A December to Remember

I must begin by saying that this December was leaps and bounds better than last December, also known as the Long December. Last year at this time I was in the throws of awful morning/all day sickness that lasted until...I don't even remember. Until I started taking Zofran and was able to make it through the day without heaving. But I digress, we're talking about THIS December which was filled with fun, good food, good drink, good friends and a great baby. Here are some highlights:

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On December 4th, we had a fun night out for the 10th annual Uncle Dave's Eggnog party that our friend Jim Foley throws. In exchange for bringing a toy, we get some tasty eggnog and a date night.

The oodles of toys collected for donation to Toys for Tots.

Enjoying a night out while Grandma Peg babysat.

The aftermath of dinner Kamakura.

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Every holiday season a group of my former Cisco co-workers get together to catch up. This year was especially fun because three of us had babies within two weeks of each other. Judy had Kai and Angela had twin girls. I didn't bring Sofia because mommy needed a night out.

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Another much anticipated annual event is the Horgan's Soup Supper. As the name implies, we feasted on tasty soups. But, of course, there were tasty libations and yummy dessert.

Sofia's presence at dinner.

We finally got to meet Dorothy Kearney (10 months), Sofia's well-traveled friend from Manhattan.
She's been to Europe. Twice.

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Rosemary, Erik, Devan and baby Myles Baker escaped the chill of Chicago for a pre-Christmas visit. Unfortunately, I didn't get many pics, but did get this cute one of Myles (2 months). He's already nearly as big as Sofia.

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I decided that Sofia had to experience Downtown San Jose's Christmas in the Park, even if she had no idea what was going on. Mostly because she couldn't see much from her stroller. Oh well, she's too small to run through the fountains anyhow. We lunched at Peggy Sue's with Dalane who was on her way to Christmas in Lodi.

We stopped by Santa's house, but he must have been in the Fairmont bar having a drink.
Or at the Star Trek exhibit at the Tech.

Lounging by the fire in the gingerbread house in the Fairmont lobby.