All girl

We had an Intern/Stint recruitment dinner last week and Mikela came along. She wasn't so into the meeting so one of our interns, let her play dress up with her jewelry. Mikela was so stoked and loved putting on every single piece of jewelry that Caellin had. Too fun!!! I can't wait till Mikela playes dress up with her baby brother!

Christmas a bit late

Sorry this is so late. We just put our pictures on our computer from Christmas. Life in the Priola household has been nuts the last two months. We were gone for Christmas for four weeks then came home for one week then headed back South so that Mikela could stay with Grandma and Papa and Mom and Dad could go to Thailand. We got home a week ago and are trying to get our bearings. Grandma potty trained Mikela while Mom and Dad were in Thailand, which was incredible. So Mikela is now a big girl with big girl undies. Mommy is now 31 weeks pregnant and we are realizing that Kai will quickly be joining our little family. We promise more pictures to come, but for now here are some from Christmas!!

Thanksging in SoCal

Although it is only my second Thanksgiving, I have to say that there is nothing better than Thanksgiving SoCal style (no offense to my NoCal, Central Coast, and Central Valley peeps, but it's just the best.) It was 75 degrees and sunny. If that's from Global Warming,...then I'm down. I got to hang at the beach near grandpop's, had picture in picture going with Elmo in one box and the Cowboys game going in the other box. I pounded some turkey and other grub. It sure beats baby food. Mom and Dad had to sit at the kid's table with me because there was no room at the other table. I think they were so stoked about that. We just had a blast. I cannot wait for Christmas. Daddy says, "Santa stole Christmas and we are stealin' it back!". Not sure what that means, but I am gonna be bummed if Santa doesn't hook me up. I've been reading in my little picture Bible and am learning that Christmas is really about Jesus. That's super cool, but I am still gonna be bummed if Santa doesn't show up.

IT'S A.........

So I know you are all wondering what is going on. For those of you that do not know I am pregnant, actually 4 1/2 months pregnant. We just keep forgetting to post it on our blog. Well we found out today what we are having and we are having a BOY!!! We are so excited. I can't believe it and I feel like I don't know what to do with a boy but we know we are going to have a blast. So Kai William should be joining our family sometime around April 9! More updates to come and maybe pictures of my already very large belly!

Halloween Fun

I promise more pictures to come but here is one of Mikela that one of our friends sent us. This year Mikela was a bee for Halloween. She was a very proud bee and this picture is from our Bluebird Music class with Auntie Kit.

Family Pictures

While we were in Hawaii one of our good friends, Jesse Acosta, took some pictures of our family. Here are two of our favorites. More to come we promise!!!

Late, but worth the wait!!!

The whole Hardy family, 8 adults and 7 kids, headed to Hawaii for a week vacation. Mikela loved the ocean and loved playing with her cousins. After our family left, we stayed for one more week with some long time friends the Websters. We had the chance to visit with the Matsui's where Mikela got to ride a horse and see the Acostas new home! We survived Hurricane Flossy, a Tsunami warning, a fire near the house we were staying in but the worst of all was Tropical Storm Mikela!! She was teething with bleeding gums, running a high fever, broke out in a rash and was waking up every two hours!! It made vacation oh so fun, not. Of course the Tropical Storm hit after our family left so it was all on Mommy and Daddy! But all in all, our time in Hawaii was a blast and it was great to spend time with family and visit with great friends!