Family Picture - Week 29
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Today was my daddy’s birthday. I wanted to do something special for him, so I asked mommy to accompany me on a little “happy birthday” song for him. Mommy took the lead vocals and I played the giggles and the smiles. Daddy told me it was his favorite rendition of “happy birthday” he’s ever heard – so I guess I have a future playing the giggles and the smiles!
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Family Picture - Week 28
On Saturday, Maile put on her Duke Blue Devil gear and we got ready to watch the Duke/Georgetown game on TV. It was Maile’s first college basketball game and since both teams were ranked in the top ten, we thought it would be a good one. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils did not come to play and the Hoyas blew them out of the arena.
Poor Maile. I had prepped her by telling her how great Duke was and now she’s just really confused about what “good” basketball really is. She told me she’d give them another chance, but she’s just not sure she can throw her loyalties behind a team that put forth such a lackluster effort. I told her I completely understand and that we won’t make her wear her Duke gear for a little while. She said that probably made sense until Duke proves their worthy of her fanhood.
Mommy and Maile before the game - we're getting all pumped up!
Daddy and Maile - if it's not obvious, this was taken AFTER the game. Duke got blown out. So embarrassing. I tried to comfort daddy by being extremely cute. He said it helped.
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Yay! My daddy's home!
I came home from playing with Hannah and Megan today and there was a big surprise waiting for me – my daddy was back home! Yay!
I should probably back up a bit. Last week my daddy was not feeling well. He had a bad cold. Even though he needed to stay away from me, I still tried to make him feel better from afar. Unfortunately, on Thursday while I was over at Hannah’s, my daddy’s doctor called and told him he needed to go the hospital for some tests. Well, my daddy went and then they kept him (how rude, right?). I wasn’t allowed to visit because I’m too young. We video chatted on the computer a few times, but it just wasn’t the same. I really missed my daddy. He had to stay at the hospital the whole weekend and Monday too. They finally let him come home today.
He told me he is feeling much better. He said he still needs to be careful around me – no kisses for the time being (which totally stinks!) – but just having him in the same room is MUCH better. As soon as I saw him, I gave him one of my big ol’ smiles, just so he knew how much I missed him. He gave me a big hug and now we are back to being buddies again. So happy to have my daddy home!
(Dad note: Sorry this is the first many of you are hearing of this. Kind of took us by surprise and I didn’t want to post until we knew what was going on. Some tests my doctor gave me indicated my liver was acting abnormally and that’s what ended up sending me to the hospital. The liver levels were still high through the weekend and thus, I had to stay and let them monitor me. They still don’t know 100% what is wrong, but the leading guess is something called CMV. Apparently it is all over the place and most people are exposed by the time they are my age, but a small percentage are not and it can cause the symptoms I was having. I guess one way to think of it is its like a mono-type virus. I’ll need to take it easy for a little while and keep getting tests to make sure everything is recovering as it should – but it is really good to be home. I was away from Maile for 5.5 days – the longest I ever have been. I’m convinced she gained about 5 pounds and grew 5 inches while I was gone! I think just having her around will help me get better…)
Daddy, I'm going to take good care of you - no more disappearing to the hospital for you!
I missed you too, Maile girl, very, very good to be home!
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I'm a lucky girl getting kisses from my mommy and daddy!
When we were on Hawaii for Christmas, we asked our wedding photographer, Derek Wong, to take some family pictures for us. Maile was probably a little young (5.5 months in these photos), but we still got some great shots. See below for the highlights…
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Family Picture - Week 26
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This weekend we joined a bunch of our San Francisco friends up in Tahoe. Tahoe is about 3 hours (without traffic) northeast of San Francisco. One of our friends had a cabin where most of the crew stayed, but we rented a condo to give Maile a little more peace and quiet.
We actually had to cut our trip a little short – a big storm is headed towards Tahoe and we felt it best to leave while the going was good. And even though getting home turned into a bit of an ordeal, we had a great time. The highlight was definitely introducing Maile to snow for the first time (although Maile might beg to differ). I think its safe to say the “Hawaii” runs strong in Maile girl – for that matter, its starting to run pretty strong in daddy too – it was cold up there!
Maile was great the whole weekend, entertaining all of our friends and reserving her tears for when she was alone with mommy and daddy. Now that she is 6 months, Maile really is quite fun to be around and she absolutely loves being around other people – although if she gets too worked up during the day, she sometimes has trouble getting to sleep at night.
Here are some pictures from the weekend…
Mommy showed Maile where Tahoe City was on the map so she could get her bearings...
First things first, Maile laid claim to the big bed - conveniently themed to match her bear outfit...
In preparation for the cold weather, Maile tried on some new head gear...
Mommy introducing Maile to snow...
Umm ... when do we go back to Hawaii?
Okay, fair enough, when we do it like this it is quite fun!
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… you know what that means – party time!
Hi daddy, thank you for coming home to play with me!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Remember that time you did this and I had just eaten? Haha, that was funny. (Dad note: no it wasn't.)
I love you, daddy. I love you too, Maile girl.
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Family Picture - Week 25 (Maile's Half Birthday)
6 months. Wow.
Typically on these milestone days, I like to look back over the blog and marvel at how much Maile has grown. If you’d like to follow along, here’s a quick tour…
Here’s month #1.
And month #2.
And finally, month #5.
I like to think that one day Maile will get a kick out of doing the same. I lost count of the number of diapers a long time ago. But I can tell you that Maile and I have made 204 posts to this blog and we’ve taken 4,000 pictures. That’s almost 1 picture for every hour that Maile has been alive. I can remember a handful of embarrassing pictures that I discovered when I was a teenager. Maile might have 20,000 … by the time she is 3!
It really feels like she’s coming in to her own this month. It’s amazing how much more interactive she is now – whether its playing with her toys or with mommy and daddy (of course, we prefer the latter).The milestones (rolling around, sitting up, holding her own bottle, etc.) seem to be coming faster and faster – Chris and I can’t wait to see what is going to happen next!
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Giving Maile her medicine for her ear infection has turned out to be quite the adventure. The dosage the doctor prescribed was 2.5 milliliters. I wonder if they take into account the fact that maybe 1/10 of the medicine actually makes it into Maile’s mouth (and honestly, I think 1/10 might be a reach).
With that said, amoxicillin (a.k.a. “the pink stuff”) is amazing. Although Maile is still sick and not completely herself, she is much better after taking only a few doses (or 1/10 of her prescribed doses as the case may be). Consider me a fan – and no longer just because it tastes like bubblegum.
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