A few things I've been up to...

Eating!!! Oh, how I love to eat :)

Boating. That's me, Captain Elle (Well, my Mom & Dad are both Captains, so that makes me one too, right?)

Hangin' with Mom. She really enjoys dressing me up in little punk outfits, like this hoodie & jeans.

And of course, Dad boxing me up to be shipped off. Here I come Grandma & Grandpa ~ All I need is to be fed, changed and the occasional raspberry on my chubby belly!

And in between all of that, I also mastered that whole walking thing! (My Mom & Dad sure have their work cut out for them ~ walking at 8 months old, Yikes!)

I'm Walkin'

I watched my Cousin B go from crawling to walking durring his visit to Maui, so I have been working hard to figure out that walking thing... And of course having lots of fun playing in my pool out back between practicing!

Oh yea, and doing a little jeep repair with the boys too.

I took my first steps this weekend, and this morning my cousin B had a pair of sunglasses I wanted, so I walked across the room to take them from him! He wasn't too happy, but my Mom was really excited. I'm not a pro yet, but I'll keep practicing with my walker, and maybe my Mom will actually be able to catch the real thing on film one day soon.

My cousin B's visit

My cousin is only 3 months older than me, so we have been having so much fun playing together!

I think our Dads are having just as much fun playing as us!

Suki has really enjoyed B's visit - Her new favorite place in the house is under the highchair. (I think B was having just as much throwing his food down to the dog, as she was having eating it up).

Auntie Marci with the 'twins'. Apparently if you walk around with two kids that look the same age everyone assumes they are twins. After explaining to several people that stoped us to commented on how cute the twins are, that they are actually cousins, my Mom decided it was easier to just agree that her twins are cute, aren't they?

I even got to be the flower girl for my for a couple of my Mom & Dad's friends that got married yesterday. (Unfortunately, I ended up eating so many of the flowers, my job as flower girl was quickly revoked)

My mom broke her foot a couple weeks ago, so I have been extra good lately, so she doesn't have to work too hard.

I recently learned how to walk around while holding onto the furniture, but B just mastered walking without any furniture! I think I'll try that soon too.

Video time...

Don't worry, Suki wont hurt a hair on my head. In fact one of my favorite things to do these days is chase her around the house, and once I catch up to her I either pull her tail or try to chew on her foot - She promptly growels, which makes me laugh & she takes off to try to find a place in the house I can't get to her. (Not many places left these days that I can't get to her, I summited the stairs today!)

I got lots of great new toys for Christmas; ones that play music, ones that I pull apart & put back together, little ones, big ones, ones with wheels, ones with strings...but it turns out that a $2.99 bag of tortilla chips is more fun than all my piles of colorful toys. :)

Mele Kalikimaka!

Christmas is awesome! Mom & Dad kept telling me that my first Christmas was coming and I was going to have so much fun... and I did!!!

I got my first taste of present opening on Christmas eve, and was hooked!

I just loved all the crunchy paper & boxes! My Mom & Dad kept trying to show me what was in the boxes, but I didn't really care when I had a perfectly good cardboard box to play with!

Thanks Coco for the fun toy & outfit! I especially loved this box :)I have to admit, I am little spoiled, see all those presents under the tree...most of them were for me, but Suki had a few under there too.Thanks Nana & Pappy for all the fun toys & ornaments :)We celebrated with our Maui Ohana by having a 'Mexican Christmas' feast.After the feast we decided to go burn some calories at the beach... As you can see, I was feeling pretty mischievous, just wait & see what I do...After consuming at least a pound of sand with my Buddie 'T'....And after a little surfing session (There is T only 16 months old standing by himself waiting for the waves)...I spent the morning crawling (face first) all over the beach! It was so much fun, I even liked it when my Dad dunked me in the ocean to rinse off the sand....which I promptly reapplied the moment my Mom put me down to crawl again.But oh how tired I was after all that sun, water & fun. lucky for me I can just fall asleep whenever or wherever I am, and I wake up clean, dry and snuggled up in my pink bed!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Night Night

One of my very favorite times is when I get to go take a bath, put on my pajamas, drink some warm milk and crawl into bed!

How I love to torture my parents by wiggling and wriggling all over the place so that is is almost impossible to get my PJ's on me!

Lets do it again... I'm not tired yet!!!

Happy Halloween

Halloween is a pretty cool holiday! My mom dressed me up like a pumpkin, which everyone thought was a good idea since my head is round & bald like a pumpkinI even went trick or treating with my friend Travis. We only hit a few houses, but got tonz of candy...Dad liked that part!

Speeking of Dad, when he gets home from work I love to give him a big hug, but then I saw Suki giving him kisses with her tongue, so I thought I should give it a try. Kinda salty & scratchy, I think I wil stick to normal kisses.

Suki, however, loves to kiss anyone that will let her get away with it. (You will notice Mom isn't in any of these photos... I think she thinks dog kisses are grose!)
Look at me jump!!! (These videos are for you Dad, so you remember how cute I am, and come back home soon. We miss you)