Second Stop: Kansas

After our trip to Phoenix, we had a very brief (as in one night) stop in Derby before driving up to Nebraska.  But during that time, Noah got to do one of his favorite activities: riding a tractor with Papa!!!

Of course, Noah managed to work his charm and got to sit in the cockpit before our flight to Kansas! 

Yay for free snacks on Southwest! It's kind of "interesting" that Southwest gives us snacks on 60 minute flights and yet United and Delta don't give any free food (just drinks) on 6 hour flights...

Nap time

 

 

 

The main thing Noah kept talking about before we left for our trip was that he wanted to ride in the tractor with Papa again, so my dad called up his good friend Ray to borrow his tractor :-D

He was so excited to just be in the tractor, Papa hadn't even started it up yet and Noah was already grinning from ear to ear :)

Daddy, Noah & Papa

Noah wanted to take Mommy for a ride, too!

I think Noah is making this face because I was trying to get him to look at the camera but he was focused on his driving (as he should be, I guess...lol)

 

 

Concentrating very hard on where he wanted to go

Aunt Holly hit up a few garage sales around Wichita before our visit, so Noah had LOTS of fun toys to play with at Papa & Grandma's house!

What guy doesn't love power tools ;-)

First Stop: Arizona

Our first stop on the mainland was Phoenix to visit Grandma J and some of the Jacobsen family.

 

 

Noah chowing down on some frozen berries at Grandma J's house after our 6 hour overnight flight

Grandma J set up a play date with a new friend!
 

Noah and Adrian snacking after a morning playing in the pool 

While in Phoenix, we also got to spend some time at Uncle Jeff & Aunt Charlene's house.  Noah really enjoyed their new Relaxation Station!

Noah & Aunt CeCe in the Relaxation Station while Daddy & Uncle Jeff chill on the side of the pool

Splashing Aunt CeCe

Noah & Mommy

One morning while Mommy & Daddy had the rare pleasure of sleeping in, Noah & Grandma J made us blueberry muffins!

After eating the tasty blueberry muffins, we had to workout on the TRX  ;-)

 

Noah started creating his own exercises

(You can also see Daddy's old airplane that Noah loved playing with. He called it the "Ely" airplane)

Noah found Aunt CeCe's chemistry goggles :)

 

 

 Watching a movie with Great Grandpa and GG

 

 

 We also enjoyed eating at our new favorite Phoenix restaurant: Oregano's!!!

 

Yay for noodles!

Noah is still learning the difference between Italian food and seafood ;-)

Boys and dirt

We are back in Kauai after our wonderful 3 week trip to the mainland! I have LOTS of photos to post from our adventures but I haven't had a chance to upload them to our computer yet let alone blog about it all. But no worries, I promise I will eventually get around to blogging about all the fun we had :-)

For now, here's a picture I just took of Noah happily playing in our backyard. Who needs a sandbox (not to mention that we have a massive amount of sand not that far from our house...) when you have a nice pile of dirt and rocks in your backyard?

Seasoned Traveler

We are off on our big 3 week adventure to the Midwest!

Noah was very excited to have his own backpack and suitcase, and of course he insisted on pulling his suitcase all by himself!

Buckling himself up for our 6 hour overnight flight to Phoenix 

I was trying to take a picture of Noah after he fell asleep on the plane because he looked so cute with all of his stuff, but the flash lit up on my phone and apparently woke Noah up. So in this photo you can see his little grin because he knows I'm taking his picture :-)

Last day of swim lessons

Noah and I just finished a Mommy & Me swimming lesson session. He is really coming along with his swimming, and given enough practice I think might be swimming on his own by his birthday! 

Currently, he loves to jump into the pool all by himself and swim around with just the assistance of a noodle. Fortunately/unfortunately, he thinks he can swim a little better than he really can, and he's been known to suddenly ditch his noodle (which leads to him sinking...haha)

Here are some photos of the last day of swimming lessons. Noah finally got to go down the water slide, something he's been dying to do since we moved here!

Miss Bev, the instructor, catching Noah at the bottom 

Baby Fletch #2 update

Since we are in the middle of our 5 hour drive to Nebraska, I thought this would be a good time to do some blog updating with some of the photos I have on my phone!

Here is a photo of bump #2 (and Noah...since he wants to be in all of the photos apparently):

17 weeks

The next photo I'm posting on here purely for self motivation purposes post-baby!

My 5k running time at 17 weeks

 

 

 

The BIG news we got at 19 weeks is that Baby Fletch #2 is a healthy baby boy!!! So Mommy will  be even more outnumbered come September. We are all very excited for another boy and hopefully a little brother will be able to keep up with Noah and help provide an outlet for all his energy!

I like to call this the $$$ shot ;-)

Here's the most recent baby bump picture I have:

20 weeks

I finally "popped" a bit last week so I will try and remember to take another photo next week when baby bump #2 is 24 weeks.

More motivation: My 5k time at 22 weeks

Ready to go

There is a lot of excitement in our house right now, because in 2 days we are leaving for our 3 week journey on the mainland! We are all very excited to spend time with our family and friends (and to SHOP & EAT!!! haha)

Noah is so excited that every day for the last week (at least) he has asked if it's time to go on the big airplane yet.  In fact, on Saturday it was the first thing he said to me when he busted into our room at 6:30am!

He insists on dragging a little suitcase all over the house and constantly asks if it's time to get it ready for our trip. We've had to load the suitcase in the back of our car a few times when we've gone to the store or out to eat, too :-)

Friday morning we were waiting for Ely to stop back by the house before heading to work (he had to turn over after being on duty) and Noah insisted on walking down the street to meet him like this:

He's also started carrying around an empty cardboard laptop box along with the suitcase...

We can't wait to see you all soon!!!!! (Well, those of you in Phoenix, Kansas & Nebraska. We wish we had the time and $$$ to see everyone, but I guess the rest of you will just have to come visit us in Hawaii ;-)