of course all the shots of Zach opening presents that I'll be taking today!

In the mean time, here's a photo of his newest teeth - he's got 6 now!!! ... some shots of him dressed up like a Christmas Elf (I swear we didn't do this on purpose, it just happened ... really) ... and a funny video from when Jay & Barb visited. We were eating dinner and Zach was entertaining himself with one of his favorite toys, and he ended up entertaining us, too.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyful Solstice, Peaceful Kwanzaa and a Supercalifragilistsic 2008!!!

The Day After Thanksgiving in San Francisco

To work off some of that turkey and pumpkin pie we went for a hike with our neighbors Julie, Yann & Amyric. Amyric is a few weeks older than Zach.

We hiked along the coast from Land's End, just north of the Cliff House to the Legion of Honor, just south of China Beach.

Amy, Zach, Amyric & Julie. Taken from the lawn at the Legion
of Honor.




Our poorly-executed attempt at making Zach "fly"
over the Goldent Gate Bridge.




One of the reasons I love living in San Francisco: hikes like
this in our back yard.




Sunset at Land's End.



Hanging out on the lawn at the Legion of Honor

Thanksgiving in San Francisco

There are no shots of us actually eating, because, well, we were too busy stuffing our faces! But our first T-day as a family (and Amy and my first time cooking a turkey!) was a success. You can at least see what we ate!

the whole spread: turkey, squash, mashed potatoes, gravy,
stuffing and pun'kin' pie



plus a little salad with pomegranate - for a touch of california flava

Zach's plate - um, bowl: mashed up turkey, squash, sweet
potatoes, apple sauce (not colored, it's naturally pink!), potatoes
and peas

We certainly have a lot to be thankful for this year. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving, too, and best wishes for happy holiday season.