Sunday, June 14, 2009

May in Hawai'i!!!

From 2009 May
Taya is exuberant doing all kinds of things, including "helping" Mommy put away clothes.

From 2009 May
We had a wonderful couple of weeks with Nanna.

In May we had the good fortune to be hosted by our beloved cousins Yee Chiew and Morgan (YC is KC's first cousin) and their daughter Yi.
From 2009 May
Here's Lj and Taya hanging out with Yee Chiew and Yi.

From 2009 May
A rare white-sand beach was a delight. (Any beach would have been and many were!

From 2009 May
It took Taya some time to warm up to the sand, water, and waves.

From 2009 May
But she has fun with us wherever she goes.

From 2009 May
Here's a family shot (for once!).

From 2009 May
By her second beach, Taya needed no encouragement to enjoy the sand (this video proves it; click on the pic to view).

From 2009 May
We figured she'd put the sand in her mouth, but we figured it'd happen just once. How wrong we were! She loved it!

From 2009 May
In this video, Taya's friend Mr. Carrot makes great incentive for soldier-crawling (Yi was a fantastic role model for this), or bunny-hopping!

From 2009 May
Superbaby!

From 2009 May
In this video, Taya dances and jumps to entertain the new family.

From 2009 May
Like her parents, Taya loved them all.

From 2009 May
After watching Yi, Taya and I would go practice the crawling. :) (This is another video.)

From 2009 May
Taya can become absolutely entranced in her tasks. Here it takes several efforts and an emphatic "Cock-a-doodle-doo" to get Taya's attention.

From 2009 May
Taya would nap on us in all kinds of places.

From 2009 May
Kilauea Iki--an amazing hike.

From 2009 May
South Point was windswept, raw, and surprisingly beautiful.

From 2009 May
Hats were a necessity down there (Southernmost point in the US), but we still all got burned.

From 2009 May
Taya makes crazy faces (where'd she get that from?).

From 2009 May
Watch out, Mommy's coming! (Click on the pic to view the giggle-filled video.)

From 2009 May
The geckos (not native, unfortunately) were mesmerizing.

From 2009 May
Mommy taught Taya to do mm-mm-mm by rolling her bottom lip; here Taya tries it on Daddy.

From 2009 May
Back at home, Mommy makes Taya go wild.

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