Great Aloha Run

We decided to the Great Aloha Run this year. It had been 6 years since the first time we did it. I intended to walk it all then and Matt convinced met o run..the WHOLE thing. This time, 7 months pregnant there wasn't a chance!

We got up at 4:30 and were out the door by 4:45. The race started officially at 7 but I don't think we crossed the start line until 7:30. There were tons of people and all the runners got started first. We finished 8.16 miles in 2:20. We all felt pretty good after the race. It was nice to get out and walk and see all the people.

Abby did great! She slept for the first couple of mile and then did a lot of people watching, Finally, about mile 6 she was ready to be out of the stroller. Matt carried her for the last half of mile six and then she went back in the stroller happily.

Maybe the rest of the Hawaii crew will join us next year:).

Abby and Jackson

We got to have Jackson for the day while Heidi recovered from being in the hospital all week. Thankfully, she is home now and recovering. Form the back it looked like we had twins. They both have curly hair and are about the same height. It was definitely a learning experience to get 2 kids showered, changed and out in the car along with all the other beach stuff we had but I think we managed pretty well. Luckily, they were both wonderful and made it pretty painless for us. I think it might have given us some false hope about how it will actually be with two kids.

Playing at the Beach


Snack Time


Play Time- We put them in matching outfits

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's day! Matt made heart shaped, pink pancakes for breakfast, which were delicious. After I picked up Jackson, we met the Hoffman's at the beach for some fun in the sun. This is the first time Abby has been to the beach as a "walker" ans she loved it. She was walking all over and rolling in the sand and just having a blast. It was really cute to watch her and Matt play. I didn't get my camera out in time to get pictures of all 3 kids but her are some of Abby, the sand monster.

7 Months ( + 1 week)

7 1/2 weeks to go!!!

Early Valentine's Day Celebration

We have a four day weekend thanks to our 11th furlough Friday and President's day on Monday. Monica offered to watch Abby for us Friday evening and we took full advantage and decided to make it our Valentine's day. Matt got Abby an Elmo chair and I got a diamond necklace! We both LOVE our gifts. Matt got a bag of M&M's...and lots of love from his girls:).

Matt and I dropped Abby off around 6 and headed downtown. We made sure to brew some coffee beforehand to make sure we made it through the evening since we normally eat at 5:30 and are asleep by 9 (if not earlier these days). We had a wonderful dinner at PF Chang's and even went to movie afterward. It was really nice to get out on a Friday night and spend some quality time together.

Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO

Beach Days

We have finally gotten to the beach a couple times in the last few weeks. Abby and I went to the beach by our house and to KoOlina when Matt was working on the room and this weekend the 3 of us spent some time at KoOlina. Abby is enjoying her new found freedom as she can walk all over the place. She isn't too fast yet so we can pretty much sit and watch her roam..not for long though I am sure.

Hiking Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail

Matt, Abby and I ventured off to the east side of the island to do some light hiking..or so we thought. We wanted to try out the backpack carrier for Abby and we thought this would be a good trail. It was really nice but hot and we forgot the backpack carrier (go figure) so Matt had to carry Abby up. It ended up working out just fine and we were very proud of ourselves that we were passing people left and right... Nobody passed us even with me being pregnant and Matt with Abby.