Birthday party!

We had Anna's birthday party on January 31st. Below are some of the photos that we got of all the fun. :-)

Anna's cake for her to enjoy! And make a mess of if she wants.
The cake for everyone else! :-)
Anna enjoys hanging out with Connor and Ryan. It is really cute!
Anna was having fun playing with a toy even while it was still in the box! :-)
Anna loves the rocking chair from Joe, Heather and Lina!
Anna eating her cake. Yummy!
She wasn't too messy with this cake. We thought she would really go for it since she had one already, this time she was even more tentative though.
Enjoying her wagon from Grandma and Grandpa Remillard!

Happy 1st Birthday Anna!

Today is Anna's first birthday! We are so excited to share the day with her and proud of all that she has done over the year! Yes, I am an emotional Mommy today. :-)

Here are a few photos of her today including her with her cupcake (Mommy made spice cake with frosting of course!).





Video of Anna enjoying some cake! :-)

Home

We spent Saturday doing laundry, groceries and overall just trying to recover from our day of travel. It is much cooler here, we went from shorts and tee shirts to long sleeves and pants.

Anna was happy to have all of her toys again. :-)

I have some video clips from our trip too that I may add later. At least I am caught up, for now! :-)

January 23rd

We took it easy this morning after a rough night (Anna was/is not feeling well) and headed off to the airport. Anna did very well on the plane. We got our luggage and drove home. It was a late night but it was nice to be home and hope that Anna is feeling better soon.

January 22nd

Today we wanted to take advantage of the beach as much as possible. We were there in the morning as well as the afternoon. Anna had a lot of fun with the water and sand, especially with her turtle. :-)

After dinner we tried to catch the sunset and missed it by just a few seconds. Bummer! We did get some cute photos of Anna. She has figured out how to stick out her tongue so we have quite a few photos of her showing that off. Silly girl!

January 21st

Happy Birthday Grandma Remillard! :-) We called to say happy birthday. I tried to get Anna to talk into the phone but she wanted to lick it for some reason! Goofy girl.

After Anna's morning nap we went back to the swap meet to get macadamia nuts for Grandma Arnold. After lunch, off to the beach we went! We got Anna an inflatable turtle because she does like the water so much and it was a great purchase all around, she loved to sit in it while we were in our room too.

We went to Hard Rock for dinner and had lots of fun!

January 20th

This morning we watched the inauguration of our new president at 7 a.m. (Hawaii time can be nice!). Shortly after we headed off for a road trip. We saw the east side first (which includes the Diamond Head lighthouse). We stopped at a beach for lunch but due to some rain we hung out in the back of the car for the most part.

We also stopped at a macadamia nut farm and at the Dole plantation (boy that place smells yummy and some very interesting information!).

Lots of driving but Anna seemed to manage it just fine until we hit a traffic jam, due to an accident, just a few miles from the hotel. We all survived though!