December Randoms

Before I get into all of our Christmas festivities, here are some photos from the first part of the month :-)

 

Our little man is chunking up!



Selfie for Daddy :-)

While Daddy was in Virginia for training, the boys and I enjoyed cruising around the base :)

 

Brothers

Hanging out on Mommy & Daddy's bed early in the morning (and for some reason neither one of them have bottoms on...)

 

Snuggling with Mommy

Father Sal is the head chaplain for the Hawaii region, so once a quarter he flies over from Oahu and says mass on the beach for us!

Daredevil

 First time in the Bumbo :-)

 We had to stop halfway through our hour drive home from Lihue for a milk break ;-)

Noah wanted his picture taken with his new haircut

Out for a walk with his blanket that Aunt Shari made!!!

Now that Lucas has chunked up a bit, his dimples are popping out!

Cheesy boy waiting at the airport for Aunt CiCi to arrive

Beautiful sunset at Shenanigans

Noah enjoying the box our Christmas present from Grandma J came in

Closing himself in the box!

On my last hike with Heidi (she made me take this photo!)

Daddy and Lucas hanging out at the beach

November Photo Blast

Trying to play catch-up on the blog, so here are a few snapshots from the month of November!

Noah wanted to take a picture in his favorite store: Costco!



(It might be a sign you live on a small island when your son's favorite store is Costco...haha)

Lucas with his bestie Ethan

 Ethan is about 4 weeks older than Lucas



 

Looking like Grandpa Bruce in this photo!

This is what happens when you don't take a nap at school: you are cranky and get sent to timeout, where you proceed to fall asleep :-)

Brothers :-)

 

Future football player???

 (we are kind of hoping not...haha)

Lucas hanging out on the beach during Mommy's Friday morning beach workout

Silly boy!

Noah paddling in his canoe :-)

 It must be exhausting to be the father of two boys ;-)

Cherie, Justin, Ely & Lucas (Noah hiding in the background)

Glass Beach

Further up the road from glass beach

Wailua Falls



Thanksgiving

Whoohoo, it's almost February and I'm finally posting pictures of Lucas's first Thanksgiving, haha!

This year, our good friends Justin & Cherie flew over from Oahu to spend Thanksgiving with us.  Our very first Thanksgiving as a married couple was spent over at their house in Jacksonville, so it was fun to get to celebrate with them again!

We had a Thanksgiving potluck dinner up on the berm with several of our good friends. The weather was beautiful, we ate turkey while watching the waves crash on the beach, and the food was delicious!!!

Noah's school hosted a Thanksgiving lunch on Wednesday for the parents :-)

His class dressed up as Native Americans (not to be confused with their Halloween sailor costumes ;-)

The Toddler and Pre-K classes singing a few songs



Our Thanksgiving turkey :-D

Lucas's reaction to finding out he wasn't going to actually get to eat any turkey ;-)

We have so much to be thankful for this year, including a gorgeous sunset and our first whale spotting of the season on Thanksgiving Day!

 

Happy 1st Thanksgiving Lucas!

Military Family Appreciation Picnic

Right before Thanksgiving, MWR had a Military Family Appreciation Picnic at the park. They had several activities for kids and adults, and lots of food! Ely was still out of town, but the boys and I had a great time :-)

One of Noah's favorites: shave ice!

Noah enjoyed the regular bounce house, but then he decided he wanted to climb this mountain like the big kids :-)

Our friend Jimmie (Heidi's husband) helping Noah climb higher since he wasn't having much success on his own

One of the big activities they had was turkey bowling! The kids bowl with a frozen chicken but the adults use huge frozen turkeys.
 

Noah's bowling face :-)

Last year, I lost to Heidi in a head-to-head battle for the female winner (we had to go through several rounds involving several different methods of bowling in order to break the tie) but this year, I was the undisputed winner in just two bowls :-D  The prize was a new (as in unbowled with, haha) turkey that we used for Thanksgiving dinner! 

 

This clown had some of the most impressive balloon animals and designs I have ever seen!

All Noah wanted, though, was a purple fish and purple fishing pole

Lucas: Two Months

Lucas is two months old!

 

Weight: 12 lbs 13.5 oz

Height: 23 inches

Head circumference: 39 1/2 cm

 

 

Our little boy is definitely getting bigger and chunking up! His personality is starting to develop and we are getting more and more smiles from him :-)

 

Here he is right before the big weigh-in

 

 

Big brother Noah saw me taking Lucas's photo and decided he needed to be in a picture, too :-) 



 

He's still not too sure about the bear...