Lord, Leo is a Travelin' Man

Leo and Laura went to visit Gran (Lana) in Florida after the New Year. This entailed a cross-country flight, including a transfer, amounting to lots of anxiety on the part of Leo's parents. Fortunately, he and Laura arrived safely, without major incident. Way to go, little traveler.

Happy 2009, New Family Style

New Year's Eve had a distinctive feeling this year. We celebrated with our dear friends Jessica, Ernie, Pilar and their new daughter, Camilla. With a 3 year-old, 6 month-old and 2 month-old in tow, the party was...different from previous years. In the end, we ate well, drank well, celebrated our prosperous families and (in the case of Ernie and me) made it past midnight! 2009 is the dawning of a new era, to be sure. All the best to you all in that effort.

Disco Leo

Oma and Babo took little Leo to a great Belgian french fry and beer joint in the Mission the other day. They have this cool mirror-ball wall, which offers the obvious photographic opportunities.











I think they're pretty in to him.

Just plain old cute mom and baby

Non-SF people, you knew it was only a matter of time...

...before we got the tyke into some tie-dye. The overalls are just bonus Bernal Heights-style. He likes it, I swear.

Leo meets more of La Familia

Wow - what fun. In one very big week, Leo got to meet his two tias (Lena and Cara), along with his Babo (Bob), while also spending some QT with Oma (Rosie) and Auntie Em's. Good times indeed.

Merry Christmas, from Leo

Christmas with a new kid
offers many opportunities:
family, memories, and
best of all: great photo
op's. Yes, this is Leo stuffed
into a stocking. Yes, he appears to be enjoying it. Yes, those are Christmas jammies.




















...and, yes, the results were predictable.