February 20, 2012

5 Months Old

Time is flying. Jenna is 5 months old today, and such a sweet and happy baby.
I Love:
Sleeping on my hands
Bath time
Anything outside
When Dad comes home
Being thrown in the air
Swinging in the hammock
I Don't like...
Wind
Sleeping anywhere besides crib
Being set down :)

February 10, 2012

So Proud

Jenna's new trick is balancing on Dad's hand. No matter how hard she is crying, if Sam stands her up on his hand she breaks into a big grin and looks so proud of herself for pulling it off. She always looks around to make sure everyone is noticing her stunt, and loves it when I clap for her.

February 8, 2012

Hukilau Weekend

When Ashley and I were roommates, for about a year we went to Hukilau Beach every single day. We would ride our bikes down after class and swim, body board, and get tan. Then Ashley had a body boarding mis-hap and refused to body board with me (really I think she decided body boarding wasn't cool), and I got a car and we made our way to more impressive beaches on North Shore. But Hukilau will always be my favorite spot. The waves are usually always perfect for body boarders of my skill level (think white wash). We met Ashley the other weekend and it was my perfect day. The two of them traded off holding Jenna and I got to body board with Sam and Ashley for a good few hours. We had many-a-contests to see who could go further on the same wave, and Sam loved trying to run me over when I wasn't paying attention :)

Good Morning!

This morning the waves were BIG. The report said 18-20 feet (which means 30-40 foot face), and maybe they weren't quite that big, but they were impressive. We woke up early, grabbed our blankets and beach chairs, and headed to Waimea just to watch them for about an hour before Sam headed off to work. Poor Jenna is going to be quite the weather weenie like her Mama. She has a hard time handling wind or anything below 75 degrees :)

February 3, 2012

The Big 3-0

I couldn't not post this picture from 10 years ago, when Sam was 20. Oh, baby! Sam turned 30 on Sunday. We went out to Cheesecake Factory the night before, and then he had quite the exciting birthday between early morning meetings, church, and home teaching :) We did manage to get away to North Shore for a few hours to pick up Ashley and have dinner with JJ and Ahu's family, as well as Kawika and Pua's family. Sam first moved to Hawaii with Kawika, and they stayed with JJ for a few weeks while they found an apartment. Nine years and a lot of kids later, and we still are able to all get together.

January 31, 2012

Once in a while...

I can still get a cuddle out of her. This little girl has me smitten.

Sunday walks

January 15, 2012

At it again...

Just when I was about to give up the swaddle, I found out about the double swaddle. It worked like a charm for about 3 weeks until she figured out how to escape it.... looks like it's time to give up swaddling. I have a feeling that some sleepless nights are going to follow...

January 8, 2012

Christmas in Arizona

We had such a great Christmas vacation, starting out with our week visiting my family. We got in at 2am (delayed flight), and my cousin got married that morning so we got to see all my extended family. The week FLEW by, and Jenna was never set down once (there were always sisters waiting in line to hold her, actually). It was so good to have my family finally meet her. We loved every second of the trip.
Jenna was a very good traveler. Her favorite spot to sleep was the airline tray :) On our laps she would wake up off and on, but on the tray she slept 2 hours straight.
Aunt Ally got some big smiles
The whole Flake Family
Grandma loving on Jenna
Rhett scored big at the annual White Elephant Party
Kade didn't like Jenna very much at first... Before her, he was the littlest grand kid in the family. Rhett has been asking Sam and I for years when we were going to have a baby, and was so sweet with her. He was always very concerned about her, asking cute questions like how she slept through the night, how she liked the plane ride, etc.
Brittany at Oregano's - my dad had just poured a bunch of salt in her water, and somehow she didn't notice for a good couple drinks.
Brooke served up quite the Christmas Dinner and decorated the table so elegantly.
Hiking Thunderbird Mountain, where many of my high school cross country races were held. Ten years later, and I still got nervous driving into that park.
My Mom, sisters, and friends threw me a baby shower. It was so great to see my high school friends that I hadn't seen in years. The three girls on the left (Ciara, Natalie, and Jessica) are all due with girls in a few months, and Tenille and I just had our firsts.
We realized Ashley was wearing the Same thing as Jenna at the shower :)
Ethan always provides the laughs. This evening he would go into the closet and come out differently each time.
Christmas Eve Nativity Play
Christmas Day with our sleeping babe
Aunt Brooke was so sweet with Jenna. It meant a lot to me to have Brooke finally meet Jenna - she was such a support to me during the whole infertility process.
Ally opening her pillow pet on Christmas Day - 16 and still loving stuffed animals...
One spoiled girls... everyone loved on her non-stop.

January 3, 2012

Sunshine

I have a hard time knowing what to say when I post pictures of Jenna. I cannot put into words the smallest part of the love I have for this little girl. She has only been with us for three months, but we cannot imagine life without her. We love her smiles, her cooing, her bare buns, how she stares so intently at us with those big blue eyes like she is trying to say so much, we love watching her sleep.... there is no end of things we love, and the list just keeps multiplying every single day. This little girl is straight sunshine to our day.



 

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