Tuesday, August 25, 2009

a little monkey!

Elleah= Crawling, and New Words!
We can officially CALL it crawling. For the last month you have moved one or two steps by crawling, but preferred to pull your self up onto anything possible and walk. On the 14th it all changed you just "decided" to get on all fours (well almost) and crawl. You zoomed across the floor! You now pull everything off the shelf, get into all my drawers and laugh hysterically at how smart you are!

Also...You can Say "Dad", "Mom", "Dog" "Bye" "Hi" that comes out "Ha", "num-num" for food, "ball", and "baby"! What a smart little monkey!

sorry...yes I always sound this cheesy talking to my baby!
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

hawaii

We're home! We had such a great family vacation!! Elleah was such a great little traveler. The 6 hour plane ride didn't even phase her. She loved poking her head over the seat to see what the passenger behind us was doing. Luckily it was a really cute couple who thought she was the cutest thing ever. She didn't sleep one tiny bit on the way there, but I think it actually helped a TON with jet lag when we got there about the same time we left (they are 4 hours behind).
She was mesmerized by the ocean and always had to hold on real tight when we took long walks every morning. The family all adored her and were so helpful to take her so Mike and I could have a little alone time also! She is really starting to recognize people and hold out her arms to people she knows and shy away from those she doesn't. It doesn't take her long to warm up to any one though and it's fun to see her batt those big eyes and smile at people as we pass.
She tried a lot of new foods...Shrimp, lilikoi (passion fruit), jack fruit, a new type of curry, a dole whip, poi, taro rolls, papya and a few other things I can't think of at the moment. We have yet to find a food she doesn't LOVE. She turned 9 months our second day there and to celebrate we went to a luau and a big dance show at the PCC. Here are some of the photos fom the great trip. I hope all of you are happy and doing well. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!
XOXO
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the humidity kept making my camera fuzzy!
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this was at the luau, she was watching the dancers, can you see the little tattoo on her arm? it was so cute!
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She thought this was hilarious!
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Cameron-we took these photos with you in mind. Mike took his Uke to play to her on the beach. She has a pink bucket and she played with it in the sand, just like the song. We thought it was something you needed to see! Thanks for teaching Mike the song
(although we sing "oh...Ell-ie")
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