Heading out to Hawaii.

Here is part of the travel crew at SFO before the flight. Cranky-
gramps and Grammy-Sina flew up last night to increase our seniority
and chances if getting on. Everything is working out but it is making
plans B C and D moot.

Up with the early jumper

Our little Kate was so excited about her jumpy chair that she was
chatty all night.

Julie has gone back to sleep (hopefully) and I'm on jump patrol. Kate
might crash in a few minutes since she didn't sleep all that much.

Saturday morning with Kate

It was a beautiful weekend in the city so the Becks headed to Corte
Madera to do some shopping. First we stopped off at Baker Beach for a
quick snack and a pic.

Kate was awesome and we were able to let Julie spend a nice long time
shopping. She got two awesome dresses for our upcoming Hawaii family
wedding, so now she doesn't have to worry about looking nice.

Kate in the kitchen

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Christmas with Uncle Mark and Aunt Melissa

Well, our little Kate is now a seasoned traveler. She flew from SFO to ORD (Chicago) w/ hardly a peep. It was great to see how nice she was on the plane and the folks around us commented on what a good baby-traveler she was.

Julie is out shopping right now and I'm home alone w/ Kate and she is in her "can't be set down" mood. So I am going to go play w/ her some more.

More later.

Thanksgiving with the Becks

Thanksgiving at the Becks is always a FULL day. Fun and a bit tiring, but always nice and shows us how much we have to be thankful for. Kate started the day getting ready for church:

She was a big hit, but was a bit too excited, so she spent some time in childcare with Janice Swartz. Then she met a bunch of folks after the service:



The extended Beck and Osterberg/Lindseth family traditionally comes over for a big Thanksgiving feast. This year was no different. It was wonderful to see Kate's GREAT grandmothers holding her:

Grandma Beck
And Grandma O:

The Beck line:
The whole crew:



Thanksgiving 2008 was a 4-generational affair with baby Kate meeting up with Grandma O and Grandma Beck and all the cousins. Things were hectic and great. It was so nice to have a big chunk of the extended family together on such a great day.

Mom was able to have some quite time w/ Kate before the fun started.
The next day EJ brough over his and Tommi's baby girl Riley. She was born on Dan's birthday (Nov 10) and is a perfect little angel. So very very cute. Hopefully she and Kate will become great friends.

Big week for baby!

Kate has been getting stronger and stronger. She is able to keep her head up and do "flying tummy-time".

On November 4th Kate went with Julie to vote! Good job on Obama... sad about Prop 8. This is the "bittersweet" pic.


Julie made Kate's first Mermaid costume. So cute and funny. Kate blasted on the one-zie right before I brought her to work to parade around. But the tail was safe.. and so cute!!

Such a good baby. Mostly smiling w/ just a little crying, but we're all starting to understand each other better.