Hawaii day 3

Hawaii day 2

I just can't imagine being on this trip without our boy. Moon and I just love traveling together as a family. And as our family grows that will logistically get more complex so all the more reason to enjoy it now! We learn so much about Eli and get so much joy in watching him in this lovely place. He's certainly enjoying it. Plus we have learned to not stay in hotels so we can eat in (renting places with a kitchen) and get the evenings to ourselves when he goes to bed. Last night we stayed up way too late watching a movie and lounging about. Moon has told me that we'll have to live near water for this ocean-loving boy of ours. He absolutely loves the waves! He wants to hold our hand but squeals when they crash on him. He runs right to the oceans edge, fearless of it. The water feels just right (far warmer than our pacific west coast!!) and we've been surprised how "hot" it feels out, sunny and 80s... we were in the water by 9 this morning! Moon tested out the body board and Eli and I went about as far in as I like to. This is such a lovely, quiet, and charming beach community. And we now have a bike with a child seat to use! A friend of a friend (moon has friends  everywhere I swear!) lent us their bike with a kids seat and helmet. Folks are friendly here, they seem to like mainlanders. The place we're staying has bikes but none can accommodate Eli. So this afternoon we'll go explore a bit...

Hawaii day 1

We made it! 

To the destination but also through a long couple months of fall. All that work somehow now feels worth it as we watch our liitle boy squeal as he grabs fistfuls of sand and runs to the oceans edge. We're a short walk from the beach in a lovely cottage in Kailua (gorgeous beach!) and Eli slept great last night (no doubt thanks to a long day of travel by taxi, plane, city bus, and stroller!). He proves to be quite the traveler and seems to like the adventure of it all. Hope that lasts another couple weeks as we make our way to Korea!

finally catching up...

it's been a little while.
we've had a busy fall...
and it doesn't appear it will let up until we leave on our big, christmas trip.
(plus i post 95% from my phone and have encountered iblogger trouble so i have to use a real computer to post. somehow that complicates things exponentially).

moon is engaged in a busy rotation.
i went back to work this fall. i'm taking eli with me (only a few hours a week).

the boy turned 2!

and now we are busy with our two year old.
and i've been taking naps every chance i get... which is really whenever he naps.

Eli on his balance bike

saturday morning donuts outing, "how do i get all this sugary stuff off my hands?"

we went camping in sept! (eli and i only made it one night)

helping with the tent poles

eli plays while i'm working... or wants to sit with everyone else and use a pencil (not crayons). 

pumpkin patch outing

only wants the big swings 

happy birthday boy!

morning ritual of yogurt

sleeps hard

clever

At church

Sitting early in church to watch music practice.

Caught on daddy's phone

Looks like there's some pager-clad toddler doing some muscle building activity when mamas away.

Eli trying to lift coffee table!

Play

Oh, the rain

Well it was mostly the wind that kept us from going on a long walk this morning. A short neighborhood stroll had to do. Eli went out in jammies (his insistence) with mismatched socks (apparently), but a little bit of fresh air is always good. Now back to the sun!

getting your dominos in a row

(while I'm sorting the closet and making sure this jacket still fits him for fall)

(Oh, and the Christmas bell? Cracks us up how much this kid loves it. Makes him easy to detect when he's running all over!)

Hangin on to summer

the little dipper