White bunny brunch

Due to lots of things happening at the end of the year, our annual white elephant turned into a white elephant/white bunny/red egg party this year.


It was nice to see all the babies play together and also to enjoy the company of our friends:)

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What do you do when you run out of soy sauce?

Well... Use up every Chinese takeout soy sauce packets you've got of course. These packets sure saved Julie's fry rice!

William's strange babble

Here is William talking a lot for the first time. We are not sure what he is saying but he seems to know:)

William loves fish!

We discovered that William loves the aquarium. The California academy of science provides a safe place for William to explore. He loves to run around and point at the fish and stare into the eyes of the lions in the African hall.



It is worth every penny of the academy's membership to see William's big smiles.

Visit with a-gong and a-Ma

It was great to take William back to Taiwan to celebrate his first Chinese New Year. Besides lots of great food, William also got to visit lots of family and friends and show off his smiles.


William enjoyed visiting local parks. It is hard to figure out what to wear because it would be so cold at times that he needs his sweater and jacket and so hot at times that he just needs a t-shirt.

We were lucky to be there when some of the flower fields were blooming.

Here is William picking up his first red bag.

Here is William pointing out what he wants from the giant puppet.

So... William got a little cold when we were in Taiwan... he seems to be enjoying the runny nose.

We also introduced William to some rides. Doesn't he look like Top Gun.


Here is William taking in the all-you-can-eat ice cream bar at the lunch buffet before we left.


More pictures from Taiwan:

Happy birthday William!!!!

It was difficult for Eric and Julie to decide what kind of cake to get William for his first birthday cake.

At first we thought we were going to get him a organic carrot cake. But thanks to Amy, juju, Megan and Carl, William got a bumble bee ice cream cake and a black forrest ice cream cake.


William had so much fun. He loved the ice cream but he loved the icing even more.


It is going to be difficult to top this birthday celebration:)

William's first Christmas!

William loved ripping open his Christmas presents and play with the wrapping paper.


He also liked playing Santa's little helper and hover over all the presents:)