Happy Birthday Julien!

My little guy is not so little anymore...yesterday Julien turned 1!!! I can't believe I actually have a one year old, WOW! It was a really fun day I am just a little sad that my baby is growing up so fast! We had a frog themed pool party/bbq and tried to take lots of pics so enjoy...

Julien's frog cake! It turned out better than I expected...I was so proud of myself!

This is a classic Julien swimming face...he Loves the water!

Landon was so excited for Julien to get his first pair of Jordans

Don't mind Landon's SICK shirt...he thinks it's hilarious to wear ugly Hawaiian shirts to parties

The 1st Bite!

We finally just put him on the floor and let him go crazy!

The frogs tongue was his favorite part

Paul was the official photographer since I was a little distracted...i haven't got his pics yet but I will post the good ones when I do.

Whale Watching!

This morning we decided to get up early and drive down the coast to look for whales. We stopped at a lookout point just 15 minutes from our house and the whales were just jumping right out in front of us! It was so cool! I tried to take some video...sorry if you get motion sickness it was SOO windy and its kinda blurry, sorry!

Julien is walking!

So Julien has been taking little steps for about a month now but tonight he all the sudden decided that he can walk. He was in our bedroom and Landon and I were in the family room and all the sudden he just came walking out all by himself! He was so proud of himself it was so cute! He then spent the next half hour walking back and forth across the room.

Ko Olina

Last weekend we finally made it out to Ko Olina and we absolutely loved it. It was so beautiful and so quiet and peaceful! It is the perfect place for kids...I cant wait to take Julien back! One of the best parts of all is that they had real grass...well as real as it can get in Hawaii. I realized that Julien will be 1 in 2 days and it was his first time playing in grass! He absolutely loved it! We just let him roam around all by himself while we just laid back and soaked up the sun!

When we got home Paul, Nancy and Abi came over to play...the kids are always so fun to watch!

Blessed!

Landon and I have definitely had our share of hard times here in Hawaii but we have also been very blessed! One of our biggest blessings being... a new car!!! We were able to find a really nice car for an amazing deal and we are so grateful!

The Great Aloha Run

Yesterday Landon, Julien and I did the Aloha Run here in Honolulu. It was an 8 1/2 mile run from the Aloha tower downtown to the Aloha stadium. We were pushing Julien in the stroller so we didn't really run...I probably would not have made it if we were running the whole time but it was still a lot of fun.

Trying to feed Julien breakfast before the race begins
Our little family just before the race began

Half way through the race

Julien was so good! He sat in his stroller the whole time and even took a nap!


We finished!

This year we celebrated Valentine's Day a day early. Paul and Nancy watched Julien on Friday night for us so we could go out and then we watched Abi for them on Saturday night. It was so nice to have a night out alone with Landon. We haven't been out on a date by ourselves since we moved here!

Sadly this is the only picture we have from the night, but it was a lot of fun!

I am kind of glad we celebrated V-day on the 13th because it was All Star weekend on the 14th so Landon spent pretty much the whole day watching basketball.

Like father like son

Grandma sent a Valentine package and Julien loved it...the box, the cookies, the bear, he just thought it was great!...so did we, thanks mom!

Saturday night was almost as fun as Friday night. I had so much fun watching Julien and Abi play together. They were both so happy and just kept laughing.

Julien and Abi playing in the box

SO CUTE!!!

We bought another new car seat and since we still don't have a car yet Julien just uses it as a recliner when he watches his movies