cousins: big and small

my other children

Some of my 500 students as they filter into our movie-theater/classroom:

diaper shipment arrived

You know what that means....

Baby-in-a-box!!! (bonus child included)

girl friends

Last weekend we had a playdate with Lauren and Natalie. Micah can go from dinosaurs and lava-bombs to princesses and fairies in five minutes:

make your own levi flip-book

..by printing out the photos below:

micah's dinosaur village

Micah built this dinosaur village all by himself today. When he showed it to me, he gave me very specific details about what the scene depicts. Here we try to recreate that by interrogating him as he shows it to Amy.

some levi

Levi quenches his thirst:



Levi makes progress towards crawling:

OY! Hannukah

Waaaay back in December 2009 (first) Hannukah happened, as did Christmas and New Years, but somehow only the former was actually recorded for posterity. Perhaps because we had eight days of opportunities to remember our cameras?

Big boys get to light their own hannukiot

A picture that says a thousand words... like "fedora" "palm trees" "tiki torch" "menorah" and "cherry picker"

"Fire Boy" dazzled and amazed

Sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) at the menorah lighting on the pier

fuzzy menorahs are safer than fire

After eight days of latkes, presents, dreidel and chocolate gelt coming out of our ears...it was on to Christmas and more, more, more! My children are officially spoiled.

closing out 2009

This was all SO 2009:

Noah and Levi jam:

Micah on a brisk December afternoon at the V-town pier

Levi in the Chilean hat/ Guatemalan booties

First trip on the Steam Trains with GG

The "lactation room" in the VS Berkeley office:
And a visit to the T-rex at the Valley Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley:

2010 and 7 months old

Here are two quick pictures of Levi at the start of the Rose Bowl today on his 7 month birthday:

As we begin 2010, (sadly) I predict Levi will be crawling before he hits 8 months...
In other news the babbling is reaching all new heights with delightful "B" and "D" consonant sounds emanating from his little face nearly nonstop. Thighs are still as soft and buttery as ever. I'm cataloging this all as I cannot believe his first year is more than half over!