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Welcome to our Redwood Shores home in early autumn...
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Follow Priya as she enters the front door
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Here's Sherlock, sleeping in bed as usual
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Despite the numerous shhh's from Mama and Dada, Priya likes to shout
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"Look at my adorable bunny slippers!"
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Dan brought in a beautiful bouquet of roses for Thanksgiving
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Here's Priya having a Thanksgiving potluck at daycare...
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Daddy and Mommy slaved all day in the kitchen and brought ...these colorful plates to the potluck!
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Priya's all dressed and ready to go to Thanksgiving dinner...
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"Let me out of the gate!"
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"Let's go!" -- This year, we were completely lazy and had our Thanksgiving meal at a fancy restaurant...
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Priya feeds Daddy some turkey...
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...while she fixes her high chair using the fork as a screwdriver
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This dessert is just too yummy!!!
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Here's Mommy and Priya at Marin Day School's annual holiday singalong!
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Priya loves to sing
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This event turned out to be very popular...there's Priya's teacher Judy over on the left in the red shirt
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Dan's work also had a holiday party, with Reactivity's CEO dressed up as Santa
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Dada and Priya sit and watch as Santa gives all of the kids their holiday gifts
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Priya clung to Dan for dear life when her turn came....turns out she didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, even for a set of Elmo's World DVD's!!!
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Priya is celebrating Hanukkah with her own kid-safe menorah
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This is when Priya just started to understand the concept of unwrapping gifts
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With Dada's help, Priya sees her new Little People Circus Set from her favorite babysitter, Shauna
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Here's a tea set, a set of mealtime dishes, and a Hanukkah book from Grandpa and Grandma List
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Priya very much enjoys serving tea
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Here she is pouring tea for the whole family
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Testing out the circus trapeze
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It requires an enormous amount of balance to carry a teacup, saucer, and spoon...thanks for the yummy tea, Priya
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Here's another holiday gift for Priya, from Deborah who works in Shefali's office....a giant bulldog
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Priya likes to dance with the bulldog, when a human partner is not available
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Here we are at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center's annual Hanukkah event called Latkepalooza, where Priya is decorating cookies
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Priya is having a ball dancing on her own...
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...to this exciting klezmer band
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Every now and then, Priya likes to regress and be "rocked like a baby" by Mama
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While touring the holiday lights in our area, we came across Big Bird and Elmo...
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...and this funny Family Guy tribute to Christmas
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On January 1st, we went to this kids' event called "Noon Year's Eve" at the Hiller Aviation Museum (where kids can see the balloon drop at 12 noon and where Priya got her face painted)
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Here's a cute little puppy on Priya's face...
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...and a balloon dog given to her by a clown
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Priya played with her new dog all day long!
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Here's Priya and Sherlock observing the ducks that are flocking to them, thinking that they have food...
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Sherlock's instincts have definitely been reawakened, as he drools and pants at the thought of catching some yummy duck
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Priya has been caught in this embarassing "plumber-crack" moment!
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Visiting Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay...Priya really enjoyed riding the train...
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...and petting the pony...
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...but she was terrified at the thought of riding the pony!
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"Fake ponies are much less frightening!"
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The teeter-totter was very exciting, too
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Priya also like to ride the trike, although the concept of pedaling still eludes her
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Look at all of the adorable baby goats!
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The goats come in a hurry as Dan offers them food
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Priya bravely ventures closer to also feed the baby goat
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Priya and a new-found friend ride the covered wagon together
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Getting her face painted again...
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...with a yummy watermelon!
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Hiking at Ano Nuevo State Reserve in Pescadero...see the abandoned house off in the distance?
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Priya enjoyed walking/running/jumping along the trail
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Look! There's an elephant seal off in the distance!
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I think the seal is waving hello to Priya
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Ano Nuevo is the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal...
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...and here are hundreds of seals sprawled out on the beach, bellowing loudly, fighting, mating, and giving birth
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Family portrait
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Here's a closer look at that abandoned house with the seals in the foreground, loudly yelping: "Arf, arf, arf!"
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Priya got tired walking somewhere during the first mile and needed to hitch a ride
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On the way back home from Ano Nuevo, we stopped to look at Pigeon Point Light Station on the Pacific Coast
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Clearly relishing this yummy ice cream sundae!
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Quite the big girl at a portrait session on 1/29/07
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The photographer amused Priya greatly by shrieking like a monkey
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Clutching the adorable teddy bear (that Priya did not want to give up even after the moment was captured)
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Smiling big for the beaming parents who were very pleased at this photo session
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Valentine's Day is only a couple of weeks away
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Priya struck pose after pose like a complete pro
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A pensive shot as Priya examines a rose
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Mommy and Daddy's favorite photo of the bunch -- it really captures Priya's exuberance
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Since the Eagles did not make it to the Super Bowl this year, Shefali had to find another way to make it exciting...by creating this awesome spread of snacks!
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Here's Shefali's super-special seven-layer dip
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Priya enjoyed Super Bowl pizza from her high chair...
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...as Sherlock waited patiently underneath for the food that would inevitably come hurling overboard
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Priya's enjoying herself at her friend Bella's birthday party at Pump It Up
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Crawling through the obstacle course
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Sitting on her throne, Bella is presented with her cake to commemorate hitting the big 2!
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Later, Priya got to share the throne with another one of Bella's friends
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Mommy and Priya dancing at Ruby Skye nightclub in San Francisco as part of an event called "Baby Loves Disco" where toddlers can go clubbing (at 2 in the afternoon!)
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Show us your moves, Priya!
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Here's Priya enjoying the hula hoops while taking a break from the dance floor
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And here she is hiding between the sofas, while her hard-partying folks urge her to come out and dance some more!
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Visiting the Aquarium of the Bay at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco
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The Finding Nemo exhibit with Dorrie and several Nemo's
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Dan touches a manta ray
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Priya giggles after attempting to touch a manta ray that eludes her grasp
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Shefali pets a baby leopard shark
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Outside the aquarium, there were a whole herd of seals sunning themselves
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Priya enjoyed an ice cream cone as she watched the seals intently
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Here we are at Shane's elephant-themed 2nd birthday party!
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Priya thinks it's hilarious how Noah is trying to pet Shane's bunny Hazel
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"Mama, Dada, look at the bunny!"
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Spring is arriving and Priya is all dressed up for the warm weather
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Lindsay, Andrea, and Priya peek out from the stairs at Lindsay's second birthday party
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Going up the stairs at the slide at East Hillsdale park
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It's even more fun going down!
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Time for another birthday party (and baby shower) for Shefali's friend, Reema...
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Priya realized later that night: adult parties aren't as fun, although there's still cake!
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