Newport Beach Family Vacation

Meali'i and cousin Portlin

Briggs, baby Bennett, Dutch, Portlin, Mea, & Tru

Our little family :)

I love this pic!

Our growing family

So sad, so many people there visiting his star

Sleeping at Disneyland.....Dutch, Moana, Tru.....love it!

Precious

We had a great time going on vacation to Cali with my family. We go every year and rent the same beach house each time. We usually go for a week, but we got to go for a week and a half this year. It was sooo fun! We thought it would be too long, but it was perfect. Jason and I brought his niece Moana with us and she had a blast playing with all the kids. She was a little hesitant on the rides at Disneyland, but she wanted to go again after every one. It was fun to have Meali'i there with us, but it was hard when I wanted to lay out! Maybe next year I can get more sun! We always do family pics there on the beach so here they are!

Photo Shoot

Since I am a bad mom and never got newborn pictures of Meali'i, my mom and I decided to do our own photo shoot. So we made her a tutu and got some sexy pink boa to wrap around her. haha. We now understand why some photographers are priced so high! It was not easy, but it was a lot of fun. We bought a grass skirt for her to do some pictures in also, but she was too tired, so we'll have to save that outfit for the next pictures! Hope you like them!

Blessing day and Misc....

Mea wore the dress my mom, my aunt, and myself wore when we were blessed!
Thanks for coming everyone!Mea and her friend Crew (Tyler & Ashley's boy)This is what happens when daddy takes pics.......So happy......And this is what happens when mommy takes pics :( hahaMeali'i's first cabin trip

Meali'i was so good on her blessing day. We were glad that she wasn't screaming during the blessing. That would have been horrible! We had fun seeing everyone and hanging out for the weekend! Meali'i is 7 wks today. She is getting big and chunky so fast. She smiles all day and loves when I give her to Jason! She concentrates so hard on his face, it's so cute! She's almost cooing. We can't wait for that!

Small Kine Pics

Here are a few pics taken by Meali'i's daddy :) Wassup everybody!!

Meali'i

Thanks for my cute outfit Nygren's!

Haha I love this one!!

Mea & Auntie Kiana (Jason's sister)

Easter Sunday

Moana (Mea's cousin)

Easter Sunday dress!

Mauka (Mea's cousin)

Here are a few pics from the last 3 wks. I can't believe she will be a month old on Monday! It's going by fast and we are having a blast! I forgot to say how big she was when she was born. She was 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She is definately bigger than that now! She is eating all day long and is getting the cutest double chin! ha

Here she is!!

Well, she is finally here! I started having little cramps Sunday morning, but didn't really think anything of it. We went to church and they started getting much stronger. We decided to go to the hospital that night at 1:00 a.m. I got an epidural at 3:45 a.m., the greatest thing ever!! Things were progressing for the first few hours, but slowly. So they gave me pitocin at about 8:00 a.m. and that definately worked! I went from dilated to a 4 to a 9 in an hour. I started pushing at 9:30 and she was born at 11:21!!! As for her hair, we were just as shocked as you guys probably are. It is totally red, but it makes sense coming from Jason's family. She totally looks like Jason to me and I don't see any of my family in her so she's already a daddy's girl! We are so excited and know it will be a lot of work, but worth it! The #1 question....name!?!?! Well, we decided to go with Meali'i Ella A'alona. I will put more pictures up soon!

Baby Shower

Me & hubby on Valentine's Day

The cutest cake ever! I didn't wanna cut into it!

Jason's sisters, Chelsea & Alexis decorating onesies

Last Saturday my aunt and cousins threw my baby shower for me. I couldn't have asked for a better shower. The cutest part was everyone that came decorated onesies for me. It was in Vegas and I was 37 wks prego. We thought it was a success because my water didn't break or anything crazy! I am down to 12 days and Jason and I are soooo excited, we can't wait any longer! Jason is a little upset because this week is spring break and we are stuck in Cedar City because it's too close to my due date; however, we will try and make the best of it! For all you girls, I am dilated to a 2, 80% effaced, and she has dropped and in position! Doc doesn't think I'll go past my due date and he thinks it should be an easy delivery. Hopefully he is correct! P.S. The first pic is just a random one we threw in there :)