the Kikuta's come to hawaii!

our friends from california came to visit last week, the kikuta's. kelly and steff, they have two sons: kole and shane. the last time they came was for our wedding over 3 years ago. on this trip they spent their time relaxing with no plans. we did get to do some stand up paddle boarding with leighton and his kids: carson and alyssa. kole and shane got to fly their kites at kapiolani park. on the last night we had dinner at Buca Di Beppo and played games at D&B. good times! can't wait till they can come again so i can play golf with kelly and steff. i want to see steff beat kelly.

ethan can walk

and 9 1/2 months later, ethan is now walking. his doctor predicted he would start walking by 9 months and he was right. he shows funny mannerisms and still screams randomly on occasion. i guess his personality is starting to show. he didn't care much for santa at kahala mall, but stayed still long enough for some pictures. i'm thinking he's going to get a lot of toys for christmas. check later for my next post.

Halloween!

it was ethan's first halloween and we decided to dress him as a monkey. i think it was fitting for him, since he acts like one right now. he crawls all over the place and he can stand for a few seconds now. this little monkey is growing up fast! check out his dad's scary pumpkin. that's trey next to ethan. he had an awesome stormtrooper costume that his mom found.

Ethan-8 months

ethan made 8 months this past saturday(yesterday). and he's getting to be really rascal now. he found his crawling skills a few months ago and he's getting faster at it. he's always been curious, so crawling and curious mixed together means alot of running around for mom and dad. he went to his first gymboree class on saturday and he had so much fun. in fact, ethan had so much fun that we signed him up for more classes. we'll see how it goes. gymboree is good for exposing him to new environments and to start him socializing with other kids. we found out that he's not shy, he had no problem approaching the teacher and mingling with the other kids. he really liked all the balls, seeing bubbles and playing under the parachute. oh yeah, he got another haircut too. more reports to come later.

Ethan makes 6 months today!

ethan is 6 months old today. since the last post he's now eating solid foods and can roll all over the place. he's beginning to sit upright and just had his first haircut. ethan's mom didn't like his hair in his eyes so she had his bangs trimmed a little bit. one last thing, everything goes into his mouth, and i mean everything.

New Toy

we were lucky to get a new toy from our neighbor. they have a 1 1/2 year old boy and has outgrown some things. they gave us a bouncer that ethan seems to really like. really, really like.... check out the video and see for yourself.

4th of July

we saw the fireworks display from kaimana beach in waikiki this year. it was ethan's first 4th and he came prepared with his new hat and cool shades. he actually didn't mind wearing his sunglasses this time, maybe because it was so bright there. it was a potluck with garlic chicken, musubi's, zippy's chili, shoyu hotdog, watermelon and so much more. sarah made a really good cake and stacy made ginger tea for everyone. too bad ethan couldn't eat anything, he missed out. he'll be chowing down next year for sure.