Kaylana is 1 year old! and San Diego Trip…

Last Saturday Kaylana turned 1!  She also had her first trip on an airplane!  We flew down to San Diego for our nephew’s baptism and I couldn’t get the day off so we had to fly Saturday morning.  Kaylana was very well behaved because she slept through most of the flight, which was awesome for us.  We picked up our rental car, went to my sister’s house, changed, picked up some last minute things for her at Costco, and went straight to the baptism!  It was great to see Kainoa get baptized and hear T.J. give the talk on baptism.  I’m sure it will be the first of many, as he was called to serve a full-time mission in Paraguay, Asuncion North Spanish-speaking mission.  He will be heading to the MTC in October.  We are so excited and proud of him!

Left: Me, T.J. & Ro as T.J. opened his mission call                           Right: Uncle T.J., Kaylana, and Ysella (Jubie’s daughter)

I am catching up as I realized I haven’t blogged in over 2 months.  After the baptism we had a lil celebration at a nearby park for Kaylana’s birthday and Kanioa’s baptism.  Kaylana seemed more intrigued by all the people surrounding her than the actual huge cake that was in front of her.

I love the dress she is wearing.  I got it a while back and am so glad it fit her for her birthday!

 

We relaxed the whole weekend as it was our first vacation this year.  Here are some pictures of the girl cousins playing.

 

 

My parents were leaving Monday, so we walked(my sister lives by the beach and the hotel was only a few blocks away but two strollers plus two little boys running around is more challenging!) to their hotel and the kiddies opened presents from Uncle Rojohn & Auntie Merilee.  Afterwards we ate some yummy pho and took casual cousin and family pictures. 

Kaylana loved her present: a Little People car! She enjoyed everyone else’s presents too.  Haha.

 

Look  at my mischievous lil girl trying to grab her cousin Makeo’s hair.  Hahaha.

 

  

 

Me and my girl!

 

 

T.J. finally got in the picture with us after he set up the tripod!  Kaylana was kicking Auntie Marc’s head.  Lol.

 

 

The next day we went to Seaworld! Yay!  We finally rode a ride as my sister came with us and we swapped kids to ride.  Here is Rigo and Kainoa on Journey to Atlantis.

 

We got to see tons of animals, which we loved, especially the penguins, puffins, beluga whales, dolphins, polar bears and fishies.  Kaylana got a kick out of touching the ice wall that simulated the Arctic.

 

I saw this awesome sign at one of the shows and had to get a picture. All the shows are great at SeaWorld, especially the Sea Lions if you want a laugh and Blue Horizons if you like the Cirque du Soleil type and dolphins. Pets Rule and Shamu were great too of course.  Kaylana was all cuddly by the end of the day.

Being down by San Diego, we had to hit the beach at some point.  Kaylana got in her swimsuit for the first time!

At first she cried when the water hit her, but after a few waves, she was loving it!  Yay water lover like her Mama!

 

 

 

 

  Kaylana kissed and hugged her cousins goodbye, and we had to head home back to reality.  But it was a fun and relaxing vacation!

The day after we got home we had a celebration with the Canizalez side.  Kaylana opened more presents and got to eat her first cake…she loved it and made a mess!

 

 

 

 

She really dug into that cake.  Oh frosting! Kaylana has truly been a blessing in our lives.  She brings so much joy and happiness into our home and is seriously one of the most smiley babies.  I could not have asked for a sweeter or more precious child and am so grateful to be her mother. 

Happy Birthday Kaylana! We love you so much!