Sunday Funday

This last Sunday, my paddling club had our end of season party at Salt Pond beach. Ely was in Nebraska for his grandmother Marion's funeral, so I got to take on the adventure of being out with both boys on my own!

Luckily, there were plenty of great friends who helped out with Noah and of course several people "willing" to hold Lucas (I didn't even have to ask if anyone wanted to hold him ;-)

We have been blessed with some wonderful friends in Kauai who have been a huge help while Daddy has been gone :-)

Noah and Jacob were having a great time filling up their buckets and throwing water on each other (and the older kids were having a great time watching!)

 

 

When Lucas wasn't being held by several of the aunties, he was entertaining us with his faces :-D

 

 

Here is a photo of Noah with his Great Grandma Marion around Christmas the year he was born :-)

 

Fresh Air

Lucas and I spent some time outside this afternoon getting some fresh air and enjoying the beautiful weather 😄

              Showing off his smile 😃

                Enjoying the breeze!

 

                       Happy boy 

Tummy Time

Noah enjoys doing tummy time with Lucas...unfortunately, Lucas doesn't enjoy tummy time ;-)

Instead of working on lifting his head during tummy time, Lucas uses his legs to push himself all over the floor!

Tummy time is no fun!

But at least Noah is having fun :-)

 

 

Lucas hanging out on his blanket from Grandpa John & Karen

Navy Ball/Hyatt Weekend

The annual PMRF Navy Ball was held on October 11th at the Grand Hyatt in Poipu.  We love Navy Ball weekend because we get to spend the entire weekend hanging out poolside at the Hyatt with our friends :-)

Ready for the Navy Ball

Our view for breakfast :-)

Noah & Grandma J

Checking out the fish

Dining al fresco

Lounging by the pool  :-D

Ahhhhh, warm sunshine!

Fun in the pool

Crazy boys!

 Noah & his friends kayaking in the lagoon :-)

(Noah's the little guy in the middle)

Noah & Griffin paddling around

Noah & Grandma J having fun

Lucas napping in the shade

Lucas: One Month

Lucas is officially one month old!!!

 Weight: 9 lbs 13 oz

(Ok, he currently is one month and a couple weeks old...I might be a little behind with this post...shocking, I know ;-)

At his two week well baby check-up, our doctor said that Lucas was doing so well (and since this wasn't our first time in New Baby Land) we didn't need to come in for a one-month appointment.  I guess Lucas really likes our pediatrician because we ended up having to make an appointment right at one month anyways because his belly button site was still bleeding (his umbilical cord fell off after 16 days and 2 weeks later we were still seeing a little fresh blood).  It wasn't a huge deal, the doctor just applied some silver nitrate and informed us that he had a really deep belly button...I guess it's definitely an "inny" haha!

The upside to this is that we got Lucas's official weight at one month old!

Here are some photos of our one-month-old:

Daddy petting Lucas's head with the bear paw...Lucas doesn't really know what is happening to him

 No big deal, just hanging out in a giant bear!

Chatting :-)

Photo shoots with Mommy

Lucas and I have had a couple little photo shoots since his birth, and I'm just now getting around to posting those photos :-)

Here are some photos of Lucas at 4 days old (his first full day at home):

I crocheted this hat for Lucas before he was born (with the intention of taking photos of him in it during the first couple weeks) but by 4 days old his head was already too big for it! I even made the 0-3 month size instead of the newborn size!

I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to get professional newborn photos taken of Lucas because my friend Heidi went out of town shortly after he was born, so I attempted to take a few of my own just in case :-)  Just like Noah, he was awake basically the entire time so I didn't get any of those cute sleeping newborn photos but I still think they are pretty cute (not that I'm biased or anything...)

Lucas at three weeks old:

First time at the park

Lucas checking out the playground for the first time :-)

October 10, 2013

Noah showing off his new skills on the swing