despite all the awfulness in the industry and at the Mercury News in particular. I get to look at these photos every day. The photographers I work with are amazing. Here's a slideshow of stuff they liked the best in 2008:
http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/31/pictures-of-the-year/
We had a really nice little Christmas in SF this year. We opened presents, just the three of us, then went to the O'Brien house for dinner. Was really fun. Check out the photos at
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=oisj2fr.1fpxexlv&x=0&y=-siag61&localeid=en_US
Anna with Brian's cigar and scotch and her new duck slippers.
Downtown gets lit up nicely for the holidays, so we went for a walk last night to check them out:
Anna just climbed out of her bed and came out into the living room, crying, to protest being put to bed. I am scared. Does this mean every night will be escape-artist night? every nap? We have (had) such a good little sleeper. OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack and Anna had their last playdate for a while: Jack and his mom, Azla, are moving to Portland on Christmas Day. We were very happy to get to hang out a bit to say goodbye. Well, "goodbye" seems sad. Maybe just "see you later." Click on the photo below to see a couple more.
The longest hug ever:
doing silly last-minute stuff, even though the bulk of our Christmas was a couple of weeks ago in Phoenix. During this running around downtown, I saw this incredibly overstuffed 2-month-old being carried by her grandmother. So funny. Note the red bow for the holiday. I have no idea how much is baby and how much is clothing:
Anna, my love, my all, my everything, just took a banana and threw it across the room. She pointed to it, told me she did it, and THEN had the gall to demand at the top of her lungs: MORE BANANA!! Sigh. This child needs to get some manners.
Anna and Josie show off their gorgeous bellies. LOVE this photo.
We finally decorated last weekend. Anna was a little underwhelmed with the tree, but she does ask about the ornaments every once in a while. She had fun eating pizza, as is our tradition. Here are some photos:
Here's a shot of almost everyone in photo these days (Jim and Glen are missing) and Richard and Kirstina, who used to work there. We had a fun party at work yesterday. My eyes are closed, but everyone else looks pretty good!
