Aunt CeCe's birthday

Noah wore his "Don't mess with me 'cuz my aunt kicks butt" shirt in honor of Aunt CeCe's (Sara) birthday in February.  Here are the photos from our photo session trying to get a picture to send to her:

Noah wanted to put on a party hat but the only one he could find was his Mickey hat

Noah was ready for the photo shoot to be over

Stop...hammock time!

One morning I was standing outside chatting with one of the neighbors and Noah disappeared on me...and this is where I found him:

Spotting some whales

Out and about

Here are some random photos that I took on my phone during our daily adventures :-)

Watching the workers build a new trail to Majors Bay

I guess he didn't feel like "pushing" the stroller ;-)

 

Wearing his Mickey ears while watching Mickey

 

Cruisin' on his big wheel

Peek-a-boo

Silly boy

Noah decided it would be fun to hang out in the laundry basket!

Apparently, he thought it would be more comfortable than the couch or his rocking chair because he started reclining in it

 And then he pretended to take a nap!

 

What a goofy little boy :-)

Goodbye Oahu

I really do think Noah's favorite part of our trip to Oahu was going to the airport to see all the planes and riding on the airplane. On the trip home, he had a window seat and was in heaven!

 

Buckling his own seat belt (he's becoming such a big boy!)

Here's a photo I found from our trip:

Noah playing in Lucy's cage! He voluntarily went in there several times :-)

Warrior Dash 2013

The main reason we went to Oahu in February was to participate in the Warrior Dash!  The Warrior Dash is a 3.17 mile run/obstacle course that they do in several locations throughout the United States.  Back in November, some of our friends started talking about participating in the Warrior Dash in Oahu and asked if we would be interested in running it, too, and obviously we said yes!

The Oahu course consisted of 12 obstacles spread throughout the 3.17 miles and ended with a crawl through the mud!

We had a great time, and I would highly recommend this fun race to anyone who has the opportunity (there are upcoming races in Kansas City and Nebraska...haha). 

Noah "sitting" on Daddy and eating a snack while we wait for our heat

The PMRF group (before)

Steven, Amy, John, Jen, Heidi, Jimmy, Heather & Ely

 

Our friend Cherie watched Noah while we were off running the race. (Thanks Cherie, you rock!!!) She said he spent the entire time sitting there eating goldfish and watching people jump over the fire :-)

 

 

Ely, Heather, Amy & Steven climbing over the cargo net

Going up...

And over!

 

Ely going over the Warrior Roast

 

Heather, Jen & Heidi going over the Warrior Roast

Fire Jumping!

 

The After photo

Ely decided to do the backstroke through the mud...

 

I'm *pretty* sure that's my husband ;-)

Waikiki

We drove down to Waikiki on Friday night to eat at our favorite sushi place on Oahu- Doraku! We even had a celebrity sighting at the restaurant-Stephen Rannazzisi from the TV show The League!  Don't worry if you've never heard of him or seen the show...I only recognized his face because Ely's XO had just been telling him about how funny the show is so we watched it a few times, but our friend is the one who actually remembered what show he was from and we googled his name later :-)

Checking out the fish

You can't tell from this picture, but Noah had a crazy grip on Ely's hair!

Splashing in the puddles

Attempt at a family photo (unfortunately, the best one of us was a little blurry)

Family photo #2  :-)

Noah must have really missed being in the sand (apparently shopping is no replacement for the beach in Noah's world...) because he made a beeline for the sand the second he saw it!

Definitely something we don't have in Kauai, escalators! 



Fun fact for you: Kauai is the only major Hawaiian island with a height restriction/ordinance, so no building can be taller than a mature coconut palm tree - which is approximately 40 feet, or four stories tall!

 

 So Noah spent lots of time riding on as many escalators as possible while we were on Oahu :-) 

Group photo with the Goyers at Doraku

Noah drinking out of the funny little glass they brought his water in

Yay for sushi!!! (or ginger chicken, in Noah's case ;-)

Noah saw a couple of Japanese children taking their picture with this, so he had to have his taken, too! Hopefully it doesn't actually say something inappropriate...haha