Maile meets the Easter Bunny!

Maile met the Easter Bunny at the Galleria Mall in Henderson, NV.

She started to laugh at me as I was walking away....hence her looking off to the side.

Our First Easter with Maile. We went to Breakfast at the Fiesta Henderson Buffet. Grandpa Aina went with us and we met Trent, Stacy, Ean and Kahla there. After Breakfast we went to Lake Las Vegas jfor their annual Easter Egg Hunt...next year Maile will be able to participate and get her own eggs. Ean and Kahla were nice to share a few with her.

After the hunt we took some pictures with the family then headed home. It was already a bright sunny and almost HOT day & it was only 11 am.

Seth and I watched a UFC fight with Charmaine and her friends and family, we helped to support BEATDOWN, her brothers company. We had a great time watching the fight and getting out of the house, actually doing something. Seth's brother Trent came with us. (See him in the background? Ha!)

Since Maile was born we can probably count on one hand the amount of times we've been out by ourselves. A christmas party x2, Mystere (thanks Trent and Stacy), Blue Man Group (Thanks Charmaine) and this event.

Good Bye GG!

Seth's grandmother passed away March 15, 2008. She was a wonderful woman who obviously cared about her family. She will be greatly missed.

I am so glad that she was able to teach me a few of her recipes. Green Beans and potatoes being one of my favorites. I am so grateful that she was able to hold Maile, and that I was able to take pictures of them together so that Maile will be able to know her Great Grandmother.

This picture was from Thanksgiving 2007.

This is my one of my absolute FAVORITE pics of Maile!!!

This was taken around Valentines Day.......just a little behind in blogs....SORRY!!

Maile is keeping me busy! She is starting to crawl....backwards!!!!!!! We try to get her to come towards us and she rocks herself, then pushes herself back with her hands. Hopefully she'll get it soon...actually I hope she dosen't!!! Just kidding.

It is soooooo great to see her actually learning and getting bigger. I can't wait till her next dr's appt, I can't wait to see how long she's gotten and what her actual weight is now. She is taken 7 oz of formula at a time and 2nd 's baby food 2-3 times a day.

Grandpa Aina and his IPOD

My grandpa is stepping into the electronic age.....he got his own IPOD! it's a 4gb and has all of his hawaiian music and pictures from the past to keep him company everywhere he goes.....can you tell he's pleased with it?

Any suggestions on songs? Any pictures he should add?

let us know harmvitz@yahoo.com

She's REALLY turning over now!!

We are in HAWAII!! Maile is loving the weather and the new faces to look at. We are staying with the Aina's for now, My Uncle Randy, Aunty Cathy and cousins Nick and Charlotte. Nick was talking with Maile as she was laying on a blanket on the ground...trying to get her to turn over towards him...no such luck. The next day he was at the hospital (getting closer to his degree in nursing...) and she rolled over!!! She was again on the blanket and I was sitting next to her reading a news paper article..and I heard her "talking" to her self and it sounded a little different..maybe a little higher? (closer to me, I guess) and moved the newspaper out of the way and there she was on her belly! Now she just keeps doing it. She just gets that momentum going and turns herself over and acts as though she's on top of the world...so excited to be on her belly!

A couple of weeks ago she started on baby foods! We went to her 4 month appt and in addition to her vaccinations the dr gave us the go ahead for solid foods!! So we went right out and got the spoons, bowls and the food! She started with Green Beans for three days, then Peas for three days and so on. Some of her favorites were Peas, Squash and Bananas. Not so favorites were Peaches! Maybe they were too tart for her. With every new flavor she makes this funky face as though she dosen't like it..but with each next bite she begins to relax and likes it more.

More pictures will follow...as soon as I remember to take my camera out and take them. It's been soooooooo nice here that I haven't really wanted to do anything but relax and take in the great breeze!