Amelia, 19 Months

I need to remember more. My "baby" isn't such a baby anymore. Some recent photos, and some developments:

 

~We weaned her off her binkie @ 18 months. She was so attached to that thing, it took about 3 weeks for her not to look for it anymore. And we had to sleep train all over again.

 

~Speaks around...a dozen words clearly, maybe more. And can repeat sounds if you say them to her. I assumed that she only understood what she could say, but I was wrong. She can understand everything!

 

~Is such a jang-nahn-koo-rugee (there isn't a great English equivalent for this). She loves to joke and play and laugh.

 

~She is very affectionate. She loves to "kiss" her family on the phone through FaceTime. She loves to kiss mom and dad too:).

 

~So tidy and diligent. Whenever it's "clean up" time, she's the first to gather all the toys and put them back where they belong. Her Big Sis, on the other hand, hardly lifts a finger.

 

~Is very thoughtful. About a month ago, I was laying on the floor, resting my head with my arm tucked under me; she grabbed a pillow and brought it for me to use. She does this without speaking. Since then, she's provided me with pillows many times.

 

~Fights with her sister all throughout the day. But loves her to death too, and copies everything Big Sis does. When they can play for 1 hour without any squabbles, it makes me so happy that they have each other. 

 

She loves swing time, and loves to fly higher than her sister.

Big Sis copying Little Sis' acrobatic moves.

 

Aloha!

Let's just pretend that it hasn't been 6 months since my last post...:)

 

For my sister's 30th birthday, we flew to Honolulu for 6 days.

 

Our lovely hotel, Trump Waikiki. They exceeded all my expectations:

Greeted with cold towels and drinks

Coloring books, crayons, and a stuffed animal for Becca

Cake pops for kids, Hawaiian cookies for adults

First stop, Marukame for udon & tempura

Leonard's for malasadas, Portuguese donuts

Waiting for banana nut, macadamia sauce pancakes

Someone was cranky & tired for much of this trip, and didn't like the time change.

We made it to Kailua

The most peaceful times were just hanging out in the hotel room, watching Disney movies like Horton Hears a Who

Pool Days

Jimbo's for Oyakodon & Udon/Soba

Fell asleep during the line for shave ice.

Met up with Maile & Jane again

One of many days at the pool

 

Birthday dinner @ Alan Wong's. Such service!

We waited like this for 1 hour for the rental car. Drove another 30 minutes--to discover that Hanauma Bay was closed that day=(.

So we went to this lookout point, Lana'i

And stopped by Bubbies. Wow, these are delicious. Strawberry mochi with chocolate ice cream inside.

Someone was throwing a huge tantrum. So the owner @ Bubbies gave her an ice cream cone with sprinkles. Yes, that's exactly what I try to teach my child: tantrum = ice cream cone. Haha. Actually, we were thankful that he was so nice to us:).

Headed back to Ala Moana

Did a little shopping. Watched Koi.

 Brunch @ Halekulani

Waikiki

Hotel Lobby

Spotted a rainbow on the last day!

Henry's Place, which serves every local flavor of ice cream.

Hula Dog hot dogs...

I walked around by myself on the last night, enjoying the last few moments in Honolulu and the night breeze. Discovered the most amazing kimchee bokeum bbap at a Japanese ramen place, of all places.

Aloha Honolulu. We were so sad to leave you. 

 

 

A big thanks to my mom, who flew down from Portland to watch Amelia

 

So happy to come home to her. After a couple days, she was looking for me and calling for mommy. I won't ever leave for a week again baby!!