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Lily insisted on a low-key birthday this year. She wanted a quite night to reflect on her first year and to enjoy her cupcake.

Here is a short (and rough and unedited) video of Lily laughing. My new hobby has been trying to figure out ways to make her laugh. I have been having some good success with this trick: shake her toy and then throw it next to her.

We made our annual journey to the East Bay for Thanksgiving with the JPs again this year. The JPs went overboard again with providing an amazing meal. We had a huge turkey AND a grilled beef tenderloin with all of the trimmings.

We went to Thomas Diego’s birthday last week at the zoo. A lot of fun was had by all: animal masks, birthday cake, ring-a-round the rosie, and train rides.

Mom came to town during Fleet Week this year. We watched the Blue Angels show from Crissy Field. We always manage to have flawless weather during Fleet Week and this year was no exception. Elise was looking forward to seeing Mom and Elise didn’t let her out of her site all weekend.

My Dad and my two brothers came to San Francisco last weekend for a visit. They stayed in in Union Square at the Sir Francis Drake. They came over for a barbecue dinner and to hang out on Friday night. We went to see Cal play Colorado State over in Berkeley on Saturday. We arrived at the game VIP style in a white stretch limo that was allowed through the traffic barricade and right up to the stadium. It was a scorching day inside the stadium so we only managed to stay for the first half and then took our ride down to Raleigh’s on Telegraph for the second half. It was great having the guys up for the weekend and we all had a lot of fun.