Christmas in Washington

So 3 days after we got back from Boise we re-packed and geared up to go up to Washington for a week for Christmas. It.was.awesome! Spent the days just being lazy and hanging around the North Pole, well that's what it felt like.  My mom had the house decorated so great! It was so cozy and Chrismassy, for lack of a better word.  It looked amazing.  My dad had the outside all lit up that puts Clark W Griswold to shame, glorious!

We got to spend time with my 94 year old Gram and Aunt Judy who flew up from Texas.  Gram got to enjoy seeing her 3 great grandsons.  It was a real treat.  Christmas was crazy.  Inoke was everywhere, I mean everywhere, crawling on top of people, on top of other babies, pulling down Christmas lights and decorations, chewing on the coffee table and anything else he could get in his mouth.  It was fun to watch Inoke and Ezra interacting and discovering each other, and Scotty's little guy Jack just sleeping the events away, except when you moved him, he would get a bit unnerved and let you know it! Sounds a bit like a newborn I used to know.. just wants to be left alone.

It was such a glorious week, went by too fast of course.  I got to catch up with some great gals, thanks Shannon E., Katie, and Shannon S. for some great laughs and catching up!!

Packing!

Airplane, ready to take off, Inoke slept the whole time, he's fantastic

View coming into Seattle 

Santa greeting us after we landed!

                                                                  Sione and Baby Jack

                                                                              Jack

Our tradition, Black Bear Diner, YUM

Ezra and Inoke in AWE of Santa!

Great Gram and Judy following the rules, rule #1 whenever you come into the kitchen you have to decorate a cookie

Great Gram montage

Jack

The 3 Musketeers - Inoke 7 1/2 months, Ezra 5 1/2 months, Jack 4 weeks

We made a snowman cookie and look what came out of the oven! It's a Christmas miracle, thanks Danny ;)

Inoke and Ezra with Uncle Cory

Nana and her long awaited grandsons

The coveted walker, both boys loved this thing

Me and Jack

Pop Pop and the boys

Nana and Jack

Sums it up, always in the middle of everything

Christa, Scotty and Jack

The Fam! So much fun!

Then we did a little fun photo shoot with Inoke.... 

USU Bowl Game

Naki and the Utah State Aggies played in the "Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" in Boise Idaho.  We had so much fun!  Ela, Daniel, Sione, Inoke and I left Provo on Thursday December 15th and headed out on our road trip up to Boise.  We got to hang out with Naki and Lindsay on Friday before the big game, watched the game on Saturday and drove home on Sunday just in time for me to work my swing shift at PG, it was a fun, fast weekend.  Inoke did great as always, he did have a bit of a cold but still powered through all the activities and excitement like a champ!

Daniel and Inoke holding sleeping in the car holding hands, tender!

Boise is excited about reading, my kind of town!

Scary Panda Posse.

Inoke's Blessing

Okay this is sooooo late, but I was waiting on some pics to post.  We blessed Inoke Vincent Asisi on October 23, 2011.  We had the blessing at the house with just family, it was really nice. June and Tevita were in town for Naki's game and my mom and dad also came in town, so it worked out great.  We blessed both Inoke and Danny's baby Ezra on Sunday while my parents were in town, it was a whirlwind weekend.

7 months

He's getting big folks! 7months, crazy!

Inoke is recognizing when things get taken away, he likes to throw a little fit, silly baby.

He is recognizing who his mom and dad are which is adorable.  He'll reach for one of us while someone else is holding him.  He hasn't gotten to the "stranger danger" mode yet, which is nice because we can still pass him around and have different people hold him.

He has some favorite toys, he loves the hand and foot shaped chew toys for his teeth, board books, pull toys that vibrate, really anything he can put in his mouth and chew on.

He's climbing up on everything, pulling himself up to standing position in his crib and squawking funny sounds when he wakes up from his naps.

He's pretty much sleeping through the night, with the occasional little night whimpers when he needs his bink put back in... no more night feedings, yay!!!

Cruising around, this kid means business! 

He also loves his vegetables and gets pretty angry when they're all gone