Reunited and it feels so good...!!!!

Had our 10 year reunion last week in Seattle- so much fun seeing everyone! Things like facebook make it easier to stay in contact but it's no substitute for actually seeing people and hanging out. There were a few people I wanted to see who couldn't make it, but all in all, it was awesome!

An Oldie-But-Goodie

It's beginning to feel a lot like....OCTOBER

 

What the fall?!  Can't believe it is fall already; we never had a summer! Oh well I'm over it. Bring on the pumpkin patches, boots, warm soup, and changing leaves. Speaking of changing leaves, after we took this photo we went to Lake Padden, one of our favorite places to walk/jog- isn't it just delightful in the fall? You know Miss L, if you were to come back here to live you could go with us ;-)

Oh and another thing my sassy girl said to me? When we got there she looks in the back and says, "Mom, you forgot my bike"

I said: "Well you're just gonna run with me and then you can get in the jogging stroller with baby if you want."

Aili: (pause) "Mom I can't even believe this" 

Hmmm.... kinda funny (made me laugh anyway) but boy oh boy I hope I don't have a little diva/sass-pot on my hands. Can you imagine the teenage years?! I'm shuddering already.

Out of the Mouth of Babes...

Aili was complaining about her tummy hurting tonight (probably because she ate too much!)and I offer to rub it for her. Her response: "No you'd better take me to the doctor so I can get a shot."
Funny child.

It's Called Creativity, People

Oh, the places she has slept since she's been born. Hopefully I am raising the kid who can sleep ANYWHERE!

Miss Personality

Andie's new thing: When she gets frustrated, she throws her head down on the ground (or in this case, the toy) and cries. It is actually really cute I confess :-)
The girls had their doctor's appointments yesterday (Aili's 4 year and Andie's 1 year) and here are the stats: Aili is 94% height and 83% weight so about the same. Andie has made big strides with weight to a whopping 7.4%!!! A chunky 18lbs. Before she was off the charts skinny no matter how much milk I gave her (no it's not a supply issue- we have GALLONS of my breatsmilk in the freezer- anybody need any??? Seriously? It will go bad before we use it all and it will probably go past due before I can donate it to the milk bank) For length she dropped to 50%. funny huh my near-100% baby at birth- so unfair I had to push out a big girl who got small! For head circ she is 75%. And they got 9 shits between them. Poor little girls :-( Aili did great though she is our daughter! After she was giving shots to her bear. Oh and apparently, according to the doctor's test, Aili is actually quite smart. We'll still probably have her start kindergarten later (she's on the border of the cut-off) due to what we'll call ADD/ADHD tendencies. My gosh I hope she outgrows that she has good potential!

"Excuse me is that your baby stuck under my bike?"

I quite often have stories that just might qualify me for Mom of the Year. Here is one from the other day.
We were taking a family jog (well, Jeff and I were jogging, Anabelle was in the jogger stroller, and Aili was on her bike) when we came upon a hill. Charging up that hill were a group of ambitious bikers. Down the hill: Aili, flying at mock speed and wobbling like crazy. I ran back to try and steer her out of the way but wound up making her crash with her bike on top of her. As she is crying, Jeff runs up with the jogger and says "honey you have to be careful!" ummmm duh. Anyway, as he is masking his embarrassment by mildly scolding me, neither of us notice the baby jogger, with baby, is continuing on it's solo journey down the hill, and quite fast I might add. So we have 2 embarrassed parents kneeling over a crashed bike, a Preschooler crying, and a baby flying down the hill, unnoticed. Nice.
(oh and in case you were wondering, NO, no bicyclists could be bothered to stop long enough to see if we were ok. Uncool! The reason she crashed was because I was trying to get her out of their way, afterall)

She's Got This Down

She sure did love the boogie-boarding (or "buggy boarding" I believe she said). I didn't think she would "get it," but clearly I was wrong! Another first of the trip: My first time eating sushi and enjoying it! That has been one of my goals, to try sushi and like it, because so far, no dice. We had success at the Hanalei Dolphin, where the fish was superfresh (as in, caught that day) and I quite enjoyed my spicy ahi rolls and Tahitian cerviche. Yum!

The Aloha Bucket

The Lesson here is a simple one: Never make fun of someone for requesting an Aloha Bucket "just in case," lest you NEED IT YOURSELF. (ahem. JEFF. HAHAHA)

Aloha from the Na Pali Coast

Next up: The Aloha Bucket. Stay tuned.