Happy Holidays

Adalie is almost walking. She is pulling herself up on everything and walking while only holding on to something with one hand. Any day now she is going to take her first step...maybe for Christmas. :)

Hawaii

Hawaii is amazing. We left on the 17th for Portland and flew out the 18th. Note to self***a tired baby on a 6 hour flight is the only way to fly**. Adalie is amazing - she slept the first 3 hours and played peekaboo the remaining 3. Thank you for all of the interactive fliers next to us who participated in this endless game full of lots of giggles. :) We flew into Honolulu and spent two nights at the Hilton downtown (thank you hotwire for the great room and awesome deal). The hotel was two blocks away from the beach where Adalie had her first salt water experience. She was freaked until she realized it was endless splashing - YEAH!!!!

TURKEY and Surf

What a great Thanksgiving! Jill, Rick, Scott and I cooked for 30 people and had such a wonderful night! Adalie was serenaded by some cute surfers and we even jumped rope with a vine from the beach. What a great night.

Hale'ewa

Wow - what an experience - thank you thank you thank you Scott and Jill. This was an amazing trip hanging out with you all! We met up on Saturday and spent the next 7 days actually relaxing, something we have not done since last September of 09' (about 3 months before Adalie was born). Thank you. The company was great, the house was beautiful and the experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity - mahalo!

More Hawaii pics

Jill in excitement that dinner is served! :)









humm - those waves look big - chuns reef







Time to jump vine - nature is entertaining!







The last three days in Hawaii, spent on the big Island - and viewing volcanoes...does this seem crazy - I mean it is erupting behind us...ummm can't wait to get off this Island. Kona was very pretty though and I hope to be back one day to compete in the Ironman!
Maybe with Addie... :)

Adalie's Milestones

Adalie is now crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on anything that will support her (and even items that don't). She is so mobile and fast, who knew that a baby could crawl as fast as an adult can run....phew - I'm out of breath just thinking about it. She is now also able to feed herself and kind of gets upset if someone tries to feed her. Holding her own bottle is also new. What determination this little girl has already, she has started scrunching her nose and puckering her lips when trying to master whatever she has set her mind too. Amazingly she usually concurs whatever she has set out to do. Look out world here she comes!

Wings of an angel

The day before Halloween Great Grandma Mary had to say goodbye to this reality. We continue to miss her with all of our hearts and think about her on a daily basis. I believe that beautiful, loving people are put on this earth to show us angels are real and we know that GG Mary is now able to spread her wings. We love and miss you!