Monday, December 31, 2012

Best of 2012

Here are some fond memories as a parent in 2012:
  • Our first wine tasting post-baby in Monterey, with our son in the front pack
  • Weekend family naps
  • Visiting the Orangerie at night, with Debussy playing in the background. We three walked back to the Metro with the Eiffel Tower framed by orange and purple clouds in the setting sun.
  • Lying in bed in Paris with our little guy snoozing in between us, windows open and listening to a warm rain on the streets
  • Visiting the Menagerie zoo and then finishing up our illegal picnic on the grass moments before the police came to shoo us away
  • Traintown in Sonoma, where we blew bubbles, rode on a merry-go-round, and our little guy's foot got licked by a goat
  • Family gatherings throughout the year
  • Walking back from an evening “bring your baby to the movies” event, and seeing the fog rolling through the hills
  • Butterflies and baby ostriches at the Academy of Sciences
  • Seeing our usually light-eating son chowing down on his birthday cake
  • Drinking champagne and eating ice cream cake to celebrate one year of being parents
 2012 was the year that our son went from being a little baby who couldn’t roll over or sit up to being a toddler who chats, gives kisses, plays peekaboo, walks, hugs, eats and brings us toys. I can’t wait to see what the next year brings. Fingers crossed that “sleeping through the night” will be on the list.

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