Lily at the park

Here's Lily at the park last week...

At Leela and Raji's wedding

Mini's good friend Leela got married to Raji today, and we took these pictures at the wedding...

Keys please!

Lily likes to put the door key into the lock and practice turning it. Some day she's going to want the car keys...

Pigtails

Lily's hair is getting longer and longer and we sometimes put them into little pigtails these days. So cute!

At the Long Beach Aquarium

We took a family outing to the Long Beach Aquarium two weeks ago. None of us had ever been. We got in free thanks to a promotion honoring employees of non-profits, and saw it all for $5 parking. It was astonishing! The Long Beach Aquarium is world class.

Here is the family in the "Lorakeet forest."

This giant Spider crab nearly attached itself to my head a la the original motion picture "Alien." Somehow Lily convinced it that she needed a father and I escaped unscathed.

All it wants is a hug! Even giant spider crabs can reform.

It's not every day that you can take your daughter out to pet the live sharks and manta rays! (for real, you can pet them!)

And a splendid day it was!

Lily, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana

Here are some pictures of Lily waking up from her afternoon nap...

Is a move to Seattle and a gig with a grunge band in her future?...

What a difference a little H2O makes!...

Our trip to Ensenada, Mexico

Last week, we all went down to Ensenada, Mexico for the first ever SP all staff gathering. This was Lily's first international trip since we returned from India when Mini was six months pregnant. It was a fabulous reunion of the whole SP family. Here are a few pictures. First, a group shot of almost everyone who attended (a few people were busy during the group photo)...

Here's a family photo that we took at the hotel in Ensenada where we stayed...

Here's a picture of Lily cruising around the hotel grounds...

And, here's Lily strolling along the beach in Ensenada in what has now come to be known as her "Marilyn Monroe" dress...

Here's Lily lounging in a lounge chair...

Here she is sporting her new SP T-Shirt...