my baby turns 1

A year ago today, at 9:54 AM – Travis Lawrence Huapala came into our lives and joined our little family.

He has been a blessing, a good laugh and a very sweet spirit.

Happy Birthday Travis!

We Love You!

The Week Before - 36 Weeks

The Birth Story

The Birth Photos

A Few Things About Trav

Food - He LOVES food. He will eat anything that is edible and he will try to eat anything that is not. He's not afraid to try new foods at all and most of the time, loves whatever it is. His favorite is avocado. He just eats them up. He lets you know that he wants to eat by pointing to the food and saying, "Uh uh, hmmm.".

Favorites - Travis loves time with his Dad. He gets so excited when Joe comes home from work. He wiggles, giggles and crawls as quickly as he can and yells, "Da!" and points his little finger at Joe. Its the cutest thing ever. He loves to wrestle with Joe and Enoch. Joe does take it a little easier on Travis but he loves it when it gets rough. He feels like a big boy.

Sports - He loves basketball. Whenever its on tv, even if we're channel surfing, he starts screaming, "Ba! Hmm!", then bounces up and down to make Joe stop surfing. Now, this is not a bad thing for Joe, he needed someone else to watch basketball with because Enoch and I just don't care for it. Trav will clap when they score, its really cute. His favorite toy is a ball of course. He will toss that thing around the house and chase after it all day.

Big Brother - He loves his big brother. He wants to do anything that Enoch is doing and play with whatever Enoch thinks is cool. This goes over well most of the time - unless Enoch is tired of course and just isn't in a sharing mood. For the most part, they enjoy play time with each other.

Sweet Loves - Travis is a lover. Whenever you pick him up, he will squeeze and hug you, then pat you on the back. He adores giving kisses; he leans in and pushes his little mouth out to get you. So cute. He is also very kind and caring. If he's eating something and you're near him, he will almost always share it with you.

He is our Trav and we adore him.

random photos

I was going through all the photos on our camera and found a few randoms, just stuff that didn’t make it onto other posts. So here goes…

 

Travis really enjoys time with his Nuis (great grandparents). He had some one on one time with Papa Nui

watching the Christmas Specials on tv.

I was messing around with the camera while we were decorating the tree…trying to get the lighting just right.

I apologize for a few of these, they look a little wonky but, they are just some cute moments.

 

“Let me take a look at that for ya Mom.”

 

I was organizing the kids room just before Christmas and Trav got into some of Enoch’s mini Oreos. This is just…well, classic.

 

OK, so little girl’s hair is fun to play with but, when you can say your son has “Birdman” hair, that’s just priceless.

My Boys

Enoch and Joe are always so entertaining. We have discovered that Enoch has some AmaZing balance for a 3 year old. We’re always saying how he’s going to grow up to be a Paleontologist or a Zoologist. He’s very interested in animals as some of you already know. Then there are days when he shows us his “Defense” moves for basketball, or his pitching arm, or his interest in golfing or….his amazing balance as shown here.

 

 

Joe, as we all know, is a basketball player. It truly is his first love, after me of course. ;D

I attempted to capture some moves.

And then there’s Travis, he is our beauty. He loves to be held, he loves your attention and for the most part, is a very peaceful spirit.

We thoroughly enjoy his presence in our home. He’s a sweetheart.