Malia's SIX month party!

We asked Malia what she wanted to do for her much anticipated 1/2 birthday on Friday, and all she asked for was a trip to the beach AND the chance to finally eat something real! Yup, you've got it... We started Malia on her first solids today! She's been smackin' her lips an awful lot lately and figured what a better way to celebrate this milestone than to stuff our child full of yummy rice cereal!

Malia was born for this task... she LOVED it! We plan to stick with rice cereal for now, but can't wait to share all of the funny faces she makes as she tries new textures and flavors!

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(Malia's second birthday wish.)

We could not have asked for better weather! Clear skies, no wind, 80 degrees... it was gorgeous!
Since Malia has started solids, Daddy now thinks that he must let her try everything he eats... oh dear...

Before we had Malia, we ALWAYS went boogie boarding together. Since the ocean is so cold, it is not really something that one would want to do by themselves... you really need the support of a friend by your side who is freezing there right along with you. Well, with Malia around, it becomes a little tricky now that someone has to be on baby duty. Since it was such perfect weather, we both could not resist the urge to boogie board so put on our gear and took turns handing her off in the ocean. She got wet from a couple big waves, but was so tired she really didn't mind...
After Malia got all dried off from her excitment in the waves, and after her long relaxing nap, we let her play in the sand... something she wasn't really old enough to do the last time we went to the beach, so she had tons fun!