Happy Birthday to Will!

Lucky Will got to celebrate his 1st Birthday not once, but twice! We started with an evening at Uncle Kit and Aunt Heidy’s house, complete with dinner and cake. Uncle Kit and Will share the same birthday, making them “kindred spirits,” according to Tibetan tradition. Kit was quick to show Will the ropes when it came to blowing out the candle. We pretty sure that Uncle Kit liked the fact that their shared cake only had one candle, as opposed to, well, we won’t go there. Let's just say that being a kindred spirit has its benefits.

Later that weekend, we enjoyed a spectacular morning atop Tank Hill, a few blocks away from our house. Bagels, coffee, fruit salad and cupcakes against the backdrop of 360-degree views, bluebird skies and good friends and playmates – what more could you ask for? Well, one thing, a better Insta-flame! Note to self, Mom: leave the lighter at home and bring lots of matches next year.

Happy Birthday, Big Will! We can’t believe you’re 1!

Here are a few more photos from Will's 1st Birthday:


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Thinking DINKY

Our good friends Tom and Amber have launched a new blog, DINKY Life. For those of you unfamiliar with that particular acronym, it stands for Dual Income No Kids (Yet). They're planning a trip around the world in a few months, at which point their acronym will technically be NKY. "Hmmph!" as Will would say. As for us, we will be traveling with them vicariously!

While Amber enjoys her NKY status, she takes fabulous photos of her friends' offspring. Here is a slideshow some of our favorite photos of Will from August and early September, courtesy of Amber.



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Will and Maddy

Just Back from the Tailor

Tiny (hemmed) pants, all in a row.

Channeling His Inner Magnum P.I.

Apparently Will learned how to undo snaps last night - this is how we found him when he woke up this morning.

Happy Halloween!

Since Will loves to bounce, we decided to take him out for his Halloween debut as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. You may recall the lyrics to Tigger's Song. The second verse is particularly entertaining and applicable to Will, our resident lap-leaper.



The wonderful thing about Tiggers,
Is Tiggers are wonderful things.
Their tops are made out of rubber,
Their bottoms are made out of springs!

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one!


The wonderful thing about Tiggers,
Is Tiggers are wonderful chaps.
They're loaded with vim and with vigor,
They love to leap in your laps!
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers,
Is Iiiiiii'm the only one!

Lucky for us, we live around the corner from Belvedere Street, one of San Francisco's legendary streets when it comes to Halloween. Five or so blocks are closed off and the homeowners go all out trying to outdo each other with decorations and entertainment.





























So after visiting Will's buddy Ella the Lion for a neighborhood pre-party (props to the Pradhans for hosting!), we headed out with playmates Maddie the Puppy and TJ the Monkey to check out the scene.



























































Halloween for babies is of course really about tolerating their parents. Our hands-down favorite house featured Marty the Dancing Zebra from Madagascar and friends, who were gettin' down to some funk-techno in their windows, much to the delight of the entire crowd - think "Go Zebra, Go Zebra, Go Go, Go Zebra!"





























This all might sound a little corny, but we had a blast. As far as Will goes, while he was an enthusiastic and patient Tigger, all that bouncing made for a very hot baby in a furry costume! Our tired Tigger was happy to head home after his Halloween adventure.

Happy Halloween!