Birthday Banquet

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Ankong and Ama threw a banquet for Janie’s birthday and she LOVED her noodles.

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Birthday Noodles a video by beakatude on Flickr.

Another Birthday Cake! a video by beakatude on Flickr.

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She also got a second birthday cake but it was getting late when it came time to sing to her.

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It was way past her bedtime and she was NOT in the mood to taste any kind of cake at the moment.

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After a little downtime, she got her second wind long enough for some family photos.

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Baby Luau

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We had a baby luau to celebrate Janie’s 1st birthday today. Here she is with her Nemo cake.

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She wore the Hawaiian dress that Uncle Johnny and Auntie Joy bought for her from Maui and she looked so cute with the flower in her hair too.

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The whole family came over to Yai’s house and everyone got a lei and tasty Hawaiian food.

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Twins

Today we went to lunch with the family.  We met up with Daddy’s cousin Victor and his family.

Apparently, twins run in Daddy’s side of the family since cousin Victor has identical twin boys (pictured above) and his other cousin Faye (in Southern CA) has identical twin girls.

Here’s Janie with her second cousins Justin and Alex.  Cute!  They’re 15 months (adjusted age) and she’s just about the same size as them.  Actually, I think she weighs more (!) than each of them at half their age.

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