Washing the Car

Living on the North Shore, or by any ocean is the best, I love it. But with a new car Rusty is constantly washing it to keep the salt water from destroying it. Hanalei loves to help.

I love this zoner look

Dad will show you how

She had a near melt down when dad took the towel, so she got her own rag

Now we can really get down to business

The Zoo

I have been wanting to take Hanalei to the zoo for months but I wanted Rusty to go too. We finally made it happen. It was such a fun day.

A Rare Family Photo

She is truly stunning, even with all the dirt on her legs

Jonny and Breanne came with us. Marilyn, I mean Hanalei loves Jonny

I wonder what she is thinking about in this moment

One of the higlights seeing this very large picture of a Gecko (Mo'o)

As if we don't see enough of them in our apt.

The cutest monkey at the zoo

She loved every spot we visited. I should have taken more pictures as always. It was fun to see her say and sign many of the animals we saw.

They had a ton of tortoises at various spots around the zoo. We happened to see some maiting. The male was making some crazy noises that scared Hanalei half to death. Jonny was excited to learn what a turtle says.

19 Months

I am SO big now!

And look at all my Hair!

Things I'm doing now:

*Saying Prayers...(melts mommy and daddy's heart)

*Coloring like crazy, not just on paper

*Requesting to use the potty but no potty yet

*Talking a bunch some of my new favorite words are

ahcock - Peacock

lello - yellow

frucl - Freckle

buder - brother (signs and points to my tummy)

Ah Man!

These Koi Fish were Crazy Revolting

Some for the Peacock Some for Me

Daddy is brave, those peacocks can be scary

Things I love:

*Feeding chickens, peacocks, fish, and sometimes kitty

*Books

*Helping mom do everything (laundry, cooking, cleaning, even peeing...sigh)

*When Daddy comes home

*Hiding under pillows and blankets

*Playing with the cd case (and ripping the slots in the process)

*Going on walks bikes and mopeds

*Skyping with my family (so FUN!)

*Swimming and digging at the beach

Favorite Foods (She asks for them by name):

Noodles

Toast

Apples

Peaches

Carrots

Crackers in all varieties

Cheese

Chicken

Candy

Cereal

Dip (ranch dressing, she'll eat just about anything if she can "dip dip")

Juice & Milk

Cookies or Cookie Dough?

Survey Says...

Cookie Dough!

Hanalei's vote - Cookie Dough

Lala's Vote - Cookie Dough

Cookies - 0

Dough - 2

What's Your Vote?

18 Months...Finally!

A rare sight...Hanalei keeping anything in her hair

This is an age I've been waiting for. She will finally be in Nursery! I will actually be able to listen during Sunday School.

All joking aside, this is such a fun age. We have gone from two naps to one. A hard transition but much needed. This gives us lots of time to do fun things in the morning. And because we pushed the nap back to 12 noon, we wake up happy and stay happy for the evening.

Things I'm Doing:

• Running and therefore falling a lot (fun at the beach not so fun other places)
• Asking what's that about everything even stuff I already know
• Repeating words Mom or Dad teach me (she is a sponge right now)
• Turning the oven dial (so Naughty)
• Saying Jonny when we drive to Haleiwa
• "Helping" in the Kitchen

Enjoying the cinnamon apples for dad's 2nd place Ice cream entry, Carmel Apple

Everything is more fun with a friend

Things I Love:

• When Mom and Dad sing "Jesus wants me for a Sun Beam" (she requests it often by saying bean! and then Jumping. Before we can finish the song she is saying and signing again!
• Still in love with the Moon and Stars
• Signing Time (we got some new DVDs that are teaching colors, zoo animals, etc)
• Coloring (now that she can sign and say colors she asks to do this activity a lot)
• Playing in my tunnel
• Climbing in any box or other tight spaces
• Playing/exploring under the house (our house is raised and we keep her old toys and food storage under there. She likes to dig in the dirt.)
• Moped Rides with Dad
• Playing Peek-a-boo in the closet
• Being chased, or chasing mom and dad

Box Car Classic with a Kitty Twist

She actually got stuck in this hole and cause her quite the scare

Not too many brown Lizzards by our house.

Rusty saved this one from our ferocious kitty then gave him some pineapple

16 and 17 Months

My How Time Flies...

Things I'm Doing Now:

Playing under the house while mom gardens

Only taking one nap

Talking and Signing like crazy

Saying names of people I love

Playing more independently

Playing "Boo Boo" in the Closet (peek-a-boo)

Pointing to Mom's Tummy and saying Baby

Moving and Lifting things like her chair and boxes

Jumping off rocks at the beach Into Mom's arms

Sun bathing in the sand

Swimming and going for a ride on the paddle board

What's for Dinner?

She loves getting in to small spaces like a cat

Boxes are her favorite

She has become quite the climber, up the chair on to the table

This picture captures two of her favorite things; poop and any book with Jesus in it.

Things I love:

Jesus (She finds him everywhere. Books paintings. She always pulls out the scriptures and flips through until she finds a picture of "Jee Jee")

Stacking Cups

Baby Signing Time

Purses and shoes, mostly mom's shoes

"Helping" in the kitchen

Geckos Kitties and Dogs

The Moon (She wakes up requesting the "moon please") and Stars

Eating tomatoes and strawberries from the garden

Food that I can dip in Ranch

Moped and wagon rides with dad

Helicopters and Airplanes! I hear them from miles away.

Which purse goes best with my blue dog

She loves her playmate Jonny. Usually she just watches "Jah Jah" run and laughs at everything he does.

That last hour of church is brutal. Dad took her outside. A few more weeks till nursery.

Things I'm Saying and Signing in Red:

Things I'm Only Signing in Black:

Things I only Say in Blue:

Apple-Bapl Ball Banana-Nana Baby Bath Blanket Boat Bubbles Bus Car

Carrot Cold Cookie Dada Day Dirty-Dido Dog Down Fishy Food Go

Grandma-Mama Grandpa-BahBap Hat Helicopter-Too Too Too Hot

Horse Hurt-owie Juice Kitty Mom Moon Nice Night Outside Please

Shoe Sky Sleep Sorry Thank You-DayDo Train-Choo Choo Up

Airplane Balloon Bear Bike Bird Book Brush Teeth Bug Cereal Clean

Coat Cracker Diaper Doll Drink Flower Friend Game Laugh Leaf Milk

More Music New Peach Pear Play Potty Rain Sad Share Snow Soap

Socks Star Sun Telephone Wait Wash Hands Water Where Wind Yes

Chicken Duck Jay Jesus Jonny Mo'o-Momo No Piko (belly Button)-Dido

Animal Sounds:

Cat-mouw

Chicken Bababa

Cow-Mooo

Dog-Woo woo woo

Horse-Kneeee

Monkey-Ahh ahh ahh

Pig-kah

Rooster-Do do do

Nothing says Summer like a big slice of Watermelon

Is this the craziest cutest mullet you ever did see? It's actually starting to curl in the back. The other day I tried putting it into pig tails and it was ridiculous. I was just laughing for the 2 min. she left them in.

Hanalei is looking for

Her little brother or sister.

She wont find the baby until March 14th if baby is punctual.

We are very excited for Hanalei and for us. Having another baby means more fun and more work but we know there is lots of room in our family.