Canadian Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving so I decided to make a big turkey dinner for Landon. Shopping for thanksgiving dinner by myself, without a car was ridiculous!! Of course I somehow ended up on the wrong bus and had to walk almost a mile carrying a 12.4lb turkey along with all the other groceries that I had...lets just say I almost left the turkey on the side of the road several different times. Eventually I made it home and began the thanksgiving day cooking. Everything turned out perfect and was sooo good! We invited Paul, Nancy and Abi to come over and eat with us. It was a lot of fun!



I think Landon enjoyed his job of carving the turkey a little too much!

Living the life of luxury

So the past few days have just been absolutely wonderful! Paul and Nancy were given a van to use for a whole week!!! I cannot even tell how amazing it has been to have a vehicle! We have been able to do so many things and I have not even had to think about getting on a bus! We were able to go to one of our favorite beaches twice this week which normally we aren't even able to go to because it is too far on the bus. We were also able to find a new beach that was really nice but the waves were HUGE! These are some pics of Landon attempting to boogie board, he did catch a few waves but mostly got tossed around like a rag doll. Even the locals that were there were having a hard time...you can't really tell in the pics but the waves were soooo big! I didn't even attempt to get in the water.







The next few pics are from Waimanalo Beach. We had a lot of fun boogie boarding there even though I got crushed by a wave and swallowed A LOT of water!






Then today Nancy and I and the babies were able to get out of the house and actually go to walmart and the mall...no bus, no walking and we were even able to bring the strollers along who would have ever thought that was possible. What a fun week! Now I just need to convince Landon that we need to get a car so we can continue to enjoy Hawaii!

Video of Julien

SLEEP

So I am a little hesitant to write about this because I am scared I will jinx myself but I am just so excited I can't contain myself..Julien has slept 11 hours straight the past 2 nights in a row!!! Julien has only slept through the night once before when he was about 4 months old, normally he will wake up 3-6 times a night! The past two nights have just been absolutley wonderful. I had completely forgotten what it was like to sleep through the night and am hoping that this isn't just a temporary thing. It's funny that he started sleeping through the night when he did because just that same day I was talking with Landon and told him that I was going to take away Julien's pacifier because he has become so dependent on it that he spits it out in his sleep and then he wakes up and won't go back to sleep until I go in there and put it back in...i think he heard me say I was going to take it away and stopped crying during the night so I would let him keep it :) whatever as long as I can sleep! Naptime is also WAY more pleasant now. I can put him down in his crib while he is still awake and he will just go to sleep on his own without crying!...I had a rough couple of weeks teaching him to fall asleep by himself but now its just wonderful! I love babywise! I read it before Julien was born and said I was going to follow it but it was hard because he was my first baby and I along with everyone else wanted to spoil him...i did my best but never really committed to the putting him down before he falls alseep part, but we are following it now and life is great! I just hope Julien continues to agree with me!

Manoa Falls

We hiked up through the jungle yesterday to Manoa Falls. The waterfall was pretty and really big but honestly I was more in awe of the jungle that we hiked through to get there. It was so cool to hear the birds all around us...and there was even a few times that I freaked out and grabbed onto Landon because something ran by us in the bushes. It was a really pretty hike but I am definitely paying the price today...I got 8 HUGE bug bites on my legs that are driving me insane!

New pics for the Grandparents

Things here in Hawaii are great! We are having lots of fun and enjoying the SUN! Julien is growing so much and keeps us smiling everyday!

Playing in the pool!

He dominates in the water ...direct quote from Derek

Enjoying the new couch








































Julien LOVES his books!

















When Julien gets really excited he tries to cram ALL of his fingers in his mouth!

The Gecko!

I know I live in Hawaii and am lucky to be in such a warm, beautiful place but seriously I cannot deal with the geckos and cockroaches! This morning we had a very traumatic experience with a gecko. I went into the kitchen to get a pot or pan or something for Julien to bang on and when I opened the cupboard there was a lizard running around on the pots and pans…sick!!! People keep telling me that they are good because they eat the other bugs and that they can’t hurt you but that just doesn’t make me feel better when it’s in my KITCHEN. I don’t care if they run around outside, but get out of my house!!! I started freaking out and like any girl yelled for my husband to come in and save the day…too bad he is almost as terrified of the things as I am. I am not sure of what all he did I was in the other room trying not to pass out (seriously) but I do know that the Gecko is now tailless, covered in raid but still in my kitchen! It ran underneath the washer and won’t come out. I am just praying its dead but I don’t think it is. Landon had to go to class and left me and the boy home alone with the gecko. I just get nauseous every time I think about it running around and the possibility of it getting on me! Why can’t there just be a place that is beautiful and warm and not infested with crawling things?