Shawn moves to the Google SF office

I recently moved with Google to the new SF office. As another reminder of why we live in the Bay Area, here's the picture from my desk.

More pics of Claire

Claire's First Pics

More pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/scxtscxt/ClairesBirthday

Baby Claire is here!

Please welcome Team Thompson's latest, Claire Marie. Delivery was remarkably smooth and Mommy and baby are doing great (Daddy is a little tired). Everyone will be home later today (Sunday) hopefully. Jay was excited to meet her in the hospital and has been walking around the house wondering where the "baby" is.

Stats for the stats crazy:

• Born Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 1:25pm at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's hospital


• 8 lbs, 7 oz


• 19 3/4 in


• Blissfully short 10.5 hours start to finish


• Named after Alysia's grandmother


• Middle name is traditional in Alysia's family

Video and pics to follow.

Drinking from the hose

Jay enjoys drinking from the hose, just like Daddy.

Jay Walks!

After many days of concentrated practice, Jay is now walking.

Jay Stands!

Jay is edging ever closer to walking on his own. He now walks while we hold only one of his hands and yesterday he decided to stand on his own. See for yourself.

Jay jogs!

Jay recently visited his Virginia grandparents and got out for some exercise. Yes, that's filmed at normal speed!

Jay (and Moses) Play with Bubbles

Jay got a bottle of bubbles for Easter but Moses may have liked them the best.

Jay Zurburts

We thought this was pretty funny.

Jay Learns to Play the Piano

Jay has found the piano. He's actually not too bad though the bar is pretty low for a 10 month old.

Jay Feeds Himself...

Well, sort of, but Alysia was encouraging.

...And Gets a Job

and takes one step closer to that software engineering position at Google. Please disregard the narrator, this is definitely just like Mommy, not Daddy.

Jay Learns to Give Five

As part of his efforts to remain the coolest baby around, Jay now gives five.

Jay Finds the Cat Door

We're wondering if he'll try to go through it at some point...

Jay Claps

Jay Eats Lunch!

Notice how he sucks the air out of the room before each bite.

Jay Finds the TV

Jay Crawls!

In a big milestone event, Jay is now crawling. Note that he has learned the family love of all things technology.

Jay Loves the Tub

Jay loves to take a bath and spends a lot of time there playing.

Jay Shows His Personality

Jay loves his jumper. Watch as he and Alysia play.



We think his "cigarette smoker" voice is pretty funny. Jay uses it to say hi.