Happy First Birthday!

Can you believe it? Kalea is ONE!


It is pretty incredible how fast time flies. I know it's clique and everyone says it, but it gets truer with each passing year. Kalea had a fantastic birthday party complete with bubbles, pinata and lots of good friends eating good food. Nothing better, I say.




Kalea just could not resist the ice in the buckets...


Chewing with Jake...



First taste of cake...er, frosting...mmmm, except Aunty and Grandma kept trying to clean me off!



Also this month, Kalea took her first swim class. It started off well, but as you can tell by the end she was not thrilled...

Almost a Year Old

Time sure flies. Kalea will be a year old in a couple of weeks...unbelievable. It seems like yesterday when she was just a bump in my belly! The 10th to 12th months of her life has been pretty remarkable, the jump in development that happens! She went from trying a few teetering step to full on walking in just a few weeks!! WOW! People tell you babies grow fast, but until you see it for yourself, it's ridiculous! Anyway, here are few fun things Kalea did this month...

First off, Kalea is starting to show us what she loves...for example,

I love my cousins...


I love my doggie....
I love blueberries...seriously
I love riding my doggie...
Just thrilled to be walking now...

Cannot resist climbing stairs...oh oh...

Arrrrgh...

of course, I love my daddy...


Til next post....

Just a little update...

It's finally heating up here in LA. Kalea can wear her cute jin-bei again! I keep trying to get pictures of her walking, but it's hard to capture. Here is Kalea trying to stay cool...

This one's a little older, when she attended Alayna's birthday party...doesn't she look like baby Jack in the box?

April

Why is it that everyone has to stick to mommy?

My first team jersey? Not UCLA, not Lakers...but Chivas, thanks to Uncle Ken when he was down in Mexico. Futbol!?





Had a fun Easter, got to have brunch with both sets of grandparents...and open lots of plastic eggs filled with treats!

Kalea hearts Cookie

First Haircut courtesy of Studio DNA

Thanks Aubrey for trimming Kalea with her crazy mop of hair! Kalea got her locks chopped by a professional while hanging out at the salon with Mommy...what a treat for the two of us!.

Happy Girl's Day!

March 3 is Girl's Day in Japan (Hina matsuri). So I don't know too much about the holiday, but I'm all for celebrating girls. Here is Kalea with some traditional Hina matsuri dolls...



And speaking of celebrating Girls, here is Kalea hanging out with her grandma and great grandma. 4 generations of girls strong!!!




Other random shots of our little 8 month old...

Here's a post-workout shot...



Being silly at work, wearing Tio Jose's cap....

Hanging out with Mommy at the Grove's Thurday afternoon kid conert...




and after the concert, dinner with Daddy at Orris. Sheesh, what a busy social calendar Kalea has.

First Xmas and New Year