May your days be Merry and Bright!

How do we delight in Christmas cheer here in Hawaii? Well why not play at the beach? Nothing brings me more joy than watching my little Ezra brighten as he plays and learns. Here we are burying his feet in the sand. Each time, he would allow me to bury his feet, then kick them out from under the sand, and laugh and laugh. What a little joy. He is just overflowing with happiness all the time!

We then played in the waves, Chris, Katie, Grandma, and Liam in the water, and Ezra and I on the sand. We are having a delightful time, making family memories here all together. Hope you enjoy the pics!

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My son is amazing!

Ezra loves to mimick everything we do. When I fold laundry, he picks up clothes, shakes them out, and piles them. He loves to have his own bowl and spoon to stir in the kitchen while I am cooking, and the other day, he started doing sit ups with me on his own little towel on the floor. In this video he demostrates his door knocking and opening skills.

First Steps

Ezra is starting to try out walking with assistance! He has already improved his balance a lot since this video was taken last week. We are so proud of him!

More Peekaboo

Uncle Chris can really get Ezra giggling. Here they are at the diner table playing more peekaboo.

Leading the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and his own shadow.

Ezra loves to lead music, and loves his shadow or reflection. He could seriously do this for hours!

My little virtuoso

Ezra is the most amazing 19 mo musician I have ever seen. Here he is playing the uke, while I finger chords and sing.

Ezra Standing Up!

Ezra has had some very exciting developments these last couple weeks. Among the most exciting is his pulling to stand! Here is a video of one of the first times he stood up in his crib! He is also pulling his knees under himself to combat crawl (one step closer to crawling!). And he is now signing about 20 signs in addition to his 6 spoken words.

He says: Ball Dada Mama Kiddie Dog Boo

He Signs: Dada Mama Grandpa Grandma Chris hi and bye Boat Eat Dog Kiddie Bird Fish Pray Love You Music More Up Hat Hair No all done milk thank you shoes

He has even started combining signs, like up Dada, or More music! We will have to see if we can get video of him signing for you! This litle boy is such a joy!!!

--=ghh/

Time flies when your having fun!

We must be having a lot of fun, because the time is sure flying! We are having a ball in our new ohana style living home, Ezra is learning new things every day, and life is joyful. Here is a slideshow of our recent activities.

Happy Valentines Day!

Its a great day to love someone! And Ezra loves everyone, so he decided to share his box of chocolates and his rose. And his itchy little cherubum too! Hope you enjoy the pics.

Is January over already?

Alright well, there goes January! And what a fun month it was. We went to the zoo with April and Edison. We enjoyed a vist from Grandma Marcia! Ezra got his first hair cut. We played in the pool. Went on a date to the Cheesecake Factory (one of our most favorites! Thanks for the gift Jared!) Fell in love with the Kahuku Grill. and Liam worked super hard as usual at work and school. Hope you enjoy the pics!

Christmas Eve on the Beach

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We are here! We are here! We are here!

So the bad people at Go Daddy deleted our blog, and our website because we owed them like 8 bucks. Bummer. But don't worry Ezra fans! We will use this blog for now to get back in business. What have we been up to? So much!

We had a lovely break and enjoyed Ezra's first Christmas thoroughly! He got some delightful toys from his loving family! Our most treasured is the wooden cricket xylophone handcrafted by Great-Grandpa Clay! It has mallets for antenae, and its legs move up and down when rolled along on his wheels. What a master woodworker he is, as evidenced by the photos. We hear that it takes more time and expertice to make a children's toy, than it does an entire house full of furniture. Thank you so much Grandpa and Grandma!
Ezra also loves his musical car keys and Big Hungry Bear Book from Grandma and Grandpa Cornelison. He takes them in the car on our trips. He also enjoyed his Christmas Lullaby's. He gets a huge smile on his face when we put him on the scooter from Aunt Jaque. And he shakes his shoulders to the music when he plays his drums from Grandma and Papa Jacobs. Our dear neighbors also gave him a baby MP3 player, which he loves! Thank you so much everyone for your generous gifts to Ezra (and his Mom and Dad too!).
Liam has determined that Christmas is for parents, not kids. I think he is right. We loved watching Ezra crinkle paper, smile, and play with all his new toys. Liam felt very Fatherly as he anxiously assembled and added batteries to various items for Ezra to play with.

We also had a lovely thanksgiving, going back, with Katie and Thomas and Pat and Annie and Family. Good food, and good times.

Halloween was spent at various trunk or treats where Ezra learned to Grab candies, and drop them in his bag. We all got so excited when he did this that he got overwhelmed and began to cry! Sweet Boy! We also went to Bishop Museums Treat Street with April and Nate and little Edison!

And life in general? Crazy! Liam is working very hard at both work and school! He is beginning his last semester towards his Masters, which is supposed to be even crazier than the one before (I can't imagine! I hardly ever saw him!) We are training for the Great Aloha run, an 8 mile race that I entered us in for Liams Birthday Present. Some Present huh?! Not sure what I was thinking.

Our 2010 goals?
-Better Budgeting
-Healthier Lifestyles
-More time on the Beach!
-More Compasion

We are still adding to the list, but this sums it up pretty well. Perhaps I should add blogging? Haha.

Well, now I have rambled and rambled making you all read a very long post. So I will end it here, and give you what you really want...Ezra pictures! So much love to you all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!