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Hong Kong or bust!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:52:00 +0000

We headed out for a long overdue vacation. In Hong Kong visiting family and friends for Chinese New Year.

Lila was great on the flight over. An iPod filled with episodes of Sesame Street is essential for long flights with little ones!

Holloween 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:22:00 +0000

Lila celebrated her second Holloween. This year she dressed up as a lion!

Visit to Grandma Alice

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:30:00 +0000

Nobody can make Lila laugh like Grandma Alice..

Lila turns 1!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:07:00 +0000

It's unbelievable to think that a year has already passed since Lila joined the fun. We celebrated with a fun party with friends and family.

Alice Arrival

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:08:00 +0000

Grandma Alice arrived to California to visit her daughters and grand-daughters. We celebrated her arrival with day for Dim Sum and to the Acadamy of Sciences museum which recently reopenned after many years of renovation. It was worth the wait -- the new museum is awesome!!

Walking time!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:12:00 +0000

All that time in the walker has been paying off! Lila is starting to take her first steps!!

Introducing Dylan Chowanec!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:04:00 +0000

We headed over to the Chowanec's for a party to celebrate the arrival of their second son, Dylan.

Lila meets herself

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:39:00 +0000

Lila discovered a big mirror and was thrilled to meet herself for the first time.

Catamaran cruise of the bay

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:33:00 +0000

Ally and Brian invited the fam out for a catamaran cruise of the bay. We had a great time taking in the sights with Joe, Karen, Brian, Allison, Barbara and George, and Maria. This was Lila's second boat ride and luckily a life-jacket wasn't required this time!

After, we headed back to Brian and Al's place for great food and company!

Lila Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:11:00 +0000

Our friend Shao Wei, an artist that works with Sean, painted an amazing watercolor of Lila. Sean had it framed and we showed it to Lila who was very excited!

The watercolor is amazing -- it really captures Lila's funny personality. We are so grateful for the wonderful gift!

Here's the original!

Kisses

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Lila loves to throw kisses!

Half Moon Bay

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:23:00 +0000

We took a road trip to Half Moon Bay and had a great day at the beach!

Preying Mantis Visitor

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:36:00 +0000

We were visited by an albino Preying Mantis today. So exciting!

7th Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:12:00 +0000

Cindy and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary today and had a great day! Gma came over to take Lila.

I found some great easles at Aaron Brothers. We found our old brushes and oils and spent the day painting (stay tuned for posts with the results!)

Late in the afternoon, Cindy and I went out to the DeYoung museum in Golden Gate park to catch the Chihuly exhibit.

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So much for technology though -- Google maps, the navigation system in the car, my iPhone all conspired to send us to the wrong museum -- we ended up at the Legion of Honor, but eventually made our way to DeYoung.

Dinner at Ebisu and then back over to Gma's to grab Lila.

Spoon Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Gimme that spoon!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:45:00 +0000

Lila's been grabbing the spoon lately making mealtimes even more of a mess! She's proving to be quite motivated to try things for herself.

Visit to Joe Russell

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:41:00 +0000

Joe Russell is my best friend from our days back in Greenbrook. He and his brother Chris were regulars at our house when we were growing up in Danville. Thanks to LinkedIn, we recently reconnected and got together for a great day up at his house near Lake Berryessa in Napa.

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Some great pics from our day:

Lila Scoots Around

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:09:00 +0000

Lila's getting good a scooting around the house in her walker!

She's quick and she loves to get into the cabinets -- especially the one with tupperware inside. She's been known to stash toys in the dishwasher and the other day when she scooted around when Cindy had the fridge open, she saw what was inside and proclaimed "wow!"

2008 Olympics

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:22:00 +0000

Lila stayed up late to catch the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. What a show! Lila was super excited to see all the festivities and made us laugh like crazy in the process. Cindy caught her reaction on video.

Fun week!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Fun pics from the week:

Roadtrip to Tomales Bay

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:47:00 +0000

We decided to get out of dodge for the day and took a roadtrip up to Tomales Bay!

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We stopped for lunch in Petaluma and then drove out to Hog Island Oyster Company and gorged on BBQ oysters! They were so good, we decided to bring back 100 oysters and to a BBQ back at the house on Sunday.

Somewhere along the way, we stopped at a Home Depot and bought a couple of security mini-scopes (the kind you put in your door to see who's knocking) to see if we could get some cool fish-eye shots. Not bad for $8!

Crawling Monkey

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:24:00 +0000

Our little monkey is starting to crawl.. well sort of. It looks more like a military crawl behind enemy lines, but its a start!

More Crawling Monkeys

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:29:00 +0000

Gilles Visit!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:23:00 +0000

We were totally surprised today from a call from Brian to let us know that Gilles, his wife Sylvie, daughter Camille and father Raymond were in town from Paris. Gilles was a french exchange student who stayed with our family in 1988. We have kept in contact ever since. The last time we saw them was when Sean and Cindy visited Gilles and his family in Paris 4 years ago.

Oakland Zoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Vesce) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:19:00 +0000

Headed out for an adventure today at the Oakland Zoo with Dave, Amy, Lizzie and Rachel! Monkeys and Giraffes were Lila's favorites. Rachel liked the bugs and goats!