Makena Anne: June 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Future Race Car Driver?

alohab @ 11:07 PM
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Monday, June 22, 2009

...and the 1st Birthday madness has begun. 3 weeks and counting...

alohab @ 10:16 PM
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Rockstar!

(in the words of big sis Nanea whenever she herself wears sunglasses)

alohab @ 9:18 PM
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Pool time for Makena

Makena LOVED the pool at Holly & Bill's. She got to crawl around and splash and as you can see from the photos below, giving lots of kisses! Thanks again to Holly for the photos!

alohab @ 9:02 PM
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

11 months old, a Birthday Photo Shoot & some "oooohhhs"

Makena is 11 months old today. Hard to believe that in 1 short month she will be 1! These are some photos I took of her for her birthday invitations (the ones I didn't use). She was quite cooperative, and luckily my little camera did the trick. Noa would have liked her dressed and posed much more traditionally and fancy, but I won out (as usual) when it comes to pictures and invitations.

Although Makena is not saying words yet, she does say "oooohhhh" whenever she sees something she likes, or when you hand her anything (note first picture). And I mean anything. She is very appreciative :). This morning she did an "uh-oh," which Noa and I thought was really funny, though I can't remember what she reacted to.

She knows daddy, mommy, and Nanea and "sissy." She answers to all the funny nicknames we've given her, "Kenna, Kenny, Kens." Noa said he would never call her "Kenny," but he uses it too.

She is pulling herself up on everything she can, and walking along the furniture. She has finally abandoned her "army crawl," which I appreciate since she is not covered in dog hair all the time now. We think that walking is not far away. She has also discovered that she can go up the stairs. It is her favorite thing to do, and she can go up the entire 2 flights upstairs on her own. She's been doing that for a couple of weeks, so that makes a lot of trips up and down for me, since I follow her up each time (I'm paranoid that she'll fall backwards). The second I look away from her, she's going up the stairs.

Makena is a very sensitive soul. If you raise your voice and give her a stern look, she immediately melts into tears. Only when directed to her. I can be holding her and yelling at her big sister, and she just looks on inquisitively.

Happy Month-day Kenna! She won't be a baby much longer, so I'm going to relish in it while I can!

alohab @ 11:44 AM
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Fancy Chair Pictures

Makena had a great time in Virginia, though she never adjusted to the time change. Although she woke up at normal time, 6:30am, she wouldn't take her first nap until early afternoon, and then when it was time for bed, she just thought this was her 2nd nap, so woke up at about 9pm and wouldn't go to sleep until midnight. Needless to say, she was tired!

The plane ride going east was largely uneventful. Although she only slept for 2 hours on each leg (Honolulu-LA, LA to Washington DC), she was pretty easy going, and didn't cry or fuss. The trip home was a whole different story. You know how there is pretty much always a baby that cries for the entire flight? Well, that was us from Washington to LA. Minus 1.5 hours when she slept. So, 3 hours of crying. Actually, crying is mild. It was really more like blood-curdling screaming. For 3 hours. At least Noa was there, but it was awful. Everyone turning to stare at us and all. With lots of "poor thing, her ears must be bothering her," like we weren't trying everything we could to comfort her and stop the chaos. In actuality, we discovered it was not her ears, but most likely her gut, and that she hasn't pooped for a day or two. The pressure on her gut must have been too much to bear. Once she pooped as we were about 20 min from landing, she was much better. Though, she hates poop in her pants, so continued to fuss.

The adjustment back to Hawaii time has been pretty seamless. Sometime in the last 2-3 weeks, Makena has gotten more teeth, so she has 5 now. 3 on top, 2 on the bottom. It makes her miserable, so I'm hoping they come in fast, but thus far they have taken their time coming in.

We are in the rush of baby luau planning. I ordered invitations today, and am slowly getting organized with favors, accessories, centerpieces, etc. Noa is in charge of food (of course), and he and the guys are doing the imu next weekend. It's hard to believe that it is only a month away! It is crazy that she will be 1!! She just still seems like a baby, and 1 is so old! We had a photoshoot for the invites yesterday, so I'll post the rejects soon.

alohab @ 11:41 PM
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