The Addington's Christmas Letter

Aloha and Mabuhay Family and Friends:

Mele Kalikimaka 圣诞节快乐 Maayong Pasko Merry Christmas!

As part of (Operation) Kokua 2008...we chose to send out our family Christmas letter via our blogspot. "The 3R's reduce-reuse-recycle" ~Jack Johnson :).

Greetings to all from cloudy cold windy Maryland. This is our second Christmas here and the past year has been full of blessings.


-Naia Matina Ka'iulani



Naia is now three months sweet and cute. She gets longer and fatter by the week. Our little girl loves to coo, smile, and make bubbles...she especially loves her daddy. However, Naia does recognize mommy as THE most important person PERIOD.
MMmm hmmm cooo coooo whah mmm coo bubble bubble ~Naia


-Nyle Santino Kahalewai



Nyle Nyle Nyle...I could easily describe him with many various soundbites. Little Santino is not so little anymore, in fact, Nyle weighs about the same as MJ. Nyle eats like a champ and is VERY comfortable with his potty training. Nyle started soccer clinic this year and got to spend more time with mommy as MJ went to school. Nyle loves to read, ride his bike, sing , dance, and wrestle. Nyle is naturally funny and still loves to cuddle. Nyle likes to bear hug MJ and sometimes tries to sneak one on Naia. HULK SMASH! Kung-Fu Panda! Frosty da Doughman ~Nyle


-MJ Briggs Nahiolea



MJ has done most of the growing in the house (save Mike's belly). Although MJ said goodbye to some dear [girl]friends over the summer...he quickly recovered and has excelled in Kindergarten. MJ is quite social, sensitive, responsible, fun, smart, and a GREAT big brother. MJ started to swim this year in the pool. MJ also loves to: ride bike, read books, draw, mess around in the garage (with Dad's tools), and boss Nyle around. NYLE No!!!! ~MJ



-Naika and Michael



Naika was blessed to have her mother here for the past few months. Nana Erma was so helpful and fun to have around. Without the extra helping hands, Mike would have suffered even more in grad school. Naika and Naia are doing well...Naika is happy to report she is returning to "normal." We recently relocated on base and can now entertain our friends without sitting on them. Oh...Mike and Naika couldn't send out as many gifts this year because >>YES...we finally crossed into mini-van world.

This past year we enjoyed family vacations to Pennsylvania, New York State, New York City, Washington DC, and Laurel MD. Naika continues to serve the children in the church primary. MJ will be starting CTR6 and Nyle will be a Sunbeam. Mike continues to work and attend grad school at NDIC-College Park, Maryland.


On a truly personal note: Our Testimony

-We would like to express our gratitude for your friendship and love. We believe that (especially) this time of the year should be centered on Jesus Christ. We hope to refocus our lives and goals on the most important: Family, Relationships, and The Savior. We believe in his divinity, calling, and redeeming love.

-The blessings we have recieved are truly countless. Topping the list of most notable are: *Peace and happiness in our home. *Love, communication, and trust between each other. *Beautiful sweet healthly children that fill our home with joy and laughter (and some tears).

-We hope that you have a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season.


Mele Kalikimaka kakou e Ha'oli Makahiki Hou!

ohana updates

So I've been slacking on my blog updates for good reasons though. Aside from the busy life of momhood we also relocated to a new house on base. Since we requested the move, we had to do it ourselves. We're grateful to some of our good friends who lent some muscles in moving our bigger furniture. Thank you Sam, Beau and Brian!!! Mike and I tackled everything else while Nana watched the kiddos. Though we miss our big backyard in the old house, we love all the space we have now. I don't have to share my kitchen with Mike's bike. We also got to celebrate Thanksgiving in our new home with some friends. Thanksgiving food is not really my forte, so thank you Food network for all your great recipes. We have our Christmas tree and lights put up. We're looking forward to celebrating Christmas with Nana before she goes home. Here are some recent pictures of the kids:




Naia turned 2 mos. At her 2nd month check up she weighed 12 lbs and she was at 23 inches long. She took the shots like a champ though she had a little fever that night.



She gives me at least 4 even 6 hours of sleep. We're amazed! Now daddy said if all baby girls are as sweet and easy as her we should have more!




The first flurries of the season. Nyle was very excited to go out and play. He thought that he could go sledding already in our backyard. Too bad it only lasted for half an hour.




Our asthma boy. So it's that time of year again for Nyle. He gets it really bad during Fall. The Doctor said that the steroids will make him hyper active, like he's not hyper enough already.




MJ doing the "hay" jump at Sunrise corn maze




Sometimes he misses the school bus because he spends a lot of time playing with his baby sister.