December Events

-While hanging w/Grandma Sherrie Maiki amazed us once again. She got the poinsettia dish and a Clementine, sat down and peeled the orange ALL BY HERSELF! To top it off she very carefully put EVERY piece of the peel in the bowl, and then she threw it in the trash.

-Maiki went sledding w/the neighbors and tried out her sweet, new snowsuit. Thanks Uncle Dave and Aunt Beth!!!

-The girls got together and surprised Heidi w/a birthday lunch at Happy Sumo!

-Chris finally won the Christmas tree battle and got to pick out a REALLY tall, skinny tree. He was pretty mad when I told him it was my favorite too. I had no idea I even liked that kind of tree. (The picture doesn’t do it justice.)

-Maiki has enjoyed unwrapping a lot of presents. Eventually, I got lazy and just taped the parts she ripped off.

Chris is 30!

I've been slammed at work getting ready for the Schools to Watch presentation (which was today), and I missed the post about Chris' b-day. . .

Chris turned 30 on January 3rd!!!
Happy belated birthday!

For those of you that didn't see him last week he split his chin open taking out the garbage.=( We got to spend New Year's Eve in the ER. He had three stitches; that were only in a week. It's too bad Jon wasn't in UT at the time. It would've saved us a $100 co-pay and 3 hours of misery (telling Maiki not to touch anything in the ER).

Long Time No Blog

I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since I posted. I was feeling really guilty until I started checking everyone else’s blogs; I’m not the only one who’s been busy! :)

Here’s a quick summary of the last two months:

-We spent Thanksgiving w/Chris’ family in St. George and Koosharem. While visiting Grandpa and Grandma Williams Maiki rode a 4wheeler for the 1st time.
*Thanksgiving pics are on the Kodak site.

-Our two vacancies turned into THREE and Chris has been working his butt off renovating the house on 1st and Harrison. He’s days from finishing and praying it will stop snowing so he can quit shoveling and return to renovating.

-We had a friend Christmas party and Maiki said the S word for the 1st time. (It’s too bad there were a lot of witnesses. . .)

-The ski season finally started and I’ve enjoyed getting lots of time on the snow. (Yes, a lot of it has been while Chris is working his butt off on the rentals. it's a good thing he loves me.) It’s nice to be able to enjoy my new skis (Volkl Auroras) and work on teaching, instead of just telling people what lesson they get to teach. I learned about concentrating from a 5 year old Hawaiian boy and tried to figure out how to put a 12 year old from Michigan on time out-which is nearly impossible while in a ski class.
I’ve been searching high and low for a pair of skis that will fit Maiki. The shortest I’ve found are 80s, and size 10 boots. Unfortunately, that’s WAY too big for our little squirt.

The picture of Maiki and Dylan showing off their new winter hats was too cute not to share. :)

2 Year Check-Up

Maiki went to see the doctor yesterday and got TWO shots. She handled it like a champ! Chris held her tight and she only cried for a minute. Her check-up went well, and for the first time in months she gained a substantial amount of weight!
Weight-23 pounds/10th percentile (This is the 1st time she's been on the weight chart in months.)
Height-33.5 inches/50th percentile (She's always been average in height.)

For ~6 months Maiki has been on Prevacid for acid reflex. Since she's finally gaining weight we are going to gradually ween her.


Thank you for all of the birthday wishes and awesome presents. I hope she learns to appreciate how loved and spoiled she is. :D

Not Everyone Turns TWO in Las Vegas!

For Maiki's second birthday she got to spend the weekend with her brother Jason.

We had a great trip, and she had an awesome birthday. If you've never seen the KA Cirque du Soleil show at the MGM we highly recommend it! Here's the site http://www.mgmmirage.com/ka/, just in case you want to check it out.

On Maiki's actual birthday we had dinner at THE Steakhouse inside Treasure Island. It's an amazing restaurant (that doesn't allow children under six). We were very lucky that they made an exception. Maiki was on her best behavior and loved every bit of her filet mignon.

Here are some of my favorite pics. If you didn't see the Kodak slide show and want to see the rest e-mail me. :)

Maiki and mom on the airplane

Maiki at FAO Shwartz

Maiki walking w/Jason, then checking out the fish at Caesar's

Jason, Chris, and daredevil Maiki @ the Stratosphere

Jason, Chris, Maiki, and Annie

Jason & Annie, and The Birthday Girl!!!

Chihuly's glass ceiling at the Belagio (His artwork is amazing!)

Maiki pushing Jason (sisterly love)

Maiki, Annie, and Jason

The Williams and Sugimoto Families

*Sorry there aren't more pictures of Sherrie and Colleen & Ken.

Maiki's 24th Month

I know that the 24th month means she's two, but these were taken before her birthday. I'll post the Las Vegas and birthday pics soon.
I don't know how often I'll be able to post pics after that because Maiki broke my camera today. :( Normally, I would go out and buy one immediately, but we are about to be short two tenants and Chris is going to have to renovate our 4,000 square foot Ogden house, so it's going to be tight for the next two months.

Anyway, here are some adorable pics of Maiki!!!

Her favorite new hobbies are taking care of her babies and talking like a big girl. She can repeat almost everything we say.
Maiki was shopping the Toys-R-Us Big book for her
birthday presents.

Halloween Party

Beth and Krissy helped host an awesome Halloween party.