Introducing...

Juneau Iris Stickley...legally and officially! We recieved our readoption paperwork in the mail yesterday. It is awesome that this process finally got completed, and with only a few days to spare before we leave the island! We were super excited to get the paperwork in the mail. In Hawaii, you don't actually need a court appointment to re-adopt, and finalize etc. Just a whole bunch of paperwork (which we are fortnately experts at, like most adoptive parents!)


Congratulations little Juneau Iris on legally becoming a Stickley in the eyes of the U.S. Government.
Monday was my last day of work as a resident. I have spent the last 3 days getting to be a full-time mommy, and it is awesome! Today we went to the Children's Discovery Center with Aunt Bets. I'm never sure who has more fun, Juneau, Nova, or Betsy. I think it is probably Betsy, as she was actually considering having her 21st birthday part at the Discovery Center.

The girls are really learning to play pretend. It is so cute. They even appeased Betsy by letting her dress them up in all the little costumes. Juneau practicing T-Ball

Nova didn't quite get the hang of it, but she was eager to try!

mmmm....pretend sushi

delicious!

Juneau has the very widest feet i have ever seen. And that coming from me, who has the second widest feet i have ever seen. Her feet are literally perfect squares. In fact, her flip-flops (or Slippahs in hawaii!) often get shifted between the wrong toes because her feet don't really fit properly

picking pineapples

aunt Bets and juneau practicing making stir-fry

Juneau the Firefighter (and Betsy, the wardrobe manager)

Nova, the breadmaker

And, of course, Nova had to find the very heaviest thing in the museum.

soooooo heavy

but not too heavy for our little bodybuilder