(Thanks, Lisa!)

We’re here! Let Thanksgiving mania commence! (This grocery store juice stop might become a daily routine.)

(Any My Cousin Vinny fans out there?)

Yep, we jumped into the season - making our own wreaths! Christmas music is on the radio too.

(After all her nighttime negotiations.)

One year check-up, and Holmes is exceptionally normal! In the last three months, he’s gained a pound, and grown two inches in height and one inch in brain power circumference. Grow, baby, grow!

One year down and a lifetime to go!

Last day as an eleven month old! And one more day left in the year long Filipino superstition haircut ban, avoiding…who knows?!?

Also to catch up from last week, Meryl and I attended the opening of Beyond Bollywood: The Indian American Experience, the latest Smithsonian exhibit to come to Seattle. It’s also one of my favorite SITES exhibits. The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) worked with Dr. Amy Bhatt to curate localized Pacific Northwest stories for the exhibit, she’s otherwise a professor who teaches courses on gender and globalization, South Asia, and feminism. We also got to hear from Washington’s Congresswoman, Pramilla Jayapal, about her journey here and efforts to bring the exhibit to Seattle. Mostly, it was so much fun to see people walk through the exhibit, seeing themselves, and sharing stories throughout.

That point when he ate his weight in meatloaf, and then realized he could double up with cheesecake. And he did.