Happy New Year everyone! 2011 has been flying by and I can't even believe it's the middle of January already! Our little Addi is 6 1/2 months old and has developed quite the personality. She has learned to rotate herself 360 degrees and is able to do this VERY quickly. It seems like crawling is just around the corner...yikes! The biggest highlight for mommy is that Peeps now "asks" to be carried by leaning with her arms out. That small little gesture of neediness seriously makes me melt...Another big milestone in the Arbles family has been the introduction of solid foods! Rice cereal and mashed green beans have been the new dinner of choice for Addison this past week and while we were looking forward to the menu change, we were not at all prepared for the resulting changes the diaper area. OMG!! Gramps Paik has noticed that Peepers is slowly starting to look more and more "pocho" (Portugese) to the delight of her daddy...although Gramps also commented that Addi also has a little Korean temper...not sure where she gets that from.
Jon and I hope all of you were able to ring in the New Year with a bang. As usual, the New Years' celebration for us was filled with family parties, good food, and lots of fireworks! Another one of the many, many reasons we love being home in Hilo :-)
Here are some highlights from January...
Our New Years celebration started out on the eve with a party at my sister Erica's house. If you ask Kysen Honda who his favorite person is he will tell you "Adda".
Aunty Marylyn and Uncle Tim came from California to visit and joined us for the party.
Hanging out with Aunty Erica at her house on New Year's Eve. (Whenever I ask people who Peeps looks like, one of the most common responses I get is that she looks like my sister's kids! )
On New Year's Eve we went to Papa Correa's house for lunch and Addi got to hang out with Papa and Tutu Arbles.
She also got to spend some QT with Aunty Mary Correa whom Addi is named after. One of Addison's middle names is Malia which means "Mary" in Hawaiian.
Uncle Ryan (my brother) and his new fiance Aunty Chrissy even came to visit from San Diego!!
One of the highlights in January for little Addi...green beans and rice cereal!
One of the highlights for mommy and daddy in January...DATE NIGHT! We went to Cafe Pesto to listen to Uncle Rupert Tripp play.
Addi's new favorite toys...Sophie (my parents dog) and Zoe! Addi LOVES to grab Zoe and touch her fur and laughs hysterically whenever Zoe brings her squeaky toy out of her kennel. Unfortunately for Addi, Zoe doesn't quite feel the same and tries to avoid Addi whenever possible.