About Our Beginnings...

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Hiro was born January 17th at 12:07 am at Kaiser hospital, 48 hours after the water broke. It was a natural birth, and a very positive experience. Judah was born January 1, 2010 at 1:08 pm 7 hours after the water broke. Judah was delivered at Andaluz Waterbirth center, which was a completely magical experience that we highly recommend to anyone having a normal healthy pregnancy. Malakai was born on December 23, 2011 after three days of inactive labor labor and three hours of active labor (three hours after the water broke). Kai was born at Andaluz as well, this time in "Sienna" the red room. It was a relaxing and delightful way to spend our first Christmas with Malakai.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Summer 2009...June, July, August

NOTE: Scroll to the bottom to start with June and July.

Summer was a wonderful time! By June, Hiro was 18 months old and could say over 150 words, signing many more. He was walking and running everywhere and beginning to try to climb on top of things. By August he had mastered riding a tricycle at school (Mommy's work) and knew the names of all the kids in school...even names mommy would forget!

August 2009
The biggest thing that happened in August, was that MeeAe, Hiro's best buddy, turned two!

MeeAe and her beautiful Mama, who was 6 months pregnant.
The Birthday Girl! MeeAe Grace
Hiro eating an ice cream sandwich at the party.
Gabe, Mae, and Hiro trying out Mae's new bike.

We spent the 4th of July at Becca and Josh's with a great group of people.
We did a great garden this year (with the help of Papa Marc and Grandma "Bamma" Cheryl).
Hiro LOVES gardening. He likes to dig in the dirt, pull up the fresh veggies, and tries all the food we grow.
My Little Gardener.
June 2009
In July we got some special time with Uncle Ryan.
We knew he would soon be leaving for Connecticut, so we wanted as much time with him as we could!
Hiro's "First" Haircut
In June we decided it was time for Hiro to get a real haircut. We took him to The Vital Salon, where first haircuts are free and mommy and daddy get a free drink while we wait. Hiro was very brave!
The BEFORE pictures.
Before the haircut began
Haircut in action
The AFTER picture...what a handsome boy!
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Greece! May-June 2009

Greece Trip !
May-June 1, 2009
We took our first big trip with Hiro this year. This was a big goal for us. We wanted to know that travel with kids was possible, and we discovered that it was more then possible, it was enjoyable! Our travel buddies were Becca, Josh, and MeeAe. Both Becca and I were pregnant, which wore us out a bit.
We owe a BIG thanks to Becca for doing all the research and reservations for the trip. She dedicated herself to finding just the right places that fit our family and our budget. The places we stayed were AWESOME! We went to Athens, the Island of Santorini, and the Island of Naxos.

We started our trip in Athens.


Sadly, Becca and Josh didn't get to begin enjoying their trip because they were detained. MeeAe had been motion sick on the plane and had a fever as she got off in Athens. They were stopped because they thought Mae had H1N1. She didn't, but they were held hostage at an decrepit hospital in a run down part of Athens for 24 hours. It was a terrible ordeal for them.

Exploring the Ancient Greek Ruins in Athens

View from the Parthenon overlooking Athens
Our happy traveler!

Second leg of the trip....On to Santorini!
7 1/2 Hour Ferry Ride to Santorini from Athens.
Our first evening in Santorini


Santorini is a big rock in the middle of the Aegean Sea.
White house cling to the cliffs, and blue rounded roofs cap the Orthodox churches.

Our traveling group with our host in Santorini.

MeeAe and Hiro sitting on the step of our "home" in Santorini.

Our family!

Exploring Santorini...We walked almost everywhere.
Hiro fell asleep as soon as we got him in the backpack.


The guys suntanning outside our place in Santorini.



Donkey herder in a village at the highest elevation of Santorini.



Our last night in Santorini we went to Oia on the west tip, which is said to have the best sunsets in the world.




Third Leg of the Trip....on to the Beach Island of Naxos!
We really adored our place in Naxos. It was within walking distance of the beach, remodeled, comfortable and new. The weather was balmy in Naxos and the beach was VERY relaxing.
It was the "vacate" part of our vacation.

We did our laundry in Naxos.
We rented a car for one day in Naxos to see the interior of the island,
which is not geared for tourists.
We saw lots of Greek men with their donkeys.

Our family climbing a road in Aperanthos in central Naxos. The city was made of marble.

Becca, Josh and MeeAe, expert travel buddies!
We got a little lost in Aperanthos.
Hiro was a great little traveler! I was so proud of him!

Older Greek man with his worry beads.


Back in our place Naxos, our hostess spoiled us with daily treats.
Cookies for the kids and fresh homemade goat milk rice pudding one day!

We had access to a pool in Naxos. It was COLD, but Becca and I got lots of suntanning in!
Ahh! The Beach! The water was clear and blue, and VERY cold!
It was still lovely being on the sand and in the sun.



After Naxos, we headed back to Athens for a night before we flew back to the U.S.
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