Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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I'm a lucky girl getting kisses from my mommy and daddy!
When we were on Hawaii for Christmas, we asked our wedding photographer, Derek Wong, to take some family pictures for us. Maile was probably a little young (5.5 months in these photos), but we still got some great shots. See below for the highlights…
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Family Picture - Week 26
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This weekend we joined a bunch of our San Francisco friends up in Tahoe. Tahoe is about 3 hours (without traffic) northeast of San Francisco. One of our friends had a cabin where most of the crew stayed, but we rented a condo to give Maile a little more peace and quiet.
We actually had to cut our trip a little short – a big storm is headed towards Tahoe and we felt it best to leave while the going was good. And even though getting home turned into a bit of an ordeal, we had a great time. The highlight was definitely introducing Maile to snow for the first time (although Maile might beg to differ). I think its safe to say the “Hawaii” runs strong in Maile girl – for that matter, its starting to run pretty strong in daddy too – it was cold up there!
Maile was great the whole weekend, entertaining all of our friends and reserving her tears for when she was alone with mommy and daddy. Now that she is 6 months, Maile really is quite fun to be around and she absolutely loves being around other people – although if she gets too worked up during the day, she sometimes has trouble getting to sleep at night.
Here are some pictures from the weekend…
Mommy showed Maile where Tahoe City was on the map so she could get her bearings...
First things first, Maile laid claim to the big bed - conveniently themed to match her bear outfit...
In preparation for the cold weather, Maile tried on some new head gear...
Mommy introducing Maile to snow...
Umm ... when do we go back to Hawaii?
Okay, fair enough, when we do it like this it is quite fun!
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Family Picture - Week 25 (Maile's Half Birthday)
6 months. Wow.
Typically on these milestone days, I like to look back over the blog and marvel at how much Maile has grown. If you’d like to follow along, here’s a quick tour…
Here’s month #1.
And month #2.
And finally, month #5.
I like to think that one day Maile will get a kick out of doing the same. I lost count of the number of diapers a long time ago. But I can tell you that Maile and I have made 204 posts to this blog and we’ve taken 4,000 pictures. That’s almost 1 picture for every hour that Maile has been alive. I can remember a handful of embarrassing pictures that I discovered when I was a teenager. Maile might have 20,000 … by the time she is 3!
It really feels like she’s coming in to her own this month. It’s amazing how much more interactive she is now – whether its playing with her toys or with mommy and daddy (of course, we prefer the latter).The milestones (rolling around, sitting up, holding her own bottle, etc.) seem to be coming faster and faster – Chris and I can’t wait to see what is going to happen next!
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Family Picture - Week 24
It was very sad to leave Hawaii – we had such a wonderful time with Grandma Gail, Grandpa Cal, Uncle Steve, Auntie Nao, and, of course, Katie and Emily – the two most awesome cousins a girl can have!
There’s been so much excitement these last couple weeks that mommy and daddy decided to ease me back into California life by heading to a wedding on Saturday. I skipped out on the wedding reception – I told mommy and daddy I wanted them to have some adult time. But I did attend the ceremony – long time readers of my blog know that this is my second wedding ceremony. This time the ceremony was in a real live church. The ceremony was pretty long – a full Catholic mass – but I was cool, I was quiet throughout the whole thing and even decided to take a nap. Daddy said the “sleeping in church or temple” move was right out of his playbook.
Daddy and I taking our seats in church - people say the seats are uncomfortable, but I didn't think so - course I was sitting on my daddy...
I'm not Catholic so instead of communion, I ate my daddy's tie.
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They didn't invite me to the party - so I crashed!
Today is Mommy’s birthday! My daddy made plans to take my mommy away on a one night get-a-way to the new St. Regis Princeville. Originally the plan was for me to stay with Grandma and Grandpa and for mommy and daddy to go away by themselves. I caught wind of that plan and when I saw how nice the hotel was, I decided I needed to convince them to take me with them.
(Dad Note: How did Maile convince us? We did a trial run last week by going to a movie and leaving Maile with Grandma and Grandpa. Apparently, Maile didn’t enjoy the attempts to put her to bed without a good night kiss from mommy and daddy. She eventually went down, but given that there are two other little girls in the house, we decided it would be best not to subject everyone to a prolonged crying session.)
Yesterday afternoon we drove up to the northern part of Kauai. Daddy hadn’t even been up to this part of the island before. The Princeville hotel was beautiful and, apparently, daddy called ahead because when we arrived they had champagne and truffles waiting for us!
Yeah champagne! Wait, what's champagne? Yeah champagne!
Maile: Can I have some? Mommy: No. Maile: Please? One sip? Mommy: No. Maile: I'm going to remember this - don't look at me if I spit up on you later...
After we settled in a bit, we went upstairs to watch the sunset and then headed over to the Kauai Grill. The Kauai Grill is a Jean-George Vongerichten restaurant – it was definitely the fanciest place I’ve been in. Mommy and daddy seemed to really enjoy their dinner – as for me, all I can say is that my milk just seemed to taste better in this place!
Since I came along, mommy and daddy called it a night after dinner and we all went to sleep. In the morning, daddy had breakfast in bed delivered for mommy! How fun is that!?
Breakfast in bed for mommy - even though I have breakfast in bed all the time, apparently when you are mommy's age it is quite special...
I couldn't wait to wish mommy a happy birthday so I got up at 6 AM. I was so excited I spit up on her. It really wasn't pay back for the "no champagne" rule - I was just so happy it was her birthday...
After breakfast we explored the property a bit and then mommy got a massage. Guess what the massage was called? A Maile Massage! Excuse me, an “Exotic Maile Massage”! Check out what the brochure says:
“The maile leaf is a rare beauty handpicked in the native rain forests of Hawai’i. Maile was associated with the worship of the gods, especially Laka, the god of Hula. Maile was the chosen lei of Hawaiian royalty because of its fragrance and beauty. The Halele’a Spa honors the traditional use of the maile by carefully infusing its healing properties with the Hawaiian taro plant to create rituals that are uplifting, pure and vibrant.”
How cool is that!? Mommy said it was the best massage she ever had – biased perhaps, but I’ll take it!
After mommy’s massage we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa’s… all in all, it was a great birthday trip and I’m very glad I crashed!
(Dad note: We’re glad Maile crashed too – it wouldn’t have been the same without her!)
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My daddy tells me I’m a lucky girl because I still have great grandparents on both sides of my family. You may recall that I met my Great Grandma Bea and Great Grandpa Irv when I went to Chicago in October. Yesterday I met my Great Grandma Kiyoko – she’s Grandpa Cal’s mommy. Mommy, daddy and I went over to her place for lunch. I was on my best behavior and I definitely think I charmed her.
Yes, my skin is quite soft. What do I use? Nothing special - I just make sure I moisturize every night.
Great Grandma Kiyoko, Mommy and Me
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As a special surprise, after we went to the beach, mommy and daddy took me to the spot where they got married at the Kauai Marriott hotel. It was very beautiful and romantic – I wish I could have been there!
Daddy told me this is where the wedding ceremony took place - between the big white columns...
Mommy showed me how she walked down the aisle...
The fish wasn't really involved in the ceremony, but mommy and I posed in front of it anyways...
Mommy, thank you for showing me this beautiful and important place!
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Taking a cue from Auntie Elyssa (she’s been making cookies like a fiend) – I asked Grandma Gail, mommy and daddy to show me how to make Christmas cookies. They were more than happy to oblige. We had great fun, although I have to say, I feel like I’m missing out a bit because I can’t actually eat the cookies yet. Kind of a tease, don’t you think?
Mommy showed me how to roll out the dough
Wait. You're saying I can MAKE the cookies, but I can't EAT the cookies? Seems like a rip off to me. I protest.
Well, even though I can't eat them, it's still fun to decorate the cookies with daddy!
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Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal thought the girls needed some transportation for the backyard. How do you get three girls around? With a wagon, of course!
(Dad note: I honestly think this is the first time they all sat still together this whole trip!)
Three cuties all lined up in the Radio Flyer
Since Maile is the youngest, Katie held on to her tight - she's was a very good older cousin
Mush, daddy, Mush!
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