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		<title>half moon bay</title>
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I haven&#8217;t been updating the blog much lately because we&#8217;ve been busy &#8211; even moreso than usual. Besides being in escrow for a new house (story and photos to come at a later date), we&#8217;ve had two weddings in two weekends. The most recent was Brian and Jen&#8217;s, and since it was on the coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>nalani at 4 months</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phew! Four months, really? It went by fast with Melina but this feels like super-speed.


Our littlest girl is up to all sorts of new stuff, including wanting to sit up (she does ok for about 10 minutes in a Bumbo chair or against a boppy), smiling at herself in the mirror, grabbing at things and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1619</link>
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		<title>capitola 2010</title>
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Last week we headed to Capitola for our annual Weiss family beach vacation, a tradition we started when Melina was Nalani&#8217;s age. Highlights included daily sand play (Kai), a mosaic mermaid on our walk to the beach (Melina), Grandpa/Grandma/Auntie Stacie holding time (Nalani), daily ice cream, a trip to the candy store, and of course [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1588</link>
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		<title>roly poly girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right on queue at three months, Nalani rolled from belly to back for the first time the other day. And then she did it a few more times, right in a row, just for kicks. I got several rolls on video but when I set her on her belly that evening to show off for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1585</link>
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		<title>are you the boss?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon we made chocolate chip cookies for Joey&#8217;s birthday. Joey set Nalani on the counter to watch and said, &#8220;Are you the boss?&#8221; She started busting up. Her laughs are a little hard to hear over her brother and sister&#8217;s goading, but they&#8217;re definitely full-body bursts of happiness.

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		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1579</link>
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		<title>happy three months, nalani!</title>
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When Melina heard Nalani had her three-month birthday today, she wanted to give her a present to open and cake with candles to blow out. (She would do the opening and blowing out, of course, being the three-YEAR-old!) We didn&#8217;t celebrate in such grand style, but have been celebrating the small moments for the past [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1555</link>
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		<title>nalani&#8217;s 8 week photo shoot</title>
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Last month we had another family photo shoot, this one to highlight our newest family member. By the end Kai made it very clear that he wouldn&#8217;t be interested in doing another shoot anytime in the near future, but he and Melina were both good enough sports to get some great shots. 


For her part, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fairyland</title>
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Melina got to play hooky from preschool again today, this time to visit Children&#8217;s Fairyland with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Stacie, and cousins Lucas and Noah. &#8220;No daddies except for Grandpa&#8221; she reminded me on the way out the door. Everyone had a blast except for possibly Nalani, who would have been more content lying on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1516</link>
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		<title>sf zoo visit</title>
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Long before Nalani was born, our friends the Yamadas gave us a couple free passes to the SF Zoo. They expired at the end of June but with at least eight months to spare we figured we had plenty of time. As human nature usually dictates, we waited until the last minute to finally trek [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1497</link>
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		<title>wheels all around</title>
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This month&#8217;s theme at Melina&#8217;s preschool is transportation, which seems all too appropriate given how much biking we&#8217;ve been doing. Mina got her first two-wheeler for her third birthday. It has no pedals and no training wheels, which is supposed to help her learn to balance. Look at the video to see how well she&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.monaloca.com/site/?p=1492</link>
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