We have TEETH!

So, Maile's bottom two front teeth have finally broke the surface. And they are getting bigger everyday. Her favorite things to eat now are anything that we eat! She has eaten spaghetti, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, pieces of chicken tenders and hamburgers. She loves to eat whatever we are eating...so we try as much as we can. Making mommys meals cold by the time I am able to eat. But hopefully we can introduce her to many new tastes, so she will like all foods.

I will keep trying to get a picture of the teeth, have been unsuccessful so far.

It's HOT!!!!!!! Let's go swimming!!

Maile LOVES to swim. Aunt Stacy got her the lady bug floaty thing. And it is great to put Maile in and let her float around, so she's not drinking all the pool water....she likes to do that too. But she really likes it when you hold her in her arms and twirl her around and let her float her body. I just love her bathing suits I got for her and the little hat she wears. I am so glad she likes the water, so while we are dog sitting for Aunty Stacy, we went swimming with Makayla and Tatum.

Happy Fathers Day!

Yesterday was Seth's first official Fathers day. We spent the day with all the fathers in our life, We went to his brothers house, their dad came over and we had some GOOD food. Maile and Daddy went swimming and had a good time. We left there and went to Dave's Famous BBQ. We met my Grandpa and Uncle Randy for some good pulled pork and Texas Beef Brisket and Grandpa had the Ribs too! Goood foood!!!!

The picture of Maile and I alone was taken this morning. We were on our way to Walmart, and I thought I would try and ket a picture of us together. I thought it was a good one of her and not too bad of me, so I put it up. I had decided to curl my hair and thought I would see how it looked. I can't wait for Maile's har to grow! I have some bows that will work, but it holds onto this one little patch of hair, I've tried putting it in a ponhytail and she kinda looks like Pebbles from the Flinstones. Still cute, but a pain in the booty to take out, even though they are the "ouchless" kind.

Maile is Crawling now!

So a few nights ago Maile was playing on the floor, and I was checking my email and I saw her on all fours and kinda rocking, then I saw one knee go forward, then the next and again and again! She was crawling! Very slowly, yet still crawling! I am so excited, yet scared at the same time. She has since done it a few times, but she's a smart girl, when she gets tired she cries to be picked up, she'll cry and then look up at you and cry again, or she'll stick her arms up and cry to you. I'll have to post pictures soon!

Maile can sit up on her own now!

So Maile still crawls backwards...but she is now able to push her self up to a sitting position! I can't believe she is getting this big! We visited with my cousin Tricia this weekend, we met up with her at the Fashion Show Mall on the vegas strip. Maile was a little shy, but she'll be seeing TT again this weekend when she graduates this weekend! We leave tommorrow and won't be back till late Saturday. Hopefully we'll have good pics to post next time!

Maile at 8 1/2 months!!

We took Maile to have her pictures taken by Ladonna. They both did such a good job. Maile was having a great time and Ladonna was her own Paparazi. If you look closely to Maile's toes you'll see that they are painted!!! She was asleep when I was painting my toes....so I did her's too! I can't believe how big she is getting, 8 short months ago she was a little blob, now she has sooooo much personality. She is starting to wave her hands, sometimes at the appropriate "Bye Bye Papa", She loves to feed herself ! ( she likes to eat the Gerber Puffs, Banana, Strawberry-Banana and Apple Cinnamon) Maile loves to eat OUR food and definately knows the difference between hers and ours. Maile loves kids! She loves to follow her cousins, with her eyes only now, but knows how to get their attention by yelling. I think that she is probably the loudest baby I have ever heard. But we still love her!

Next week we are off to San Diego for my cousin Tricia's graduation from San Diego State. It will be nice to see our family from Kauai!

What a difference a year makes!!!

Such a different day from last year.....Last year was not a pleasant Mother's Day for my family. I was 5 1/2 months pregant..and my mom had passed away. Living in Indiana it was very had on me, not being here with her, flying in from out of town, having all these hormones running through my veings as it is, add such a stressful day as this. We had gone to the Funeral Home for a private family viewing and driving up there were people passing out Mother's Day Poems..........which I took and had to put away imediately upon viewing...it was too much to take that day. Fast Forward to 2008........ We are now living back in Las Vegas. It's my first Mother's Day.....and we go to church for the first time as a Family. It was GREAT! It was so calming for me, and all the women over the age of 18 recieved a nice gift (anti bacterial lotion to keep our hands soft and clean). After church we changed clothes and went to Seth's step mom Suzi's house. Maile had a great time! She put her feet in a pool for the first time! She loved it! Maile also loved the cupcakes we brought for Suzi! Then we went to Uncle Trent and Aunty Stacy's house. Where Maile ended up in ANOTHER pool! I totally forgot that I had her bathing suit in my car....thanks to Tay tay and makayla for handing it down to her!........so we put her little suit on and in she went! Kahla and Ean were great with her. Pictures will follow. After they were dried off and changed we went to dinner at Memphis Barbecue.....I had the best Pork Chop EVER! it was grilled and was so moist and tender, like eating a steak. Seth had a brisket....that too was delicious! For being a mother we (stacy and I) got FREE strawberry shortcakes! They weren't so hot though! We let Trent and Seth have them.....Happy Father's Day!!! ha ha........So my mothers day ends with me blogging...what a beautiful day!

The pictures above are both old....the one on top was taken while we were in town for the funeral and the bottom was from feb 2008. I need to upload more pictures to my computer...it just takes more energy than I have right now. :)