The Birth Day!!

It is so hard to believe that a year has gone by since the birth of our baby!

She went from this

(4 lbs. 9 Oz. 18" long)
to

(17 lbs. 29" long)
This!!

I have had a strict rule this past year which is the Baby cannot have any sugar such as sweets, deserts, etc. until one year. I think we have done pretty good except once when she was given a cookie by her friend Abbi and took a bite before we noticed and another when she was chewing on a kit kat and broke through the package and got a small bite. So since Jared was gone for this special day he demanded that I not give Kai any sugar such as Birthday Cake until he gets home. I decided that a girl can't have a first birthday without some sort of cake so pancakes is what she got!

I think she was a fan of her special Birthday treat!

Time for presents:


Kai checking out her present from Mom and Dad
(Sweet Deal off Craigslist $5, you gotta love craigslist)

Getting ready to open presents from the Grandparents!


Checking out her Birthday card from Grandma and Grandpa Theler,
making sure it tastes good!

Showing off new doll from Papa and Grammy Gardner
Thanks for the gifts Grandparents!!

Although it seems like she had a Happy Birthday it was really a tough day for her! She had her 1 year appointment and the poor thing got 5 immunizations and then had to get her blood drawn. She cried harder then she ever has and then was pretty clingy the rest of the day! She is of course small on the charts only 3rd % for her weight, 10 % for her head and a whopping 60% for her height! But don't feel too bad for her, she will be getting 2 Birthday parties. One in Utah with all the family and one with her buddy Brinley to follow the Hawaiian tradition of having a big first birthday! She will be getting lots of cake and it is definitely well deserved!

We have enjoyed this past year with our sweet baby! I don't think Jared or I have ever experienced so much Joy!
Happy Happy Birthday Kai Kai!! We love you!!

A Birthday letter to Kailie from her Daddy!

Dear Kai,

So, you are now officially 1 year old! It's been a long time coming, but think of all the things you've learned to do:

Drool
Suck on things (some attached to mom....and some not)
Eat Puffs
Smile (with and without teeth)
Snuggle (rarely)
Take Naps
Poop, pee (sometimes on dad and mom)
Laugh
Cry
Bath
Crawl
Walk!!!!
Sit up, Stand
Crawl off the beanbag
Crawl on the beanbag
Eat Sand
Eat Peas, pears, carrots, applesauce etc
Impersonate Klingons and Mr Burns


You seem to do new things all the time. I really wish I could have been there for your first b-day, but dad had to be in a tiny pacific island fixing peoples ears and helping them to hear. They are really poor and we can do a lot of good things. I promise I'll be there for your next one and get home as soon as I can. Tell your mom I really miss her and wish I could be with you both!

Love,
Dad

We've got a Walker!

Kailie has this rule that she lives by which is she has to wait until Jared is gone away to do anything new like crawling and walking! The little stinker took her first steps today and of course Jared is in Palau so he missed it. She officially took her first steps during young women's today. I was just sitting there silently watching my baby girl take one step and then stop and then another step and then stop and then two more steps and I just wanting to yell out, Kailie just took her first steps but of course I couldn't do that right in the middle of the lesson so I just sat there quietly freaking out inside! Jared and I both knew that she would start walking while he was gone so it wasn't a huge surprise but man the girl just has the worst timing!
This video is mainly for Jared so he can see. I took it as soon as we got home from church so it is her second time walking and I must add that she is way faster this time, the first time she was so slow.
So here you go Babe, your baby girl will be walking all around the next time you see her!




This second video is a better shot of her whole body! Enjoy babe, we wish you were here with us! We love you!

The Witch has landed and gone!

I love Halloween and the fall time! Out here in the islands we don't really get a fall so I try to make our home all Halloweeney! This year it seem to come and go so fast, we didn't even get to carve pumpkins or anything but we did have a fun Halloween party!

It seems the theme this year was family costumes.

A Witch, her Broom Stick and Black Cat and Cowboy and Cowgirls!

The Rock stars! Check out the baby's Spikes! Swat man was definitely the most real costume of the night!

Then there was the Shark, Turtle and bitten Surfboard!

I love dressing up so much, see here for some past costumes but this year I was so excited to have Kai and Jared dress up with me!

The shark and the turtle are best buds although the turtle is so cute sometimes the shark nibbles at her!

I had fun making Jared's Surfboard. I am not very artistic but I love to make things like this! A surfboard is not complete with out the fins. This costume was definitely not wearable for long periods of time since you can't sit and the top blows off in the wind and is too tall for most indoors but it was still funny and so fitting for Jared!
The babies had fun eating all the candy while the big kids went trick or treating! I am sure most of our trick or treaters got drooled, bitten into candy since the babies played with it all night!

Dinner came after! It would not be complete without finger cookies and Pumpkin Casserole! Delicious!

It was such a great Halloween! We love all of our friends out here they are family to us! It was nice to spend the evening together and enjoy this great holiday together!



By the way here are the eight funny things about the moped post!
1-crutches
2-broken foot, in a cast(who goes on a moped with cast on there foot)
3-Who drives a moped with a broken foot
4-at a drive-thru- they are at drive-thru ordering food, who thinks lets take the moped with my broken foot, you hold the crutches and then we will order some food!
5- They ordered drinks?
6- and food
7-can't hold on how does the passenger hold on when she has crutches in each hand and food and drinks?
8-crutches again because seriously think about how dangerous it is to have crutches on a moped. What if the wind catches and they go out and hit something and take you with it. What if they hit the ground, etc.

Anyways, we thought it was pretty funny and silly!