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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Guess who...

PEEK A BOO,
GUESS WHO TURNED ONE??? As if this boy couldn't get any sweeter,
he got filled with much more sweetness.
*Donuts for Breakfast*
That seems to be the tradition
around out home for BIRTHDAYS!!!
Nalu Alena Hanamaikai
*IS a 1 YEAR OLD NOW*
and we have soo much to celebrate!
He has blessed our family more than
we could ever have imagined.
Each day he is soo happy, full of life
and just a joy to have around.
He had quite an eventful day.
Unfortunately he had a Dr's Appt.
and had to get 3 shots. What a way
to celebrate, huh?!
We did find out how much he has grown.
He now weighs: 23.4 lbs
and his height : 31 inches
Those are almost the exact same
stats as his brother kaipo had
at 12months. So we know Nalu
is going to be one tall boy!
Of coure he LOVES facing forward
in his carseat now.
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He is soo close to taking his first steps.
He pulls himself up everywhere, and
walks along the bench of the kitchen table.
I'm thinkin' give him a few weeks
and he will be walking!
LOOK OUT
It is really hard NOT to be happy
when I see this boy.
No matter how crummy of a day
I am having, all I have to do
is see my precious boy
and I can't help but smile!!
Can't have a birthday without
some of the GOOD stuff.




One of Nalu's most favorite things is to
Take a Bath
If anyone even mentions that word he is
squealing and squirming with excitment!

Now that he's all clean from
that yummy cake and ice cream,
it time for PRESENTS!
Of course there is no enjoying
opening them by himself...
gotta have those brothers
ripping into them too.
Speaking of siblings, Nalu
just LOVES his brothers and sister.
He is constantly crawling around the house
looking for them, or yelling up the
stairs when he hears them playing.
He giggles hysterically at the silly things
they do and is constantly entertained by them!
If he would only realize how much MORE
fun he could have with them if he would
JUST WALK!! Then he could follow them everywhere!


Nalu, you are the sweetest boy and we all
LOVE you to pieces!
You make our family complete.
You just EXUDE happiness and your smile is soo contagious!
You have brought nothing but Joy to our lives.
It's hard to believe it has already been one year
since you first blessed our family!
HaPy BiRtHdAy to you...
and the celebrating has just begun!!



























Monday, November 01, 2010

MORE

Man, when I don't get the opportunity to blog very often,
then when I finally take a day off from school,
there is a lot of catching up to do...
So the MUCH anticipated day FINALLY arrived
*TRICK OR TREAT*
of course, just about the time the kids
were all dressed and ready to head out
the door is starts to POUR RAIN.
I made them wait a bit, to see if it
would let up, but it didn't really so
I let them go to the houses just on our
street. I kept yelling out the door to them
RUN! They weren't moving very fast.
I know the rain is fun for kids, unlike
the annoying thoughts I have about it!
So after finishing our street, they came inside,
dried off and had a bite to eat.
By this point sick ASH was done, so he stayed indoors
with Dad and Nalu watching a movie and passing out candy,
while mom headed out with Ame and Kaipo.
Luckily the rain let up, and it wasn't
tErRiBlY cold. I have to admit I actually had fun
running from house to house with these two!

We were especially grateful for the AWESOME
neighbors that passed out donuts and hot cocoa.
One day I would like to be THAT neighbor,
that everyone remembers!!






Adults only

This year we made it to our neighbors
Halloween ADULTS ONLY party.
(but WE were accompanied by a non-adult)
Can you guess where we got our costumes?
It was fun to just hang out, eat lots of yummy food
and talk, talk, talk with some great friends!


Poor Boy

Last week Ash got CROUP.
We have never had it in our house b4, so
it was quite scary for us!!
It started with him complaining of a sore
throat, and then QUICKLY progressed
into him pretty much not being able
to talk or even breathe very well.
At 5 am Quinn finally took him to
Wee Care, where he got a steroid shot
and Ash was soo brave he said he did
not even cry. It was an amazing
difference from the time he left to when
he returned, how much better he sounded.
The Dr said it was like he was trying to
breathe through a straw. He wasn't losing
oxygen, but he was definitely struggling! Today is the first day, he seems to have most of
his 3 year old energy (and attitude)back and
for once I am grateful for that. He mostly just has
a cough left, which sounds more like a cold
related cough. We have been praying that
no one else, especially Nalu, gets the
AWFUL CROUP
and we have lucky so far...

Concert in EsPaNoL

Last week we got to attend a concert put on by
the 2nd grade spanish immersion classes @ Ame's School.
There are 2 classes, each with 28 students.
They did such a great job.
There songs were so fun-some in spanish
and some in English
complete with props and all
(that is what is in their decorated bags)



When Ame gets embarrased she folds her arms
and gets this expression that looks as though
she is annoyed and really doesn't want to be there.
I pointed it out to her and she got all upset and
thought I was being sooo rude!
I just wanted her to see it (video clips to prove ot)
and know so her future performances look like she
is actually enjoying herself, because I know she is :)


I decided not to include the video with her arms folded
so she doesn't get more mad at me!
I was so proud of her learning all those spanish songs.
She is doing awesome in the program, and her teacher
just raves about her and the success she is having!
Of course we already know how incredible she is!!!

SOME traditions

Well this year Mom was really slacking on
the Halloween Traditions.
With the craziness of my schedule, we did manage
to get some TrEaTs made...
CaNdIeD aPpLeS and CoOkIeS
(great picture taken by Ame, her feet and all)
we shared with our friends and enjoyed some ourselves!
But I felt bad we never made it out to the pumpkin patch
for a hayride and pumpkin picking, nor did we even
decorate pumpkins this year. I know, I know, lame mom!!
Better luck next year!
I told Ame maybe we would decorate pumpkins for
thanksgiving instead of Halloween?!?