November 30, 2014 - 4 Months, 16 Days

Danial took Kadin to work for a few hours today while I did a house call, so we had to get him all dressed up for spending the day at the hangar (notice the bib!).  
Later on, I went to get him and he was helping Danial check over the plane before her scenic flight.

November 29, 2014 - 4 Months, 15 Days

Wow.  I think he's going to be a musician of some sort... He was fascinated by the violin!

November 28, 2014 - 4 Months, 14 Days

It's amazing what the camera's angle can do - both taken within seconds of each other!  

November 27, 2014 - 4 Months, 13 Days HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

While we couldn't share the actual pumpkin pie with Kadin, we did the next best thing and introduced him to his first taste of real food today.  He seemed pretty excited for more!

November 26, 2014 - 4 Months, 12 Days

Kadin steals my camera and says, 'No more photos Momma!'

I didn't take this one; my friend and client Annie did, capturing that super adorable unilateral dimple of his!

November 25, 2014 - 4 Months, 11 Days

November 24, 2014 - 4 Months, 10 Days

Sporting the cute winter wear...

November 23, 2014 - 4 Months, 9 Days

How can I be this white after 2 weeks in Hawaii?  Jeez...

November 22, 2014 - 4 Months, 8 Days

We biked down to meet Danial at the TAT hangar and let Kadin snooze in the carrier while we had a late lunch.  It was a fun outing, but somehow this is the only photo we took today. 

These two shots are from a few days later but I just had to share how cute he is when he's sleepy!

November 21, 2014 - 4 Months, 7 Days

Big day today - drove into Anchorage to have Kadin's hemangioma looked at (it's a benign skin lump made up of abnormal vessels and will disappear by the age of 5 or so).  Then lots of town errands (recycling, groceries, hardware store, lunch, etc) and back home by 10pm.  Looks like the driver is a lot sleepier than the passenger!

November 20, 2014 - 4 Months, 6 Days

November 19, 2014 - 4 Months, 5 Days

Kadin gets more and more expressions on his face every day.  Also, just have to love the ezis (or hedgehog) t-shirt!

November 18, 2014 - 4 Months, 4 Days

November 17, 2014 - 4 Months, 3 Days

In the afternoon, I bundled Kadin up and off we went for a brisk walk in the neighborhood.  Nope, we certainly are not in Hawaii anymore Kadin.  (I think he was actually quite glad to be home!)

November 16, 2014 - 4 Months, 2 Days

Back in Alaska, and I already forgot to take a picture today.  These two are from the morning of the 17th instead.  Kadin and his favorite toy, "Horton, el elefante azul".

November 15, 2014 - 4 Months, 1 Day

Yum... I love my fingers!  

Taken on the flight back to Alaska, where one of the attendants proclaimed she wanted another baby (which would be her sixth!) after meeting Kadin.

November 14, 2014 - 4 MONTHS OLD!!!

Happy Birthday Kadin!  Crazy to think that he is already 4 months old.  He weighs around 15 lb now and is laughing and smiling all the time and is just figuring out how to roll over.   He watches everything that's going on around him.

Our last day at the beach and we had a great time at the keiki pool at Wawaloli Beach just south of Kailua-Kona.  Sorry, it's just so hard to pick only one photo!!!

November 13, 2014 - 122 Days Old

It started raining as we arrived at Waialea Beach and there was a mass exodus leaving the area but we loved the cooler weather and I hung out with Kadin under the umbrella while Danial went snorkelling.  Within an hour, the sun was back out and Kadin went for a little dip in a tidepool and then relaxed in the shade on my sarong.  Awesome Day!

November 12, 2014 - 121 Days Old

A day in the native jungle of Hawaii at the Kalopa State Park.  Kadin was awake for most of the hike, and as usual, enjoyed looking up at the canopy.  He also really enjoyed the cooler air at a higher elevation!

November 11, 2014 - 120 Days Old

We went to Kapoho tide pools and alternated hanging out with Kadin and...

... snorkelling!  It was one of our favorite places.

It was also a great place to try out Kadin's PFD!

November 10, 2014 - 119 Days Old

Kadin takes a nap after breakfast, giving us a chance to break camp.  He loved looking up at all the eucalyptus trees!!  

Our next night's accomadations was a screened in room with a comfy bed surrounded by the jungle and all the sounds that go along with that (which means the incessant "kow-kee" of the coqui frogs all night long...)  All three of us slept great and I certainly loved it but not for the sensitive sleeper!

Here is the poor little coqui, displaced from it's original home in Puerto Rico in 1988 and now making so much racket all night long.  

November 9, 2014 - 118 Days Old

Sunrise hike back up to the smoking volcanic caldera.  Kadin was not overly impressed but we enjoyed the beautiful colors of the sunrise through clouds and volcanic smoke.

Next, we took a 4 mile hike down into the caldera of Kilauea Iki, a smaller crater that still has steaming vents but is dormant with no recent eruptions nor noxious fumes.  What a surreal landscape - like all the movies about other planets!

Kadin didn't know what to say about that crazy landscape.  He was smiling seconds before this but I liked his expression here... a new one and I'm not sure what the heck he was thinking at that point!

November 8, 2014 - 117 Days Old

We arrived at Volcanos National Park and hiked up to see the Kilauea Caldera at sunset.  The 1/2 mile hike back to the campground in the dark was a highlight for Kadin.

November 7, 2014 - 116 Days Old

We stayed at a B&B Farm south of Kona and finally had a day to enjoy it.  Kadin was a little leary of the geese, which is probably an intelligent assessment of geese's personality!