Maddie's First Word

Maddie says "hi"! She started saying it on Christmas Eve and it is just so cute!

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas everyone! It is a silent night right now at our house, which allows me a few moments to write this blog. The girls are fast asleep, the presents are wrapped and the stockings are hung. We are excited for Christmas morning tomorrow! It has been a very busy few weeks for us - getting ready for the holidays has been a bit crazy and we also have lots of friends and family in town, which means lots of get togethers and outings. We need a vacation! The girls have hit a few milestones in the last couple of weeks - they refuse to eat baby food anymore and now only want adult food, they can both climb on the couch and even try to climb over it. They are both running and like to dance to music. They are keeping us busy and are so much fun. For Christmas eve tonight we went to church and enjoyed an amazing service with my mom, Heather and Brian. We followed that up with a fabulous four course dinner at Alan Wong's --- the girls were so well behaved and we really enjoyed the food and the time spent with our family. We've had an interesting month but we would like to remember all the things that we are thankful for---especially our family. Before it gets too late, I wanted to share some photos with you all.

Katie and her rice beard at Alan Wong's

Maddie at Alan Wong's

The girls in the pretty Christmas dresses

Katie at Wee Play today watching Santa make his appearance

Mosquito Bite Maddie - she sure takes after Mommy with this mosquito reaction

Maddie loves wearing her Tigger hat from Aunty Cynna---doesn't she look like a politician in this pose?

Two kids in the laundry basket

How many kids can you fit under the stool?

Christmas Eve Wee Play with Kailee

Our family on Christmas Eve

Back from Hilo

We went to Hilo this weekend to celebrate the life of Toby's grandma. In doing so, we took the girls on their first plane ride and our first family trip. Thank goodness we had Grandma Joyce, Aunty Sandy and Aunty Leatrice with us--what a weekend! We stayed at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, which was nice...despite the fact that there was no hot water Saturday night and there was a party in the room above us until 1:00 am. The girls were great on the plane---the flight home, Maddie was a little upset but we think it is because the girls both have colds and bad coughs. Again, due to blogspot being weird, the photos are totally out of order.

Toby and Katie and Liliuokalani Park - there were TONS of mosquitos and Katie got bitten by at least 7 of them.

Family photo at the park

Maile and Maddie

The girls obviously wanted to take a bath---here is Maddie sitting in the inflatable bath tub

Katie in the duck tub

Toby, Maddie and Maile at Big Island Candies

Katie sleeping through Big Island Candies

Katie loves Joey, the Nakano's cat. Here is Dylan holding Joey so Katie can pet her.

Grandpa Rod liked feeding Maddie some rice---see it all over her face?

Maddie reading the safety brochure on the flight over to Hilo

Katie in the airplane seat

Maddie in the seat

We made it to Hilo!

Katie eating her first kid's meal---it was $0.99 and could have fed 4 little kids - they shared teriyaki chicken and rice and the tofu from the miso soup. At Nihon restaurant.

Maddie with a Gerber Star on her face---these are her puff snacks--she had no clue this was stuck on her nose

Maile and Katie waiting at Honolulu International Airport

Maddie just arrived at the airport

Aunty Leatrice walking with the girls before the flight

The family posing with the plane

Our first flight!

happy holidays!

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