January 16th

Anna got up early this morning (she is still on California time) and Matt took her for a walk while I tried to get a little more sleep. After her morning nap we went down to the beach to enjoy the water for a while. It got very windy but thankfully we did not get the hurricane force winds they were predicting.

Daddy got some tar like stuff on his foot in the water and it was very hard to get off but thankfully it did come off!

We went back to the room for lunch then we took a very long walk, dodging the rain along the way! We drove to Hilo Hattie and Anna and I got some pearls. We went back to our room for dinner. After dinner it was back to the beach to play in the sand before bed. Anna is getting more adventurous in her walking!

January 15th

Today we flew to Hawaii! :-) We arrived, settled at our hotel, got some food and supplies, and had dinner. We took a walk to the beach (only a block away!). Anna had a blast and went right for the water. We took her pants off and let her walk right in, she got upset when we had to leave, it was the first time she has cried when we put her in the stroller!

Public and private schools are closed tomorrow because we are suppose to get hurricane force winds, yikes! We will find out!

Happy Anniversary

Just wanted to say Happy 7th Anniversary to the love of my life, I love you Matt! Thank you for all that you are and for our wonderful family! I love you!

Busy Thursday with Daddy - and new accessory!

Anna spent the day with Daddy on Thursday. We had breakfast together before I went off for a girls day. Anna is quite the talker, the video below is of her after we finished eating.

Anna is showing off her new accessory below! She looks very cute with garnet on her ears! :-) Daddy got it done (with Mommy's permission). Anna looks like such a big girl now!

Walking all on her own!!!!!!

Today is an exciting day (and a bit emotional for me!), ANNA TOOK HER FIRST STEPS ALL ON HER OWN!!!! I was sitting on the ground with my legs streched out in front of me. Anna came over to my feet, stood herself up, and took three step to me for a hug! I am in shock to think that our baby girl is walking!

Below is a video of Anna going between us and you can see how much steadier she is on her feet, she even checks her balance a few times! Lina was with us tonight too but not to excited. We tried to get her and Anna to walk after one of our cats, Lina thought that was fun, Anna had no clue what we meant! :-) We were able to get her to walk from us to the sofa and back, she seems excited about trying it out all on her own!

Sunglasses

Anna got her eyes checked in mid December and it was very strongly recommended that we get her used to sunglasses (especially given Daddy's very pale eyes) so we got a pair and are working on getting Anna used to the idea. We know they won't stay on long now but she will get used to them and they will start to stay on longer.

She looks very cute in them! :-)

New Year's

We went up to Sunnyvale for New Year's to celebrate with Daneya, Ed, Connor and Ryan. We had a great time and it was fun to see the boys and Anna interact.

Below is Connor with his New Year's hat and noise maker from the celebration on New Year's eve at Boarders.
Below is Ryan
And Anna

And Anna as we were getting ready to go, I think she was trying to tell us it was noisy! :-)