Because...it's necessary!

Aloha everyone!!!

Sorry it's been a while since our last post; I know, I'm an awful blogger! BUT, I do kind of have a good excuse! We took a month long trip back to the mainland to see lots of friends and family and boy was it a blast. After returning back to Hawaii, it was bittersweet. It was nice to be in our own home, but was not so fun waking up to an empty house. Luckily I have the most amazing, sweet friends to keep us all busy while we wait for Paul's homecoming in just a few weeks! YYYAAAAYYY!! Did I tell you I am extreeeemmly excited? Cause I am. :) After Paul gets back, we will be celebrating Fathers Day, our 6 year wedding anniversary (Yes, I said 6, can you believe it?), and Paul's birthday!!! It will be a fun and glorious couple of weeks. No word on OCS yet; the board won't meet until August 25th, and we probably won't find out anything until the middle to end of September. I'll keep ya'll posted though! Miss you guys SO much and hope you enjoy some pics from the last couple of weeks! P.S., my sweet, amazingly talented, friend Lindsay took the last 4 pics. Go check out her blog or etsy shop sometime.. she really is SO talented! http://aisletoaloha.blogspot.com/!

Not a baby anymore...

Our Audrey Ann is not a baby anymore and is growing up fast. I feel like she was just born and now she's almost 14 months. AH! Where has the time gone? Here are some cute pictures of her from the last couple of weeks. Isn't she a doll? She's still not fully walking yet... she'll take a couple steps, then crawl because she's so much faster! lol! Things are all good here... Paul put his officer package in last month, and now the waiting game begins. He leaves this next week for 3 months, so we will be missing him so much (and taking a lot of pictures)! Love you all and hope you are all doing well!

1st Birthday, family, friends, and FUN!

I absolutely cannot believe 1 year has gone by since we had our Audrey bugs. She is our sweet girl and has brought such joy and love into our lives. We could not have asked for a better 1st birthday for her and are so thankful we could have Grandma Burt, Grandma Freamon, and Aunt Carrie come visit us! Some of our sweet friends came over too to wish Audrey Happy Birthday. :) We had so much fun with all of our family, from North Shore, Waimea Bay, Beaches, Waikiki, parasailing, and just a whole lotta fun! I have to say, it was so sad watching each one of our family memebers leave one at a time... I wished we lived closer, or maybe we can just kidnap them all?

Love you guys and wanted to share some pictures! Oh, and Happy Saint Patricks Day... Paul had to go back to work/duty today, so Audrey and I celebrated with a cute dress and green eggs! :) Hope you all have a good weekend!

Audrey sporting her St. Patty's Dress Grandma Freamon gave her. Love this pic!

Awh, Grandma and Audrey bugs at Waimea Bay!

P.A.R.A.S.A.I.L.I.N.G= AMAZING!

Audrey was going to kidnap Aunt Carrie.. she was hoping by sitting on her suitcase it would help.:)

Birthday Girl!!

Audrey and her friend Blakely

Yummy.. chocolate cake!

:)

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!!!!!