Maile turns 5 on Friday. 5.
When we first met...
... at 1
... at 2
... at 3
... at 4
... and at 5!
If you are reading this on the Hapa Haole blog web site, there is a list of months over on the right side of the page. It starts with this month (July 2014) and goes all the way down to July 2009. 5 years. If you haven’t done it in awhile, click on a random month in there – my guess is you’ll get lost for a bit in the stories this little girl (and, of course, her sister) have brought to life. Some nights Christine will call me over and she’ll have a video from two or three years ago up – we’ll watch and remember and laugh.
It does seem like every day Maile grows up faster and faster. Christine and I try to keep up – give her some nudges to stay on the track we think makes sense, but for the most part get out of the way and see where she takes us. She awes us constantly (and if we’re being honest, drives us a little batty more and more) – but it really is incredible to watch this person form, to figure things out, to get excited, to get scared, to get sad, to get mad, to learn, to develop passions, to dance, to sing, to smile and, especially, laugh.
Wow, indeed.
