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Saturday, November 28, 2009

i have been away from the blog lately, not on purpose, its just that life keeps happening. so i know i have lots to catch up on, but i saw this and thought it was funny, so for now, this is all you get =)

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Naia's Birthday Party luau gala event

Naia's Birthday party was AWESOME. We all had so much fun, Naia partied like a rock star, and we got to see so many family and friends. I'm trying to gather pictures from the event to post up here. it was so exciting, i forget to take as many pictures as i'd like. but in the meantime, here's a little piece of the action
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(i am a geek)

...AND that pig didn't cook itself...here's a little behind the scenes snippet of brooks digging the imu while fielding comments from the peanut gallery

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Sweet Naia is One!!

Happy Birthday to our Sweet Baby Girl

Sunday, November 1, 2009

We love Halloween

and we speak for Naia when we say that =).

And really, i remember having fun on halloween as a kid. But being on the other side of the child/grown up side was, i think, even better. Maybe its because it was my first halloween as a mom or because Naia is nearing the one year mark (which i'm dreading a little in a bittersweet kind of way) and everything seems even more special and important and monumental these days. Or maybe i'm just generally a little emotional with the end of infancy. Either way, halloween was AWESOME.

Naia was SO excited and had so much fun, was pointing at everything and everyone, and letting out very enthusiastic "ooh ooh ooh"s. I think she got a kick out of knocking on doors, which opened to show such friendly NEW excited faces, handing her all sorts of things. I got a kick out of how neat the holiday really is and how wonderful little interactions with complete strangers can be. I had this great feeling of gratitude to all the candy givers, especially a couple that went all out and made haunted yards and houses.... anyway, here are a few pictures of our day.

Deter by day

pumpkin (same outfit from last year at thanksgiving!!) by .... afternoon

monkey by night...and for trick-or-treating:

and we closed out the night with some of Naia's favorite fans

Naia LOVES her nana

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Friday, October 23, 2009

A little trip

NOTE: do not attempt to adjust your computer screen. We're having a make over here at Wandbnews... Not sure if its finished either. I'm not really "feeling" the new look. anyway...

Its been awhile. We've been soaking up the beautiful fall weather, maybe soaking it up too much, because mama is SICK. I think someone might be telling me to slow down. Thats OK, it gives me time to find silly videos on youtube and update this blog =).

So, i thought our recent trip to vermont might be just the way to catch up. What does a chick like Naia do in Vermont, you may wonder...?

WELL...

she chases chickens

fits in some good old edumacation

meets new friends... here's one almost the same age =)

she practices walking (more on this in a minute)

learns that getting cozy helps in the cold

she rides her first tractor (with a little help from another new friend)

gets so excited to play that she loses her pants

and she finds a few SECONDS to relax =)

So we had a great time and an adventurous trip home, where naia slept through her first snow, woke up for her first flat tire, and had a huge suprise for us when we got home: her first steps!! she did 3 steps, twice. we celebrated and went to bed. Since then, she's increased the number of steps everyday and last night we stopped counting the steps. she went from play room through the bedroom and into the hallway!!! I guess its another case of "father knows best". In the car on friday, Brooks said naia was going to walk this weekend. She snuck it in in the nick of time.
While i'm not signing her up for any walk-a-thons just yet, she is. literally, on her way. And the proud smile that goes with the shuffling strut is one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. We have proud smiles too.