Miley the Artist

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Auth! Miley loves the easel.

Miley is 2

We had a wonderful celebration for Miley's 2nd birthday. Her friends Mason and Betty Jo (along with their parents and Stephanie too) joined us for a morning at the zoo. The kiddos enjoyed wagon rides, a visit from the blue macaw, coloring, and cupcakes. For those unfamiliar, the Pana'ewa Zoo is really amazing. From the second video you might think there are only feral chickens showcased...but that video was taken in the parking lot. Watch it and you'll get a glimpse at Miley's 2 year old attitude. How does she say "no" with such sass?

Miley loves the zoo and she loves her birthday as well. Although I don't think she's a fan of birthday candle smoke.

Miley is talking a lot more. I love the way she says "I'll get it."................"giddit" and "Right there".........."ride dare". I don't like the way she says, "Can I have that."......"Mine!" She likes to be involved with everything. She pushes the wet laundry into the dryer and closes the door. She'll help make dinner by standing on her stool and washing vegetables. She also likes to press the buttons on our appliances for smoothing making or coffee grinding. She loves to play in vehicles and has learned to insert the key into the ignition of the Nalu van. She pretend plays one game in which she'll fluff out a blanket and lay down saying, "asleep" and after a sixth of a second she yells "awake" and is up and at it again. This is one game that I would like to encourage to last longer. Miley loves Rhett. She'll give him toys and often wakes from naps questioning, "baby?" as in "Where's my bro mom it's time to play".

Here's a bit of face time for Rhett. What a flirt! More to come soon because he's taken is first bites of food, is starting to sit on his own, and is 6 months old.

Easter Fun

On Easter Saturday we hosted the

4th Annual Easter Beer (and Egg) hunt.

The beer hunt is a fun tradition Mike and Sarah introduced to us. It has changed a lot since the inaugural hunt. With the addition of many kids in our circle of friends, we've added egg hunting along with the beer hunting.
It is Authome fun for the whole family.

Miley had a blast. She is such a party girl! She was confused as to why there were eggs all over the yard, but her concern quickly dissipated when she learned we were picking them up. Miley, Betty Jo, and Este had a wonderful time together. They shared eggs, went swimming, ate pizza, danced, and partied all afternoon and evening. Perhaps it was the chocolate malt eggs that the older kids shared that made the girls rock out so long.

The beer hunt was fun. My favorite part was the after hunt boat race (drinking game), and the lovely mix of beers that Timber found while hunting. The best one: Koko Brown brewed by Kona brewing Co. YUM!

Fortunately the kids are great egg finders (I have only found one egg and it was plastic.) and the adults are lousy beer finders (Timber and I have each found beers in the back yard since the hunt.)

Thank you to all the participants, to our field marshals Sarah and Unky and the special guest appearance by Mike.

We hope you had a lovely Easter. Happy spring!

Here's where we're at... Rhett just made 4 months. He weighed in at 14 pounds and 21 inches, which is exactly where Miley was when she was 4 months. He rolls easily from side to side and has made it to his tummy twice. In the past couple weeks he has started cooing more. The other night he cracked up laughing at Timber. He must have my sense of humor...anything Timber does is funny. Miley has her dad's sense of humor. She loves it when people trip and fall. She is getting close to 2 years old. (Whew, how did that happen?) She loves coloring and stickers. She is potty trained save a few accidents when mommy and daddy forget to take her to the restroom. The tough part about it is that she doesn't have the skills to take her own pants down. She is becomming more of an individual with precise wants. In the morning she always wants her milk in the cup with a straw. She likes to pick her own clothes, which often means she has two shirts and no britches. Or that she has a pink flowered shirt with a crazy fish print pair of shorts. I hope the freedom of wardrobe she experiences allows her future fashion creativity or else I'll be hearing a lot of, "I can't believe you dressed me in that."

Happy Birthday Timber

Rhett!

Welcome Baby

Rhett James Auth

Born November 28th at 5:08pm
6lbs 13oz

This is one tough little boy! Despite a long labor (story to come soon), and some complications, he arrived healthy with an Apgar score of 8 out of 10. In the three days after birth he has gained back all but three ounces of his birth weight (it takes most babies two weeks). So, you can guess that he is a good eater. He has big feet and long delicate fingers. He didn't get Timber's uni-brow or the strong brow that Miley got, but he does have a healthy head of dark hair. He is a chill kiddo, only upset when he's wet, hungry, or cold. We shower him with golden love and are so happy he has finally joined us!