Family Vacation to Maui, May 2011

We have returned from our wonderful trip to Maui where we had the pleasure of Kristy Copperfield Photography taking our pictures on the beach and in The Biegel's backyard. Here's a quick recap of my favorites. The boys pictured are my cousins that live on Maui; John Charles, 8, Koenig, 6 and Chas, 5. Makena loved playing with the boys, and they were so much help. Aloha!

tiny foot steps

tiny bubbles

Here we are at Keawakapu Beach

watching the sunset

Easter Egg Hunt 2011

We enjoyed the annual neighborhood egg hunt over the weekend. Makena has been learning at home how to pick up eggs and put them in a basket. I've been preping her for Easter morning and her 1st real hunt. Another fun Easter note - when we talk about bunnies Makena responds "hop hop hop".

Not interested in the Easter bunny...but we didn't get tears, so I guess we did okay.

Jolie's birthday

Here's Jolie, the 4 year old birthday girl!

Makena wanted to sit in the birthday girl's special chair...and she loved every minute of it!

She doesn't skip a beat...fits right in with the big girls

And finally, she went down the slide backwards on her tummy by herself. She loved it and had the biggest smile on her face.

Backyard pics

We randomly take Makena in the backyard to capture some pictures. Most of the time, she's not interested and I chase her around with the camera. On this day, she actually sat on the rock and was interested in the roses. And...she's growing up too fast too!

What a sweet little girl. So pretty!

Bounce House and Friends

We had the Friday Night Dinner group over for burgers and hot dogs. The weather was just perfect and the kids played until dark. It was the perfect evening. Friends, food and fun. The investment in the bounce house was so worth it and they all enjoyed it so much. Makena even got in the middle of the big kids and loved the jumping and being silly.

Keely's birthday party

We've been busy with birthday parties and more. Here we are at Keely's 2nd bday party. Makena found the baby stroller and fell in love. She pushed it around everywhere and then sat in it herself. She now owns her own baby stroller and still pushes it around everyday toting her baby doll.

Makena and the birthday girl, Keely.

And she loves the jump/bounce house.

Lola comes to visit! Makena turns 14 months old :)

We had the pleasure of having Lola here during Spring Break. Makena showed Lola all her new tricks like climbing the stairs, climbing up on the couch by herself, turning around in circles when mommy sings "Ring around the Rosy" and a summersault. For the summersault, Makena puts her head on the ground between her legs and let's mommy flip her legs over. I hope to get this on video soon.

Everything stops in Makena's world when she hear's an airplane in the sky.

Watermelon!

We only dare let Makena eat her new favorite fruit, watermelon, outside. She's a complete mess after this activity and goes straight to the bathtub afterwards. And I will add this fruit makes her very regular!! This has been her "dessert" after dinner the last few nights in the backyard. We are enjoying being outside more with the time change and nice weather. Makena loves every minute of it. It should be an interesting summer when the heat arrives.

At the playground

Sorry for my lack of blogging. I'm exhausted everytime I sit down to write and then, can't think of what too type when I do.

The beginning....the sunglasses actually stayed on for a good 30 minutes before I took them off.

My college roommate, Carly, met us at the park. So here's a pic of her daughter Reese, and Makena. Reese is 28 months and Makena is 14 months old. Noticed how tall Makena is compared to Reese! Or is Reese just short???

Love the slide....look at that grin!

Neale's mom, Lola, was in town for Spring Break. Makena was more interested in my phone than taking pictures.

Happy girl!

Random pictures from the weekend

Since the sun finally decided to join us, we spent alot of time outside this weekend. Makena played with the frisbee and ball in the yard...with lots of laughs.

All tuckered out from Cole's birthday party...look at those squeezable cheeks!

We love you Makena!

12 months old!

It's hard to believe that Makena is already 12 months old...where does the time go? We were able to have some cousin pictures taken by Chubbyfoot while Owen was in town. Of course, Makena wouldn't give us a smile for anything...and then at the end she wouldn't stop smiling. It was a great afternoon spent together.

Here are my favorites of Makena: