I'm a copy cat!

At least I will admit it! Megan wrote a totally cute post about what all Jeremiah was doing now on her blog. I love that she keeps everyone updated with all his new accomplishments! I thought it was a fantastic idea and I hope she doesnt mind me borrowing it from her :)

Ava is almost 16 months old. I cant believe it has been that long. It has flown by and now we can't even remember what it was like without her!

She has become quite the toddler. She is getting very quick on her feet! We go to the toddler park almost every night and she plays with all her little buddies.

Her favorite foods right now are tacos (which she holds all by herself) and mango (which you can find on the side of the road here) She also loves to drink everything out of a straw.

She says so many words. Mama, Dad, and Papa are the most common around here. Milk, Good, Please, and Up are close 2nds.

We have to lock her out of the bathroom when we take a shower or she will climb over the tub to get in with us...scary!

She has become a little beach baby. She loves the water and the sand. We go at least 3 times a week.

I am excited to announce that she IS teething now! She has 8 teeth and more coming in. We thought she would be toothless forever but she isnt!

Our favorite thing she has been doing lately is golfing. Chase took her to the putting green with him on fathers day and she did wonderful. She plays with her putter everyday and is pretty good at hitting her plastic golf balls with it. If anyone would like to contribute to her coming a golfing pro, she needs the pink driver that matches her putter at Sports Authority, just send it her way!

Papa Keith is coming to see us Thursday and we are so excited! I'm sure she will do all sorts of cute things for him.

Thanks Megan for the great blog idea and thanks Jeremiah for doing all sorts of fun stuff to write about. Ava can't wait to play with you in August!

YAYAYAYAY!!

Thats how excited I am now! We finally got a house on base! I am so happy! Thats all. Hope you have a good day!

Happy Memorial Day!!

So in a military family Memorial day is kinda a big deal! We have known a few people who have lost their lives fighting for us and the people that we didnt know personally, we feel much closer to them. The military is like on big happy family so there is something about Memorial Day that hits home a little different than it used to. We had a great day though. Ava helped her daddy wash the car. She was very good at putting soap on it, even after he washed it off! We played in the sprinkler in the back yard, which is Ava's FAVORITE!! At the park in Ala Moana they have a ceremony in honor of people who have passed on. Here in Hawaii, Memorial day is more about people in general and not just the military like I always thought it was. The ceremony is mostly in Hawaiian and we couldn't really understand the majority of it but it was really cool to see all traditions they have. At the end people put these little lanterns in the ocean with names or letters to people who have passed away. It was very sweet and sad. Im glad we took Ava to experience it even though she wasn't really sure what was going on. We had a very good day. Here are some pictures of the fun we had. Happy memorial day to all and thanks to all the brave men and women who lost their lives defending our freedom. You are very appreciated in this home!!

Ava loved washing the car with her dad. Well she really loved playing in the bucket of water.

Ava loves to play in her sprinkler on the back deck but the water leaking out of the hose was so much more fun today!

We had a picnic in the park. Ava's first real picnic. We will be doing this often now!! It was so much fun!

We watched the lantern floating ceremony. It was such a wonderful experience.

There are many many more pictures of our weekend on Facebook. Go HERE to see the rest of them.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!

Baking Cookies

For mommys day i received a very bright and cheery yellow stand mixer (i know you can sigh now like i did...it is true love really) To break it in Ava and i made homemade chocolate chip cookies. YUMMY! She did a great job helping in the kitchen for the first time and now she wants to help A.L.L the time!

I'm so in love with this girl. i know you can make cookies anywhere and its not really a "hawaii adventure" but it was fun for us and I thought you might like it too!

A Mommy Daughter Day

Today Chase actually had to work...imagine the shock when he told me! I was a little excited on the inside because Ava and I could spend the day together. We love it when Daddy is around but there is something fun about it just being us.

We found ourselves at the park under a big tree. Where we cuddled up.

We gave kisses. She gave me some too, just not on camera....she doesn't kiss and tell! :)

We laughed and squealed. Well I laughed and Ava squealed.

And we watched birds too - Ava's new favorite thing to do!

When ate lunch under the tent on some picnic tables.

And see that juice box back there, thats Ava's drink....well she didnt want that one!

We had such a good day :)

Now she is napping and I think I may nap too.

Daddy says he has to work all week -

so more girls days to come!

a little bit of home in Hawaii

Last night we went to dinner in Waikiki. I have been begging Chase to take me down there since we got here and we finally went. As soon as we got there I knew it was going to be my new favorite place. It was Rodeo Drive meets Atlantic station - all the stores I cant afford but love to browse through and the stores I can afford and love to buy from - at all in one place! We walked around and ate at Margaritaville. It was YUMMY and they had little shows while we ate:

It was so much fun. We took our first "family" picture there. The staff was amazing and offered to take a picture of all 3 of us!

When we were leaving I caught something out of the corner of my eye....was that what I thought it was?? YES!!! In Hawaii they make leis out of kukui nut shells. They sell them everywhere in all different colors and they are beautiful. I had been looking for one to go on my rearview mirror of my car and I found the perfect one.

A BEAUTIFUL GEORGIA KUKUI NUT SHELL LEI

A little piece of home in Hawaii... the lady said I was lucky because they sell out of Georgia ones really fast. That put the biggest smile on my face! All the way out in Hawaii they sell out of Georgia things? I was so giddy!

We had a great time being tourist last night! Again next Friday?? I hope so!

True Love

Thats what I call it....in the form of a department store yesterday. They heard I was coming to Hawaii and built this brand new Target. Just for me Im sure! It is beautiful! We bought Ava a white beach hat and a little pink skirt for 5 bucks each! ohh I was so happy to find a Target. Now if I just had Granny and Grandpa here to get their discount we would be set...hint hint...a visit is NEEDED!!!