beach time & maze

family embroidery project
probably going to be part of pocket of next tote bag

saturday we had a little double date
with the butler boys at Leilani's

zach butler and kalia looking for pink rocks

tattoo girls

sunday hanging out at honokowai tide pools

monday night we had a family late afternoon beach time
daddy surfed mala and we cruised and had dinner in the sand
kalia wrote maya's name

maya looking at her footprints

kalia had this perfectly straight trench she was digging dirt out of
and we were having a hard time keeping maya from getting to it!

maya in pink shades and itty bitty bikini

Loving this photo
Daddy and his girls on a board - so amazing!

Wednesday evening - down to the maze in Kapalua.

Maya liked to cross over from one side to another.

Kalia followed the path all the way to the end- and with determination.
Kalia in her new dress that daddy got her - he had been promising a new purple
dress (with rainbow colors).

Kalia makes it to the end!

Me and the girls take a break.

Maya has been cutting all four molars - sleep getting a little better, but teeth are still trying to come through all the way. All four have a portion through the skin - so on our way to feeling better. Maya had her 15 month check up, she is 22 lbs. 11 oz and is 30 1/2 inches, she is perfectly average at 50% for everything, height, weight and head size.

On Wednesday (which is Erik's only day off right now) we were hoping for some surf as they predicted, but unfortunately it was pretty small. So we went to Lahaina to look for a purple with rainbow colors dress for Kalia. Kalia has a closet full of clothes, but she rotates between the following dresses: 1) "Long Long" - pink/white patterned dress 2) Orange Dress 3) Rose 4) Purple/Pink Dress 5) Princess Dress 6) Blankey tied around self to be a princess dress. Well, Purple/Pink dress is a size 2 and is small and the zipper is acting up - so Daddy promised her that he would buy her a new purple dress and she mentions this fact very often. So wednesday was the big day and we all headed down to search for the perfect dress. Anyway, Kalia & Erik were really happy with the dress - Kalia since it was exactly purple with rainbow colors and flowy and Erik because it does look a little tie dye. We didn't get any waves, but Erik got to buy his little girl a pretty dress and loved it. We also had a relaxing lunch at Kimo's - well, we had lunch at least.

Maya's new words: dog, mine, owee (sp?- you know ouch). She's funny because she goes to the toilet now and says "no,no". I'm trying to tell her things she CAN do instead of saying "no", but it's just reflex to say "no" as she is reaching into the toilet water. Oh and I think she's discovered that "owee" is much more effective than just crying, since she will say it whenever she is simply experiencing something she finds unpleasant, like getting her diaper changed.

Monday, although I was up 4 times the night before (2 times with each girl), I did take the girls to the otherside to run errands. I know, Erik thinks I am a masochist too. Kalia used to always just take the first nap on the way and then afternoon nap on the way back and hopefully transfer. But then Kalia never had an older sister singing princess songs at the top of her lungs the whole way over to keep her from napping. And then when I try to give kalia a snack to keep the volume down, then maya really won't nap if she knows there's food in the car. Maya loves her snacks.

Lauren just had her baby!!!! Oh my gosh, waiting all day and texting mom over and over again. No details yet, but had to have c-section after 2 hours of pushing - poor thing. Cole has arrived!