Birthday Girl

I know this post is very, very late but Mom and Dad took me on a trip this last month and I was a little preoccupied. We visited Korea and I had so much fun there but that's for a later post. Now I'll try to catch up and let you know all about my birthday. 


We had some very special visitors here to celebrate my birthday. Mom and Dad and all of us went to some fun places like the Pali lookout and the PCC, but I also got some quality time in the Grandma & Aunt Lauren.

I had so much fun on my birthday. 

We had yummy food with Dad as the master griller.

Lots of people came to celebrate with us, 

including my best friend Yumi.

I got to wear my first hanbok for some Korean birthday traditions.  I got to choose from different items that predict what I will be later in life. I chose a toothbrush so I guess I'll be just like Aunt Erika. 

There were lovely gifts that people were so sweet to bring.  I hope you can tell from my face how much I appreciated all of them. 

Then came the inevitable birthday cake or in my case cupcake. Mom's having trouble loading the video so you'll have to see it when you come to visit.

Grandpa, this part is just for you. Here are the pictures from the hot dog place. Good stuff. You'll have to come and try it with me. 

So I'm a big girl now and am the center of the Hwang World. 

Special Visitors

I had some very special visitors earlier this month. Grandma & Aunt Lauren came to Hawaii and we had so much fun together. Here are a few pictures from their visit. I'll be posting more in the weeks to come.  For Mother's Day, we went to the beach. 

We had a BBQ cookout and Uncle Dainan and Auntie Romney came too. 

We saw a turtle and I had the most fun because I played and played and played until I was so tired that I fell asleep. 

Then Dad made this,

and this

all by himself for Mother's Day dessert. Pretty good for a man who's never baked a day in his life. I'm impressed. Good job, Dad. This was Mom's best Mother's Day ever (ok really it's her only Mother's Day ever but still- nice job.)

Planting a garden

Mom decided that it would be a good idea to plant a small garden. I was happy to help and in fact love helping Mom work on her projects. This is how I helped Mom plant the garden. I was doing exactly what she was. Well almost exactly what she was doing. I needed a few snacks to keep my energy up. 

Sorry the post is so short. We'll let you know if we can actually get our peas, lettuce, peppers and basil to grow or not. 

Lei Day

May Day is Lei Day in Hawai'i.  Mom and I attended the Lei Day Festival and had lots of fun. We listened to steel guitars (although I wanted to get out of my stroller more than anything else).

We saw lots of beautiful lei and Mom was contemplating getting me a lei. I would have eaten it so she opted for a single flower instead which I immediately began dissecting. A girl has to explore, right?

I had a great time and was totally worn out from the day and took a nap. I think Mom enjoyed that most of all.