From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Kiss, Kiss

by Maile Girl on July 29, 2010

Last weekend I had a very fun visitor – my Cousin Donna came all the way from Chicago to visit me! (Technically, she is my Grandma’s cousin – so maybe that makes her my Grand Cousin? Not sure. Regardless, how fun that she came to visit me!) I took her up to my favorite restaurant, Street, and then she celebrated my birthday party with all my friends and I.

Of course, she didn’t come empty handed. One of the fun gifts she brought me was a book called “Kiss Kiss” – she said she saw how I was learning how to do “love, loves” and that I should learn how to throw a kiss into the mix. (Dad note: I’m not sure I 100% agree or that we should be encouraging this, but it is ridiculously cute.)

Daddy has read me the book a few times before bed and I think its safe to say, I’m “getting it” – check out the video below:

Thank you, Cousin Donna, for coming to visit!

(Click here for the video.)

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Front Facing

by Maile Girl on July 29, 2010

Now that I’m 1 year’s old, I made it very clear to mommy and daddy that I was tired of facing backwards in the car. Nobody puts Maile in the rear facing car seat! So last weekend, we stopped by the store and upgraded!

This. Is. Awesome. Seriously. So now that I'm forward facing, when do I get to take this puppy out for a spin?

This. Is. Awesome. Seriously. So now that I'm forward facing, when do I get to take this puppy out for a spin?

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New Signs – Feed Me!

by Papa K on July 28, 2010

Megan and Mommy have been hard at work with Maile teaching her some new signs. You might remember that Maile’s sign repertoire includes: “milk” (sometimes confused for Mommy), “please” and “all done”.

Maile has now added: “more”, “open” and most importantly, “food”! The food one is quite helpful and considering how often she is employing it apparently we haven’t been feeding Maile quite enough 😉

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Oh, hi there.

Oh, hi there.

Hannah’s dad, Josh, takes MUCH better pictures than I do. He sent over his shots from the Three Amigas birthday party and I thought I’d share. See the slideshow below. (And yes, I ordered a book from Amazon so I can learn to take better pictures!)

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Uh oh.

by Papa K on July 26, 2010

Mommy: Matt, did you buy a new art piece? Daddy: No, why do you ask? Mommy: Uh oh.

Mommy: Matt, did you buy a new art piece? Daddy: No, why do you ask? Mommy: Uh oh.

I guess we’re about to start the next stage of the child-proofing process…

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On Saturday we celebrated Maile’s birthday on her home turf with two of her closest girlfriends, Allison and Hannah. Allison turned 1 back in June and Hannah turns 1 in August, so we decided to combine everything into one big fiesta. Literally, we made it a fiesta – check out the invitation we sent out:

Invitation to the 3 Amigas First Birthday Fiesta

Invitation to the 3 Amigas First Birthday Fiesta

It was a lot of fun celebrating with all of our San Francisco friends and the girls had a blast. It was the first time in awhile we got everyone together with all the little ones in one place – definitely a bit of a madhouse with ~10 kids under the age of 4!

The birthday girls: Hannah, Allison and Maile

The birthday girls: Hannah, Allison and Maile

And with the mommies!

And with the mommies!

"Daddy when you said there was going to be a pony, I had something slightly different in mind..."

"Daddy when you said there was going to be a pony, I had something slightly different in mind..."

Each girl had their own birthday cake (Thanks Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal for Maile's!)

Each girl had their own birthday cake (Thanks Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal for Maile's!)

Maile had her own Maile-sized cake!

Maile had her own Maile-sized cake!

Proud parents and Maile Girl - we survived a year!

Proud parents and Maile Girl - we survived a year!

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The Yo Gabba Gabba Crew

The Yo Gabba Gabba Crew

We typically don’t watch much TV while Maile is up and about. If there is a sporting event on, I might turn it on, but for the most part she ignores the TV (which is impressive considering it takes up about half of one of the walls in the living room).

That all changed when we introduced her to Yo Gabba Gabba! the other day. (More basic background here.) We were first introduced to Brobee and his pals when we went to visit friends in New York back in March. Maile’s friends Maggie and Jane LOVED Yo Gabba Gabba! and they were about a year and a half when we saw them. With Maile turning one, I thought I’d see if she’d also come under the spell of DJ Lance Rock.

Sure enough, as soon as I turned it on she was riveted. It was actually a little scary – they’ve tuned that show like a dog whistle that only toddlers can hear.

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Technical Difficulties

by Papa K on July 22, 2010

We had a post planned tonight with a video, but we’re having problems with our video provider (Vimeo)… so that post will be delayed until tomorrow.

Instead here’s a quick picture that Mommy took of Maile Girl the other day. Doesn’t she seem old in it?

Vimeo's busted, eh? Well, I'll just sit here and wait until you get things working, Daddy. Tick tock.

Vimeo's busted, eh? Well, I'll just sit here and wait until you get things working, Daddy. Tick tock.

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Top Chef

by Papa K on July 21, 2010

I've been helping Mommy out in the kitchen, so she gave me an apron and suggested I try out for Top Chef...

I've been helping Mommy out in the kitchen, so she gave me an apron and suggested I try out for Top Chef...

I hope the judges like my dish...

I hope the judges like my dish...

Maile, please pack your knives and go.

Maile, please pack your knives and go.

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More Fun with Maile’s Hair

by Papa K on July 20, 2010

We are having WAY too much fun with Maile's rapidly growing hair...

We are having WAY too much fun with Maile's rapidly growing hair...

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