We're back!!!!

Well, it's been.... awhile since we last updated our blog. Sorry about that. Things have been pretty busy around here. I'll just summarize and get to the good part - the pictures! Harper had surgery in the summer to repair her umbilical hernia. She recovered quickly, and her new belly button looks great. We moved, again, but this time off of our mountain. For those of you who didn't know, we have moved up and down the same mountain since we moved to Hawaii. In August, we decided to venture East. We are now in the closest thing to suburbia on Oahu, a.k.a. Hawaii Kai. After we moved, we took a quick trip to Texas to celebrate in the wedding festivities of Meredith Harrington and her British chap, Reuben. Mike's parents and his older sister and her family came to Hawaii for the week of Thanksgiving. Advent began, and we haven't stopped yet! Harper will be 8 months old on Christmas day, and she has changed so much. She is waving, clapping, BABBLING, crawling, sitting up like a champ, eating baby foods, and so much more. It's so much fun to see her changing so quickly. She has a very cheerful and content disposition... for now. :) If you would like to hold her, she will let you. So, come to see us! On a side note, we must thank Jennie Whitaker for being such a faithful fan of our blog. Without her continued.... encouragement, we might have gone even longer without updating it. Jennie, this one's for you!
Harper supporting UH and looking quite chubby.

A few months ago.

First bites of real food!

Harper loves bath time.

While in Texas, Memaw (Harper's great-grandmother) gave her a special gift. Memaw's mother made an Easter jacket and bonnet for Tami's mom's first Easter. Here are the four generations with Harper in the Easter clothes

Tami and "the cutest pumpkin in the patch."

Some of our old crew met up for dinner in Boerne. (The Allports, Boddies, Harts, and Houcks)

Harper with her future boyfriend, Collin Hart (~9 months at that time, ~4 months older than H)

Harper with her Poppie (great-grandfather) and Mike.

Although she had been to the beach, this was Harper's first swimming pool experience. We enjoyed our first swim at the Wang's new condo.


Harper was a pumpkin for Halloween. Here she is with the treat bag that the Houcks and Harts gave to her.


Mike's dad asked us if Mike was a Republican for Halloween!

Pausing for a picture during a game of Superman.

Teething has definitely begun.

When Mike's family was here, we went to the Sea Life Park. We loved it!


Harper looked goooood for Thanksgiving. She got to wear the home team's colors.


Harper got to (had to) wear the winning team's colors to church on Sunday.

We went to see St. Nicholas.

We went to a local Christmas fair with our friends, the Ingalls. Tami and Harper with Teresa, Clayton, and their daughter, Autumn (Harper's first friend).

When we met Santa Claus, Harper liked his beard.

Harper posing for our Christmas cards.

That's it for now, but we hope to stay more current with our posting. We miss you all and are wishing you all a blessed Christmastide and a wonderful New Year!!!