Whale watching trip

Daddy got a whale watching cruise for Christmas so we all loaded up one morning to go look for whales. We did see some, but our camera was too slow to catch them. Instead you get lots of pictures of us while we were looking for whales. 

Mom and Dad kept trying to get me to go to sleep but I wasn't tired at all.  

Also Mom forgot some pictures from our beach trip post last week. Here they are. I looked pretty funny with my bib on while I was eating at the beach. You know Mom though- it's her way or no way. 

Another beach visit

A couple of weeks ago we took our second trip to the beach. I'm not sure why Mom and Dad don't take me more often because I love it so much. Guess they're just really busy with work and taking care of the house. We had such a good time. In fact, I wore myself out and fell asleep for part of our trip. Don't worry. I wasn't asleep for long. 

Also Mom forgot to include one of the best pictures from Christmas so I'm putting it up now. 

Hope the beginning of your new year has been as wonderful as ours. 

Christmas at our place

We had a wonderful Christmas. On Christmas Eve we invited friends over for a very filling dinner and then a movie. On Christmas morning Hana woke up early as usual so we decided to go ahead and open presents. We were able to skype with my family so that the Grandparents could see Hana opening presents. She really liked ripping the paper and has been in toy heaven ever since. 

My family has a tradition of giving the kids one ornament every year so that when they leave the house, they'll have something to put on their Christmas tree. Hana got her first ornament from us this year and apparently she loved it (or loved to eat it). (Sorry we didn't get a picture of the one that the Grandparents sent.) 

That was our wonderful Christmas. We enjoyed being together and not being pulled in so many directions. We have been truly blessed this year and it is especially evident as we look back at what has happened for us in 2011.  We miss all of you and hope that you decide that 2012 would be a great year to visit Hawaii. 

7 Months

So we've now been a family of three for about 7 months. Here are some pictures that we took to celebrate. I promise that we'll be loading up some Christmas and some beach pictures from the holidays. 

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  Look for another post soon.