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What does 3 years of blogging look like?

by Papa K on July 10, 2012

Family picture just a few weeks shy of Maile's 3rd birthday

878 posts.
17,793 photos.
1,613 movies.
Memories saved – priceless!

A special shout out is in order to the Mommy behind the scenes – 90% of photos and videos you see on the blog are done by Christine. Sitting down each evening and seeing what she’s captured is one of the best parts of my day.

For those who are interested, here is what year 2 looked like by the numbers:

10,852 visitors to the blog – 29.7 visits per day. 70% of visitors visit every single day!

20 people discovered the blog by searching “shorts over sweatpants” – and finding this post. Welcome!

We’ve posted 378 videos to Vimeo.

5,099 plays this year on the Vimeo web site and 92,500 loads from the blog.

The top videos of the year were:

5. How Maile Handles Being Ignored

4. Duke vs UNC: Crisis Averted

3. Bossy Pants

2. Maile Gaga On the Edge of Glory

and DRUMROLL please…

1. Hangover

(Hangover actually passed our previous #1 video of all-time – Maile Yoda!)

On a personal note, this blog is a part of my routine now and as I mentioned above, I love doing it. The moments of reflection it gives me today are worth the time alone, but when I think about the story that is being pieced together for the future, continuing is a no brainer. For those of you who read regularly, I hope you enjoy the adventures of our little girl and that more often than not, she brings a smile to your day!

All our best on the eve of 3,
Matt, Christine and Maile

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Countdown to 3: October – December 2011

by Papa K on July 8, 2012

(In case you missed it:

Part 1: July – September 2011)

* = Daddy’s favorites

October

Thank You, Steve

Exploring with Sophie

* Mailebug in the Rain

Maile at 27 Months

Party Time in Palo Alto

Maile’s First School Picture Day

* Maile Elmo

November

Grandma Jill helped me put on the earrings...

Maile and the Pumpkin Patch

* My First Slow Dance

Happy 92nd to Great Grandpa Irv

One! Two! Three!

Maile, the Architect

Great Grandma Judy’s Jewelry

The Uncle Stephen Roller Coaster

December

Oh man, he really went in! Hahahahaha!

‘Tis the Season

I’m On the Nice List!

2009 … 2010 … 2011

Doctor Maile

* Reason #1,324 Why I Know My Daddy Loves Me

Getting My Shave Ice Fix

Christmas 2011

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My favorite way to get around…

by Maile Girl on July 3, 2012

Mush, Daddy, Mush!

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Bye Bye Kauai

by Papa K on June 28, 2012

Sad to say that tomorrow we head home from our summer vacation on Kauai. We had a wonderful visit with Grandma and Papa. Lots of beach time, swimming, kite flying, shave ice, running around in the backyard, baking cookies, art projects, more shave ice! It was a wonderful 11 days for Maile and Mommy (and 5 for Daddy). We can’t wait to come back again soon!

Thank you Grandma Gail and Papa Cal for a wonderful visit!

Family picture just a few weeks shy of Maile's 3rd birthday

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And then we turned on Mommy…

by Papa K on June 28, 2012

Papa Cal bought Maile and I squirt guns. (Dad note: if you thought super soakers were a major upgrade in the 90’s – these puppies are fully automatic, you just press the button is it goes!)

I couldn’t have been prouder with the way that Maile took to the water gun fight. She showed no fear and even better, mastered the art of the double cross as we both turned our attention to innocent bystander, Mommy!

(Click here for the video.)

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Scenes from Father’s Day

by Papa K on June 21, 2012

Some random scenes from Father’s Day 2012…

Maile Girl & Daddy, Father's Day 2012

Our annual Father's Day bike ride - for the past couple of years we've rented a bike on Father's Day. It's a nice tradition. Maile thinks that if she pushes my back we'll go faster. I do my best to keep the illusion going!

How did Maile's hands get blue? Let's just say, Daddy was relaxing on Sunday morning and not paying as good attention to Maile as he should have been...

Dad note: Christine and Maile have been in Hawaii all week. I’m joining them on Saturday. I’ve been missing my little girl. Christine actually mentioned tonight that this is the longest we’ve ever been away from each other. That fact surprised me, but I think it is true. We’ll make up for it next week! Word on the street is that Grandma and Papa Hawaii bought Maile a boogie board – I can’t wait to hit the waves with her!

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A Visit to Fairyland

by Maile Girl on June 18, 2012

As I’m sure you already know this weekend was Father’s Day. So I asked my Daddy, “Daddy, what do you want to do for Father’s Day?” And do you know what he said? He said, “Maile, I’d really like to go to Fairyland!” Me too, Daddy, me too. No wonder we get along so well!

PS – Fairyland. Was. Awesome.

Hi, I'm Princess Maile

And I'm Mad Hatter Daddy!

Guess what I went on all by myself? Yep, the ferris wheel. Daddy was too big - he was totally bummed. I had so much fun - I could see the whole world when I was at the tippy top!

Dad note: Christine and I were blown away that Maile went on the ferris wheel all by herself. We were so proud of her. Our little girl is growing up!

Daddy, this merry go round is a little lame. Is there one that goes a bit faster?

What do yo mean I'm not tall enough? Hold on, let me stand on my tippy toes...

My Daddy rocks! He smooth talked me on to the big girl merry go round!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy - I hope you had fun at Fairyland!

Dad note: I did, Maile.

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More Wheeeeee!

by Papa K on June 14, 2012

Mommy was testing out her new flash and caught some great shots of Maile and I rough housing a bit before bed time…

It started innocently enough...

Wheeeeeeee!

More wheeeeeeeee!!!

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Sparkling Teeth for Maile Girl

by Papa K on June 6, 2012

(Dad note: Apologize this post is late – had server issues last night!)

As is tradition, a trip to Boston means clean teeth for Maile Girl. Maile wasn’t always the biggest fan of this particular tradition, but she’s been getting better and better over the past several trips.

This was the first year that we had 100% ZERO tears during our trip to the office. Maile watched Daddy get his teeth cleaned and then it was her turn.

Up close and personal with Maile Girl getting her teeth cleaned (she's sitting on Daddy's lap)

Afterwards Maile Girl was so proud of her super shiny teeth - don't look at this picture too closely, you might hurt your eyes!

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Trucks!

by Papa K on June 3, 2012

It was raining today, so we thought we’d head into Boston and take Maile to the Science Museum. We never made it – on the way in, we went by this big parking lot with all these different types of trucks in it. We stopped in to investigate and discovered the 5th Annual Charlestown Mother’s Touch A Truck Day! It was completely random … but completely awesome too! We had a blast…