Friday, August 28, 2015

You Had Me At Aloha

As usual, it's been awhile since I've written and a lot has happened.  First, Wesley is now 17 months!  I still can't believe it.  It feels like he was just born, but I really can't imagine a day without him.  Second, we moved to Hawaii - from the littlest state to the aloha state!  

We made our cross-country move in April, survived 44 nights in a hotel room with a crazy toddler (thank goodness we live somewhere where we can be outside all the time!), and are now all settled in our spacious home!  We are loving Hawaii life.  We really are outside all of the time, Wes loves the water (thanks to the swim lessons we did together), he could play in the sand all day, and he wants to say hi to every dog, bird, and airplane along the way.  Since we've been in our house, we've had 4 visitors - our hotel is open!  It has been really nice to have our friends and family here because it is a little lonely moving.  We don't really have too many friends here yet.  And we really miss all of our RI friends.

As always, I'm going to try to be a bit more consistent with the blogging.  In the meantime, here's a review of our last few months:

Wesley's first year photo shoot (with the amazing Jeni of Winegeart Photography)
We even had time to squeeze in some cousin pictures...how cute are they?! 
March 26, 2015
He did us proud! 
We had so much fun in RI with all of our friends & family for WD's 1st birthday!

Easter Egg Hunt with our OceanPointe family 

We miss these wonderful people...lots!

Last picture in front of our Newport, RI home

Dad was off to his fancy Navy dinner on our last night in Rhode Island

Visiting Great-Grandma Bea in California
Meeting his buddy Dale for the first time!  So wish we lived closer!!
Storytime with Papa
We got to hang out with our favorite Seal Beachers (my bestie, her hubs & their 3 boys)!
Hanging out with Grammie & Grandpa
Meeting his future wife and Lindsey's most-adorable niece
We made it to Hawaii!  Hotel living!
April 26, 2015 
Wesley's first haircut - May 2, 2015




First visit to the Honolulu Zoo - May 20, 2015

Pineapple shorts forever...

I went on a sunrise hike to the Lanikai Pillboxes with one of my friends - God's creation is beautiful! 

Bellows Beach
Post-church brunch
Sand monster! 
Don't worry, Mom, I'll unpack
Our new home!  We moved in on June 9, 2015 & all of our stuff was delivered the same day!!

"Riding" in a helicopter


Happy 4th of July!  We loved having Michelle & Markus in town to celebrate. 
Watching his first fireworks with Dad - July 4, 2015
Hiking Diamond Head with Sarah! 
I had a wonderful birthday with my family (and my Sarah)
First shave ice (from Island Snow in Kailua)
Enjoying himself at the hula festival 

We had such a nice visit with Grammie - she certainly spoils our boy.  :)
Swim lessons! 
He received a medal for completing his first swim lesson (and he loves to
wear it ALL of the time).  He's very proud! 


He loves the water in any form! 
Waiting with Dad & Maggie for the Pineapple Express at the Dole Plantation
August 15, 2015



It's not often these days that I get to nap with this boy, so I will cherish every single moment.