Saturday, April 10, 2010

Xanthe Mary Mei "Aloha" Dopp



The luau was so much fun! Xanthe was surrounded by all of her fun friends, teachers and relatives. The Brown girls did a fabulous job of entertaining the crowd with their hula dancing. They were so talented and amazing! Thank-you, girls! Xanthe was uncharacteristically NOT shy and chose this moment to demonstrate her own, self-taught version of hula. You have to see the video. I honestly don't know what came over her!  There are a lot of sides to Xanthe's complex and intense personality, and she will always have friends from different areas of her life. Today was a celebration. We are so blessed to have been able to somehow get a tiny little 13-month-old from the other side of the world safely to our home to be ours forever. She truly is a hula-dancing, food-loving, loud and spicy miracle girl. We love you, Xanthe!

7 comments:

laurel said...

Thanks for inviting us!!! It was so much fun and wonderful to see you! Happy Birthday Xanthe!!! The "Elaine" dance was perfect!

The Brown Family said...

Happy Birthday Xanthe! It was such a fun luau and the food: onolicious :) Please tell the auntie who made the coconut cake that it was awesome- it all was so good- can you tell that I am a foodie?? We can't wait until the next party to visit and see you again.
Aloha plenty!

Lexie said...

Sounds like fun. Sorry I had to miss it. RUBES!!! YOUR HAIR LOOKS AMAZING!
~Lexie

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday again to Xanthe! Thank you for inviting us to a great Luau. We loved her hula dance:)

Jennie said...

It was such a great party. We are so glad we could come and help little X celebrate. I'm still laughing when I think of her Elaine style hula. It is one for the record books!

Suzanne said...

I love it!!! What a great party. Happy Birthday Xanthe!!!

Amanda said...

Ha, ha! Xanthe's totally doing the "Elaine dance!" That's hilarious! Sorry we missed it! Happy birthday, Xanthe!