William 17 months: Baker Beach

We are going to miss this beach! it is a great place to take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge!

William's big adventure in DC

Since Eric's work schedule was difficult to predict when we can have a vacation, we decided to just go for it one weekend. Destination: DC-where it all started!

It was fun to bring William back to where we got engaged. It is weird to be standing on the exact steps from 7 years ago with our baby in hand.

William surprised us with his first number 2 in a real toilet! we were so proud ^_^ Carol was so nice to loan us her place... but now she will never be able to leave or she will have to take the toilet with her... where her godson first pooped!

We started our journey first by taking the BART... William did so well!

Here is William the little explorer! (great picture taking Carol!)

Here is William with his new wooden ride... or is that the memorial warning sign?

Here is William having a stare down with the squirrel.

Love the free zoo!

Here is Jason trying out their new baby carrier with William as a sample baby!

William loved the museums! He called everything bigger than a person "CAR" and everything smaller than a person "DOG"! (with a lot of enthusiasm).

Here are the proud parents to be! Alice and Jason! thanks for letting me take your pictures!

On the very last day, William found a fountain near Eric's DC office. He had a blast!

This was a great summer vacation for us!

William's first Bay-to-Breakers

Eric and Julie thought they should take William on his first Bay-to-Breakers before William is old enough to ask why there are so many naked people. Since William's arrival, he though slowed us down a little but he inspires us to be creative and bring him along on our adventurous journey!


It was so fun to see people in such creative outfits!

Or wonder is that outfit real? (he is one hairy man!)

Since this was the 100th anniversary for Bay-to-Breakers... we were not able to get tickets in time, but we went anyways... didn't quite make it to the finish line but it was fun!

William was wiped out on Grammie's back!

And the boys needed a long nap after that 12K walk!

How tall is William?

It is difficult for us to figure out how tall William is since he moves so fast. Here is a video of Eric chasing William with a tape measure:

Celebrating the month of May!

May is a big month in our household. There is our wedding anniversary, dating anniversary, and Mother's day. Of course we have to celebrate all the occasions with lots of fun activities and good food ^_^

Eric started the celebration by taking the family to Delancy Street restaurant with some great dinner and dessert!

Here is Julie's favorite shot of Eric and William while Eric was taking the family to get our first family portrait done ^_^

Yes! free family portrait in ketchup and mustard!

Then we continue the celebration with some bacon sundae ^_^

Here is Julie and William enjoying one of Julie's Mother's day present: BUBBLES! (click for video).

Besides eating, we also did a lot of hiking in the month of May to get ready for Bay-to-Breaker 12 K walk. Here is us on our 5 mile hike.

Topping it off with Julie's favorite Taiwanese food ^_^

Another tired but satisfied customer!

For our wedding anniversary, Eric planned out a Go Car ride of San Francisco so we can be tourist for a day.

The fume from the Go Car reminded Julie of Taiwan.

It took us awhile to get to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Happy Month of May!!!


More pictures from the month of May:

Grab life (goat) by the horns: SF Zoo

William was recently invited to the Zoo by his new friend Pax. Pax was born on the same day as William (not at the same hospital though).

Julie was shocked at how brave William is when it comes to touching the animals at the petting zoo. He loves to grab the goats horn... I am surprised that he didn't get kicked.

Here is William ridding around on the little tractors at the zoo.

William was so wiped out by the end of the day he pointed to the stroller, climbed in, and fell as sleep before we even got to the car.

Mud pool at the Golden Gate Park

We recently discovered the children's play area at the Golden Gate Park and William just loves to dive into the mud pool!

He got a diaper tan from digging in the pool one sunny afternoon.

Here is William with his new friend Zachary at the mud pool.

Zachary loves the mud pool too ^_^ he dived right in on his first visit.