Well, it was Celeste's first real Halloween. At least this time, she could walk, and we took her to a cool neighborhood on the Peninsula. Still dressed in the pumpkin outfit from last year (except this year it fit better), she got alot of nice comments and raked in the candy (which, of course, she's allergic to, so daddy got it all!). Mom and dad even got in the action, snagging a couple of drinks from a house (didn't I tell you it was a cool neighborhood?). Well, I hope to have the photos posted some day...

Does it ever end? Once a baby can walk, the baby proofing never ends. Just when you think you've blocked all the hazards and moved things high enough, Celeste manages to jimmy a lock or climb a little higher. This is gonna get interesting day by day...

Wow! I can't believe it's been almost a year! Celeste is now showing so much more personality and is almost ready to walk. She won't eat baby food anymore, but clambers all over us and our food. Unfortunately, we got her allergy tests back and she's allergic to: cow's milk, peanuts, almonds, eggs, soy, shrimp, tomatoes, oats.

Yikes!

So, we'll need to be extra careful with her diet, as well as daycare's diet. We hope she grows out of at least some of these allergies!

I went to Disney during college (competing in the national university mascot championships), right after grad school, and now. So this is my third trip.

We spent the week, checking out most of the major attractions, like DisneyWorld, Epcot, WaterWorld and Universal Studios/CityWalk. Elana and I even got away for a night at Pleasure Island. Too bad it rained alot and boy was it HOT.

The crowds are much larger, although they've made some improvements in the queuing process, so wait times aren't as bad as you'd think. They've updated many of the rides and attractions, to keep up with the latest and greatest movies and trends.

This was also our first real family vacation. Infact, we brought along Maria and her two year old son Mathew. We were in the process of caring for them (kind of like an adoption), so what a better way to integrate them into the family than to bring them on their first plane trip!

Check out the photo album for pictures of the week.

Well, you guessed it. Another year, another company. But I was really hoping that this one was going to last a while since it has links to my old company, BSG, from 1991-1997. But in the high tech industry, things change so fast and so movement is common. Infact, this last company moved so fast, that they held their annual meetings every month! (Okay, so they were technically monthly meetings, but you get the idea).

In the end, it was great seeing and working with some friends and coworkers from my past, and I'm sure we'll all cross paths again someday.

Until then, I'm off to DisneyWorld!!!