Brave Savvy;)

It's nice to be settled in! It was a long hard job getting everything put together. I am enjoying military life. I'm now used to having to show my military ID cards everywhere that we go on post. I think it's cute when Chase has to tell me, "Mom, get your card ready".

Greg is enjoying his job. That's great!! I was a little scared he wouldn't, but no worries. He is working in the Legal Assistance Office. He works one on one with soldiers that need legal help. He deals with estate planning, divorce, adoption, paternity, child support, etc. Monday through Friday, Greg's day begins at 5 or 6 am and he doesn't get home until right before dinner 6ish.

He has weekends off. It's wonderful because we have him for 2 whole days;) and Saturday is always beach time! After his long day of work we have to go out and do errands. He's awesome!!!! Thank goodness we don't have to worry about late night shopping anymore because we now have a second car. I'm excited to explore the city this week:) Oh, and I finally get my car back!!!!

On Saturday, Savvy was really brave to get on the boogie board. She caught two waves. She ONLY goes in the water if we're holding onto her. So it was a big deal that she went alone on the board. I was so proud of her. The waves weren't big but she did it!! Savvy's face here just cracks me up. Yay... Greg finally got to barbecue. I love love his cooking:) He grilled up some steaks. The kids were excited about eating bbq and helping with it. As was I;) The steak was delicious!!!

Ribbit...ribbit!!!!;)

Chase and Savvy are so happy to be out of the hotel. Two days ago, we drove out to a car dealer on the same street as the hotel we stayed at. Savvy recognized where we were and burst out crying. She then said, "I don't want to go back to the hotel. I want to go back to the house" It was so sad. Poor Savvy. I was happy to tell her that we weren't going back.

Greg is trying to find a car. This Saturday, we hope to find it. We really need one now. I don't mind being at home, but I would like to take the kids out to do some activity's before I get too BIG to move around;) I'm starting to get worried that this is going to be a BIG baby, and I have 3 more months left! Where is this baby going to fit in my belly?

Yesterday I decided to decorate the bathrooms. I went online to see if i could find things I liked. Honestly, I wanted to know what I was going to get before I had to do some shopping. Especially having to go to the store with Savvy. She is a challenge when we need to shop. She is still a busy little bee and a wonderer whereever we go. We need to watch her like a hawk, because she is not afried of walking off all by herself.

I wanted to have a fun bathroom for the kids. I let them decided what they wanted. They did. We went "froggie." The kids love it. The Frog trash can and soap holder make ribbit sounds. I love Target!

First week in our new place....

Finally, we are out of the hotel and into our new place. It was fun staying at the hotel but after 5 weeks, it gets a little old, especially with two little ones. We only had one car and the closest place to take the kids was 4 miles away. When weekends came around I was so EXCITED because Greg was off work and we were out all day, at the beach or running other errands.

The kids and I did go on long walks and once we were brave enough to get on a public bus. It was our first time ever riding on one and the kids loved it. During and after the bus ride, the kids sang, "The Wheels On the BUS." It was cute hearing them sing that song...the first hurdred times:)

Here are some pictures of the house. The backyard is one of my favorite parts. We are enjoying it a lot. One day we were eating out here for dinner while looking at a beautiful rainbow. I was just blown away!!! I took these before it was furnished. Here's the backyard: The kitchen and behind that is the front room: Here's the dinning area and family room.This is one bathroom and the other looks about the same.

At the beach...

I wanted to post some pictures of Chase and Greg catching some waves at Waikiki. Chase has a good time boogie boarding;) Greg was practicing with Chase to stand up for surfing. It's possible... a couple of weekends ago I saw a little boy in a swimming diaper surfing. It was awesome watching him because he was so little... it looked cute. Chase still has a way to go. I guess we should get a surfboard before we expect him to surf. Here he comes!!!Completion...he did it!!!Shave ice has been approved by the kids. They love it...during a hot afternoon.

Chase's 5th Birthday!!

Holy Molly...Chase is now 5! The morning of his birthday, Chase asked for a party with all his cousins. We reminded him that he had a party with them before we left CA. He remembered but really wanted to spend the day with them.

Greg and I decided to take the kids to north shore to search for some sea turtles. Driving down there Savvy said, "We're going to the North Shore to see Santa Claus." We all cracked up, even Savvy. I convinced her that we weren't seeing Santa because he lives where there's lots of snow.


There weren't turtles out;( so we headed up towards the Polynesian Culture Center. We picked up some sandwiches to have a picnic, headed back on the road, and drove to a beach we'd never seen before. It was perfect and just beautiful! Chase and Greg did some boogie boarding and snorkeling. Chase really enjoys snorkeling. I went for a walk with Savvy so I didn't get any pictures.

I made sure I got some pictures later in the day. Here is our five year old, Chase with Daddy;)
Chase digging into his cupcake;) We always do cupcakes for Chase instead of cake. We had to buy them this year so they weren't as good as they usually are.Chase picked to have cupcakes and American flag b-day candles.We headed back to town to get Chase's birthday present. He picked out a new video game for the Leap-frog he got for Christmas. Then we came back to the hotel room to get ready for dinner. Chase chose to have dinner at Chunk E Cheese. We weren't surprised. This made Greg a little sad because he is not a big fan and he was hoping for tacos. The birthday boy loved it though! Chunk E Cheese and some employees came out and sang happy birthday to Chase! That was cool and Chase loved it--but he didn't let any of them know it.Savvy loves the rides!Oh, Chase is ready for Kindergarten and is eager to learn Math and how to read. I hope as soon as we move into our house we can start hooked on phonics for him.Happy Birthday Chase we love you and are so happy you are in our life.

Love Mom

President's Weekend

Greg gets four days off this weekend for Presidents' Day so that means we get to go exploring different areas of the Island.

Yesterday morning we went back to Ko Olina where there are 4 really cool lagoons. I really like it because it's safe for the kids. Chase learned how to snorkel and swim here. While we were there we opened a coconut.

Last week Greg got two coconuts from a palm tree on the Windward side of the island. He worked really hard to open it for us. I took pictures of that but our memory card didn't save any of the pictures. Soo sad! Well, we opened the second coconut yesterday at Ko'olina and we all helped this time. All that we used was a rock and our hands. Greg loves pretending like he's Man vs. Wild out here! We all liked the coconut, except for Chase. It tasted "kind of too wierd" for him. We have found some really fun places for the kids to be kids. Here is Savvy at one of those places on the Leeward side of the Island. Savvy didn't really like the big waves here very much. Chase did.

Busy few days and some pictures

I wanted to post about what we've been up to here in Hawaii for the last 2 weeks. I feel like we have been here for months already because of all the running around that we have had to do. I know these things take time, but I'm so impatient I just want to get settled in already. Here are some of the things we've done.

1. We found a house in Makakilo. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. I am really in love with the place! The yards are gorgeous and it has a beautiful view of the ocean. From the kitchen window you can see from Pearl Harbor all the way to Diamond head.

One of my concerns about the house was having to take care of all the flowers, plants, and trees, but no worries because once a month a gardener comes and takes care of it. That is a relief because I'm no gardener! And I think everything would die if I had to take care of it. Here is a picture of the front of the house. I will post more when we go back to furnish it up. We told the landlord we will be moving in on March 1st. I hope we are able to get it all furnished before we move in! We didn't take any furniture with us, so it's kind of crazy finding all the right stuff.

2. I am half way through with my pregnancy. All of the medical insurance has been transferred from California to Hawaii. I am starting to show a lot now. I will have to get some maternity clothes because I only packed my reg cloths. I forgot how fast I grow when I hit my 5th month.

3. Greg has completed all of his inprocessing oh and our car is now here.
There is still a lot to do, but I think we have done good so far.

4. Chase can swim. It's pretty awesome to see him swim like a little fish. I'll post more about that around next Monday for his Birthday!!

Next are just some fun pictures:)

Savvy is getting so BIG! She let me take her picture and even let me do her hair;) She wanted to get her picture taken with her new flower clip. She was being cute!

Here is a picture of Greg and Chase together that I just love because Chase is smiling and Greg's eyes are not closed;)