Hawaii 2011

Yes we went to Hawaii!! And it was wonderful, what else would you expect? We had the opportunity to visit our family in Maui. My sister in law, and her husband and 2 boys, live upcountry in Maui and we haven’t seen them in a very long time! Since before little boy number 2 in fact! Griffin is their newest he is about 7 weeks old now and growing like a weed! He is SO long! Well he’s just a big little baby :) Yes he has red hair too ( yes he is Native American) He is so precious! I was very curious to see how Maia interacted with Lincoln who is now 3 and then on the opposite end little Griffster. She did great! She tried to do whatever Link did, and he was really good about sharing his toys with her and helping her as she tried to be big like him! And Griff she didn’t care much at first until Jesse and I began to hold him, then she started paying more attention to him. She tried to take his soother when she thought we weren’t looking and would sit in his calming vibrations chair when he wasn’t in it. But she warmed up to him and by the end we could hold him without her trying to climb on top of him and she even kissed him on the head a few times.

LOVED the pool!!

On our first day there we walked around the hotel area to get the feel for where we were and such. We walked passed the pool and Maia ran right up to the edge! We caught her in time so she did no jump in but we let her dip her feet in the water (it was still to early to swim). After that anytime we she was outside she ran for the pool so after breakfast that day we suited up and lathered up the SPF and went for a swim! And just as we suspected she adored every single moment! She even made some friends with some other kids that were playing catch, she was watching them so intently they shared their water football with her. She may not be able to throw very far but she sure tried!

And what kid doesn’t like being thrown up and drop down into the water with daddy!? Cuz mine wanted to do it all day!! The beach was a little more intimidating to her but we got it down eventually.

This was her first reaction to the softer sand! She would not have anything to do with it.

but she didn’t mind walking closer to the water, as long as she had mommy’s hand! With all the different and new surfaces she walked on like cement to grass and grass to sand she was holding our hand a lot to make sure she was safe. It’s a great feeling to know you mean that much to someone, she wouldn’t do it without me. But that was only at first cuz once she got the hang of it much harder to stop her!

Here was her first encounter with Baby Griffin looked at him…then looked at me…looked back at him…then went back to playing blocks and trains with Linky.

           

But she also got a kick out of their screen door. She played with it for at least 30 minutes totally content by herself. Such a big Girl!

 

So we had lots of fun with family we also got to go to the beach, of course it IS Hawaii!!

Our footprints all in a row baby, mommy, daddy

Daddy and Maia swimmin in the ocean

  family at the beach

 

We got some nice sun and played in the water and even built a sand castle. It lasted only a little while but was fun.

 

  The beach sure is tiring!

It was pretty rough adjusting to the time change for her, good thing for melatonin! We all used it a couple times there and then once when we got home. Helped a lot! 4 hours time difference is a big deal when you’re little! Okay its kinda rough when you’re not little too :)

We were out there to visit family so it was so so so great to get to spend time with them! The weather was beautiful most of the time too we had like 2 days of rain which did mean our whale watching trip was cancelled due to bad water. Which is ok the ocean is scary enough don’t want to be on it when a storm is coming! We were able to see some whales from the beach and off the side of the road to Lahaina. I didn’t get super great photos though we were pretty far away :) But one day I’ll get a great whale photo you can count on it!

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We spent some time up at the Lavender fields some beautiful scenery and lavender everything in the gift shop! We tried lavender scones and both lavender lemonade and herbal tea. I almost got a lavender and dark chocolate bar but I was all lavendered out by then. There were these cool black flowers there too, I’ve never ever seen black flowers outside of the craft isle so that was really exciting to me!

Also our friends the Wongs happened to be in Maui the same time! It was great to catch up with them again!

Their daughter Cassidy is adorable :) She and Lincoln were like best friends! And she got along with Maia too! They are expecting a little boy this summer, we’re so excited for them!!

Well it was a great trip filled with family friends and great weather! Can’t wait to plan our next visit to the Islands, mostly because it will probably be when we’re all graduated from Palmer!