After Uncle Dean's Celebration of Life ceremony, there was a reception with some of his favorite Hawaiian goodies. One of the things there was POG juice (Passion, Orange and Guava), a favorite of mine and very hard, if not impossible to find on the mainland. Lucas and I watered some of it down and gave Ke'alohi some as a sweet treat to remember Uncle Dean, and... She loved it! … [Read more...]
I have been "fighting" with Lucas to cut Ke'alohi's hair for some time now. Don't get me wrong, I thing she is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen, but she has a mullet. There is no denying that this girl has a head of hair. Since the day she was born we have had to wash it, comb it and style it, but for the last couple weeks it has gotten a bit out of hand. Her bangs are starting to go into her eyes and the back … [Read more...]
If I thought Ke'alohi changed a lot last month, this month has just been plain ridiculous. Just in the last three days, Ke'alohi has gotten her first tooth, started clapping and even crawled! Isn't that nuts?Ten Facts about Ke'alohi at Seven Months:Weighs 20 pounds and 8 ounces and measures 27.25 inches.Can roll over continuously!Has her first tooth and is working on a second!Favorite foods are sweet potato, poi and mango. Hates … [Read more...]
This girl is going to make me go crazy constantly updating the blog with all the new things she is doing. I have already around 40 posts just for December! We have all been wanting to see her crawl for days now and she has been so close. Today when Lucas and I were packing and Puna was playing with Ke'alohi, she started to have this determined look on her face. My mom instantly knew she was going to do it right then and … [Read more...]
Even though the excitement of Christmas has died down, our little girl wanted to make sure we knew there was still reason to celebrate. While we were sitting on the floor playing with her, she started clapping when what we were doing was making her happy. Sadly, I didn't have the camera with me right when it happened but since then she has been clapping to her hearts content. Here is one of her clapping the next day. It … [Read more...]
Houston, we have a tooth! Ke'alohi has been fussy for a couple of days now and we knew that her tooth was coming soon; it was just a waiting game until it broke through her gums. While we were playing with her new toys we noticed that she was been extremely irritable and then we saw it, the white tooth ridge. We were all happy and excited but it was just another milestone showing us that our little girl is growing up. Bring on … [Read more...]
The food I was most excited to give Ke'alohi was poi. Poi comes from the kalo plant (we saw it with Auntie Nalani at her office) and is a staple Hawaiian dish. Poi is one of the oldest foods and dates back to when the Hawaiians first settled on the islands. It was special to know that this food that I was giving her was a food all Hawaiian moms gave their babies growing up.Just look at my little poi baby! … [Read more...]
