The Big Christmas Post!

Well, yet again it's been a while since our last post...  We've been pretty busy with visits, holidays and other life: from Dad/Grandpa Powlison's trip out in the beginning of December to my trip to the mainland (Boston and LA) in January.  And Christmas in between!  Keri, despite a difficult couple weeks juggling job, Cam and Great-Grandma while I was away, is really thriving at work.  Cameron gets more personable every day, with all the joys and flaws that entails!  He is talking nonstop these days and has quite a sense of humor.  He also, however, has quite an over-inflated sense of injustice against his person - like all 1.5-yr-olds I would guess!  2012 was quite a year of changes for us, and though we sometimes feel far from many of our most beloved family and friends, almost all of those changes have been for the good.  We look forward to all that 2013 may hold for our little family, and hope that it may bring a few of you out to this part of the world!

Alrighty - on to the pictures then!

playing ball with 'Baba.'  (side note: very sweet that Cam happens to call my dad "baba" since that's what I called  my grandpa Powlison too!)

favorite passtime: running after birds...  You can sort of tell from this pic that Cam has an awesomely hilarious running style.

'stockings all hung on the window with care'

Christmas morning, sporting very attractive matching "wanta" (according to Cam) hats

seriously, he really liked the hat.  Keri had to extend the back of it about 2 inches to fit his enormous brain-stuffed bean...

Xmas morning visit to the Hilltop gang

Cam is under the false impression that it's cold on Christmas

a sweet tie and cap christmas outfit on a sweet lad!

we went to my auntie Diane's for Xmas eve and the next afternoon for presents.  Here is her not too shabby view of diamond head and Honolulu from up in the Manoa valley.  106 stairs to get there from the street though!

Did Cam fill up on Christmas cake?  Sure looks that way

christmas eve

Uncle Dan, cousin CJ and great-grandma being very amusing

The Smith cousins (and auntie)

"this thing looks suspicious"

In early Jan., the convergence of new moon tides and big surf heavily damaged our beloved Kailua beach and the boat ramp... here they are fixing the ramp, not sure what will be done about the beach itself.

Many shoreline ironwood trees have been taken out by the erosion of Kailua beach  (most already removed in this pic) and the ocean is only a matter of 10 or 15 feet from the beach parking lot to the left now

Exhausted by the seasonal insanity, Cam catches ZZZZs when he can...

... and where he can!

Whoa!  TWO "Georges" for Christmas?!  Life doesn't get any better!  Bye for now!