Happy 2nd Birthday, Lillie!!

Glimpses of Lillie's "party"

Here are some added pictures from our Christmas trip.

Lillie loves her cousin Ame!!


Lillie is sporting the ever so cute baseball cap...backwards, of course.


It's Lillie and Aaaaaaunty.


Lillie was thrilled to play with Uncle Terry's golf contraption. Future golfer...I don't think so.


Practicing her cheesy smile. She smiles like mommy...all teeth and no eyes!!



Lillie had her own bowl of chocolate ice cream for the first time.


Can you tell she LOVES ice cream?!?!

I can't believe Lillie is 2!! We had a great night. The day was filled with Stake Conference, where Keola was pretty busy with various tasks. Once we got home, put Lillie down for a nap, wrapped a few of her presents, and called some friends, we were ready to have a little party for Lillie. Here's Lillie's cake. I thought the candles would be cute since they spelled Happy Birthday, but some of letters ended up melting halfway before Lillie was able to blow them out.


Here's Lillie with all her goodies!!!


She loved every single gift...well, she's still having to warm up to the new Elmo. Notice it's not in the picture. Daddy had to remove it, since Lillie threw a small fit because she didn't want to sit by him. It might be something mommy and daddy laugh at for now.

After a very long day of opening presents and other festivities, as soon as we put Lillie in the car, this is what happened!! She was out cold for the drive from Kaneohe to Hawaii Kai.

We couldn't have asked for a happier first Christmas for Lillie than the one we had! We woke up early Christmas morning and opened presents from nana and papa. Lillie got a lot of elmo dolls and toys, books, and a couple of baby dolls to help her practice being a mama. She loved all her toys. We think she may have been a little overwhelmed with everything, but she had such a great time. Can't you tell by her expressions? After presents, nana and papa took all of us to eat at a really good chinese restaurant in downtown Honolulu. It was so good. After lunch, we went to Aunty Momi's house for round two!! Can we say lots more presents to open?? Lillie was so excited again!! This time she got a rocking chair with her name and a personally painted picture on the seat of the chair. It is a collectible for sure. Lillie also got a home made quiet book for church from Aunty Shirley. We had such a great Christmas! Thanks to all who help make it so merry!!

We made it home to Hawaii! It was a long flight, but we are so happy to be here and spend christmas with family. We are staying at Darren's family's house and nana really has got it very festive for Lillie. Here are just some of the christmas trees that decorate the house. Lillie is actually being very good and not touching the decorations. We are very happy about that. Nana also got Lillie a little bed and put it right next to our bed in the guest room. Lillie loves her new bed and often spends the days just sitting in it and playing with her toys!!

Today, Lillie and I met some friends at the mall to see Santa. She was a bit shy to take pictures at first, but she quickly came around. By the way, she was shy to take pictures with me. She TOTALLY freaked out when she got close to Santa. Hopefully Nana can help calm her down when we see more Santas.



Here are some of Lillie's friends from the ward. This is Eli. He's a bit younger than Lillie, but can hold his own at 27 lbs.!!


Here are the twins, Sophia and Mirabel.


Group shot!! Until the security guard came and told us we are not allowed to take video because of something with 9/11. We were done, so I didn't mention to him that we were only taking pictures.

Last week I went to the outlet mall with a friend and her twin girls. I found this super cute dress and white eyelet blouse for only $15!!! Her Sunday outfit was a hit at church. Especially her cute red shoes from Nana.


"I'm getting tired of smiling!"


"Are we done yet??"


"Okay, one last smile."


"I'm ready to go to church. Let's go"

Christmas is HERE!!

There's not much video of Lillie, but the lights are just beautiful. Sorry for the few dark views of our little Lillie.

A little J-Lo action with Lillie's new black velour lounging attire! Pretty cute, huh?!??



Tonight we took a little trip to the temple visitor's center to see the Christmas lights. It is absolutely gorgeous!! Lillie loved looking at the lights and the many christmas trees, including ones decorated from around the world.