WOW

Last night Momma and Dadda had a rare night out on the town. It was Clif Bar & Company"s annual holiday party. We wined, dined, and danced at a hip art gallery on the west side of Oakland.

Over my eight years working at Clif, they have taken good care of us. The friendship and camaraderie truly made itself evident when many of these friends provided the support that only local friends can during tough times. We were reminiscing with a few of them last night about at the party about when Eric was born and suddenly realized that it was two years to the date of targeted due date and two years that he has been lighting up our home with his smiles and energy. WOW - the time we spent in the hospital with him is so far from our minds today that this once significant date nearly slipped past us.

Eric is now TWO, no more age adjusting by subtracting three month, no more stuttering when someone asks me how old he is, and of course no more sheltering him from every runny nose on the planet. He repeats everything and it getting clearer with every new word. He knows his A B C's and can count to 10 in English and Spanish. He loves tennis, guitars, trains, trucks, and tools. He weighs 25 lbs and is about 33 inches tall. His show size just jumped to 7 and we buy him 2T clothes these days. He is as 2 as 2 can be and then some and we love it.

Here is a pic of Eric and Dadda enjoying our backyard in early November. It was one of those spectacularly warm fall days.