Some Favorites...

We've been pretty busy the last couple of weeks; enjoying exploring Hawaii and visiting new beaches. It's been so fun and we are SO excited to have family come visit this weekend for Audrey's birthday! Valentines Day was nice and relaxing at home. We did prime rib and all the fixings.. and I made a brownie cake for dessert. Audrey was wearing her cute Valentines dress and she got a hippo and a white rose from Daddy. She sure does love her hippo and she drags it with her everywhere. I can't believe that in a few short weeks she will be 1! She is growing so fast and is working on walking right now. Her new thing is shaking her head no. We both think it's hilarious... at least for now. lol! She loves to be outside and LOVES to look at the birds in our backyard. Probably her favorite thing! Here are some of our favorite pictures from the last couple of weeks! Love you all!!!!

My favorite!
Someone got caught eating brownie mix!

Beach bum...

"Yummm.."

Snuggling with Dad and her Hippo she got for Valentines Day.

Happy Girl... Thanks Grandma Burt for the T-shirt!

Yay for Valentines!

Weekend full of fun!

Mama and Audrey bugs

We made it to the top!

Makapuu lighthouse

Fun in the garage

Helping Dad lift weights!~

Last weekend, we took Audrey on her first hike! She loved it, and it was so beautiful! We did the Makapuu lighthouse hike and it was amazing. We even got to see some Whales! :) Here are some pictures from the day and some other randoms.

Just Pictures...

Audrey and Paul playing with her Ball Bopper! She LOVES this! :)
Showing those teeth! (Her top left one just came in)

Investigating the dishwasher!

Playing in her toy chest! Dada and Little Miss :)

We had to get another trash can, because she was getting into it...well, she figured out this one too!

Thankful...

Thankful....

Not sure what my deal is, but I've been extremely emotional lately (no, I'm not pregnant...yet). I cry with the drop of a hat and I just have been so thankful for my family and friends. I think maybe it's the fact that Audrey is not my little buggle anymore, she is growing up, and doing it way too fast for me. I honestly can't believe she will be turning 1 so soon. YIKES! I just wanted to take a moment and thank each and everyone of you who ready this blog. I might not know exactly who does, but we appreciate you taking the time to read this and see our little family grow. I just am so thankful for this wonderful life God has given me, and thank him everyday for my many blessings. As promised, above are some fun pictures from our trip to Colorado, Christmas and some randoms. We love each and everyone of you and thank you for being apart of our wonderful life...we are SO blessed!!!!!

10 months

Our little Audrey turned 10 months this past week, and we just can't believe it. She is getting so big, and I can't believe in just 2 short months, she will be 1. We bought her a stand and play walker for Christmas that she absolutely loves (more pictures to follow). Here is a video of her tonight, learning how to walk. Yes, I started crying..... I just can't believe how big she is getting, and almost wish I could keep her this small forever. She's our pride and joy and we just love her so much. She's a whopping 20.5lbs and is 28 1/2 inches tall. :) We love our little Audrey Ann so much. I promise, I'll try and update this more this year, and I'll try and get pictures from our fun trip to Colorado, Christmas, and New Years up this week! We love you all and miss you terribly! Hope you all are doing well!

Where has the time gone?

Saw Air Force One on Hickam Air Force Base
Audrey playing with her new friend Blakely

Oh yes, we saw Vanessa Hudgens at Cholos in North Shore! First famous person for all of us! haha!

On Waikiki enjoying a fun evening after swimming!

Silly girl!

Sporting her "I Love Candy" jammies

Love bugs

After the Half Marathon.. WAHOO!

Audrey, rocking Dad's race number on her stroller! :)

I absolutely cannot believe it's almost Thanksgiving. I feel like we just moved to Hawaii, and now we are into the Holiday season! I can't believe it!

Audrey is now 8 months and is doing amazing. She's learning all sorts of things and is growing so much. Everyday, she learns something new, and is just so much fun to be around. I'm so lucky I get to stay home with her and not work... we have so much fun playing! She loves to laugh, play, crawl around... still loves sweet potatoes, apples, yougart, bananas, and pretty much anything else she can get her hands on. We are trying the sippy cup right now, but she hasn't quite figured out what it is. She loves to eat or take a bite out of anything we have in our hands... it's pretty cute. She loves to drink from my water bottles, and she's actually pretty good at it! We weighed her about a week and a half ago, and she was 18 1/2 pounds!

We've been pretty busy since we've been here... we've already had my Mom come out twice, my dear friend Erica came to see us, and last week my best friend Stacy came to see us! Last Sunday Paul, Stacy and I ran the Val Nolasco Half Marathon. It was so much fun (well, besides the last couple of miles) and what an amazing experience it was. Paul was amazing and pushed Audrey the WHOLE way. He even beat Stacy and I by 30 mins! Paul and I have been thinking about running the North Shore Marathon in May, but we will wait and see if he will even be here, or if there just might be a bun in the oven. :)

The next couple of weeks are going to fly by. We are having Thanksgiving at our house, and plan on having some people from Paul's work come over who don't have any family or friends in the area to spend the day with us. Paul will leave the week after Thanksgiving, and won't return until the middle of December. I'll be heading to Colorado for a little over a week while he's gone and both Audrey and I are so, so, so excited! I can't wait to have some fun in the snow and spend some great family time with everyone. I can't wait to see Audrey play with all of her cousins!

We took some x-mas pictures of Audrey before Paul left, and I'm in the process of making the cards! I can't wait to send the out and for you all to see them. :)

Movin' and Grovin'

Audrey on the move for some candy... we had some trick-or-treaters come when we where recording! hehe! :) She is so fast and loves crawling around.