Arrabellas Baptisum!

I would like to start this post by thanking Pamma and Grandpa for arranging Arrabellas baptism and hosting a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with lots of delicious wines and spirits! We really could not have asked for a more beautiful and pleasant baptism to welcome Arrabella into Gods family! Mahalo!!!

 

 

 

We were lucky enough to have the same priest that baptized William baptized baby Arrabella. She was a perfect little angel and loved the water.  She is a little island mermaid. 



Uncle Greg lighting Arrabella candle! We are so happy Greg got to be Arrabellas God Father. 

William turned on the charm during the service and was so sweet with Arrabella.

 



Arrabella got spoiled and got to have her Colorado family at her special day!

 



Arrabella with her GGs! She looked pretty cute wearing this beautiful heirloom gown and cap!  

 

Arrabella and William with the GGs!

 

Arrabellas God Mother Sava and her husband Ilija! 

 



 

Arrabella with her Pamma! 

 



 

Here is a very rare and very special photo of me and Arrabella with my mom, grandma, and sister. I am so happy they were able to make it! 

Christmas 2012 tbt

Todays throwback is from last years Christmas!

Here is a picture of William's Christmas school recital! We miss these types of school activities this year. These are the sweetest moments.

 

Being silly at the GGs! 

William enjoying the Christmas joy!

 



 

 

The GG's with the grandkids. 

 



 

Christmas morning! 

 



Candy

Todays throwback is of William riding Candy the pony in Belleville back in 2010 Christmas! Such fun memories, we will definitely be missing everyone this Christmas!

 

 

Aloha Friday tbt in Kauai

Today's throwback is to our Kauai trip back in 2011. Here is William having a blast at our favorite Aloha Friday spot in Hawaii, the Waimea plantation.

 William and Daddy. William had just turned 3, such a sweet boy!

Getting sandy, good thing we had a change of clothes!

William really digs the black sand beach!

Lightning Strikers

The Lightning Strikers went undefeated! Chris and I are so proud of William, he really enjoyed his first experience in a sports team! He had such a good attitude the whole time and always wanted to be out on the field playing, he was always more then happy to sub in when needed, overall a great sport!

 

Baby sis was at every game, cheering William on!!!

 

 

William with Dad! 

 



 

William with coach.

 

 

Lightning Strikers!!! 

Four month stats!

Arrabella is growing nicely! She had a couple of big milestones this past month, she finally had some good belly laughs, which were so fun to see! She also started to fall a sleep on her own, which is also a big milestone for the parents! She is overall a good sleeper, can't complain much. She can also roll to one side while on her tummy. This next month we look forward to possibly sitting and rolling while on her back. Of course we can't forget that she finally got to meet most of her family, a very important and special moment for all of us! Here are her four month stats.


Height- 24.75" (60%)

Weight- 15lb 12.9oz (77%)

HC- 16.93" (96%)

Arrabella is 4 Months Old!

Baby Arrabella is 4 months old today!!!

Christmas Throwback

This weeks throwback is from last years Christmas photo shoot. For some reason I never got around to posting these pics of William!

William looking ever so dapper.

Hawaiian Halloween



We had a fun Hawaiian Halloween! At first I was concerned that it wouldn't be as fun here on the island as it has been in Boulder and especially in Vernon Hills, because they are so spirited there during the holiday season. In our neighborhood there were maybe two houses decorated for Halloween and ours was one of them. I noticed that a lot of people decorated on Halloween day though.  We went to our friend's house for a fun Halloween party and some trick or treating, and it turned into a really festive night.

William sitting at our front steps with our spooky inspired decorations. It was fun to decorate a palm tree.

 

Our spooky pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!

 

 

William loved being a pirate! He wore his costume the whole week leading up to Halloween. 

The trick or treating crew!

 



As you can see in this photo a lot of adults dress up for Halloween here.  Almost every adult I saw that night was dressed up.

 



This was the first house we trick or treated at and it was spooky!

 

William's "this is a little too spooky" look.

Our sweet baby was an owl for her first Halloween!

 

Hugs

Arrabella giving her cat, Medium Bashful, hugs!  It was a sweet moment to see her show affection to her stuffed animal for the first time! 

William and Arrabella

Todays throwback is this photo of William and Arrabella after she came home from the hospital. William loves his little sister so much. He is so sweet with her and has been a big help. He loves to hold her, play with her, and loves helping us whenever he can. Arrabella sure is lucky to have a loving and protective big brother.

Disney Character Breakfast

Last month during our trip to Oahu we had breakfast with some of the Disney characters at the Aulani Disney Hawaii resort.   We were excited for William and Arrabella to meet Mickey and Minnie.

Mickey pancakes!

Fun group shot.

A couple of goofs!

Baby Arrabella is a little unsure.

My kiddos.

Baby Arrabella meeting Minnie.

Daddy decided to pull an old family tradition and tell the staff it was William's birthday.  He was so funny and kept telling people "well actually it was already my birthday".  Funny, at least he knows lying its not a good thing but its ok sometimes if you get chocolate cake for free...right?!

William, Arrabella, and I joined in the fun! 

Me and my Bella baby!