9 Months!!

Yes, Ashton is 9 months.

Ashton can now:
Crawl!! Yes ladies and gentlemen, the boy I once thought would never crawl did 2 days before he turned 9 months old.
Say "da-da" and "ba-ba"
I caught him humming the other day? Can a baby really hum?
He is eating all sorts of food. He's still not a big fan of much besides poi and carrots.
He LOVES to play with our dog, Makua
He loves swimming (pool better than the ocean)
Ashton can pull himself up in a flash.
Got to spend some qualify time with his mom-mom for three weeks! Lucky boy!
Still only has those two bottom teeth (I saw a top tooth trying to push though)
Can have a mean temper tantrum(I still really need to show you all this)
Drinks from a sippy cup
Ashton can drink from a straw
Holds his own bottles (I think we were a little late on this development)
Still has a blocked tear duct...poor thing, his eye is sealed shut in the mornings.


Ashton went to have his 9 month well baby check on his 9 month b-day:
Weight - 21 lbs 6 oz (65%) He had lost a little weight since he had been sick for the past 2 weeks.
Height - 30.5" (97%)-- Dr. says were pushing 6'5 now...my big ole basketball player..gonna make mama rich! just kidding
HC - 18.5" (91%) He's got his daddy's head!!


Here are a few fun pictures of our photo shoot this month. Take notice that he is no longer wearing a onesie. He looks to old to wear them anymore....even though they are so much easier!!!




And a short video

Happy Mother's Day!

What a wonderful day! My first mother's day and I was able to spend it with my own mother and my wonderful baby boy! We had a great day.

We swam in the pool, went to brunch at Ihilani and my momma made us a good ole' eastern shore home cooked meal (beef and dumplings)! It was perfect!

Ashton got me Godiva chocolates and some beautiful flowers!

Here are a few photos from our day together.


Adam forgot to warn us that we would be leaving the pool (reason why we have no make up on) and heading straight to brunch....

He is getting so big!

As you can see I am trying to catch up my blog. Things have been so crazy busy with me lately. The house is a mess, the vehicles need to be washed, I'm still white as a ghost, but man life is great!!!

I just needed to post how crazy the past few weeks have been. My mom is still visiting (we extended her trip for another week), Ashton is pulling up on everything and will not sit still. He crawls backwards and can scoot himself to any place he wants. I am sure he will be crawling forward any day now. He has grown so fast in the past two weeks. It is so much fun to watch him get so excited to explore new places and things.

I took a new position at work. I am still in sales, but instead of selling to current clients, I am now selling to new clients. I think I will be happier in this position..at least I hope so! I will be traveling more to the outer islands. I love meeting new people which is exactly what I'll be doing in this new position.

I am trying to plan Ashton's first birthday. I think I am letting it get the best of me. I can't decide on a theme at all! I want to do something simple but fun at the same time. My fellow blogger friend Lori did a little game with her daughter to help decide where they would go on vacation. I think I may have to copy her idea of writing down my theme ideas on a few pieces of paper and let Ashton pick.

Cinco de Mayo

We celebrated Ashton's first Cinco de Mayo at Chili's.

Fun at the Aquarium after a Dr.'s visit

Poor little man is sick again! He had been coughing since we left the Hilton last weekend. Ashton was pulling on his ears and not eating so it was time to take him it. His ears were all clear but poor little man had a sore throat. The Dr. let me take a peek..it was so read and swollen. The Dr. just said to give him some Motrin and he should feel better.
Within the hour of giving him some he was back to his normal self...minus the terrible cough. I wanted to make sure it was okay for us to continue with our plans for the day to the Aquarium...Dr. said it was fine! So off we headed to the Waikiki Aquarium. Ashton just loves, loves to watch the fish swim around. He was squealing in delight the entire time! (I have a video on my camcorder but it takes forever to download it so I'll post the video another time)...for now here are a few photos

Makaha Farm Day

My friend Kristin is a school teacher at Makaha Elementary School. Each year they have an open house of the schools farm known as NA KEIKI O KA 'AINA. Kristin had always talked about how cool it was but I had no idea how cool it really was! They have all sorts of animals and tons of gardens.

We purchased a few plants and just enjoyed walking around watching the other kids made jewelry, weave palms and enjoyed homemade butter!!

And then we saw.......Jack Johnson. He goes every year with his family. I didn't want to be 'that' person so I refrained from snapping any photos.


Here are a few photos from the day

Celebrity Sighting

Yes, Ashton rubbed elbows with Jorge Garcia from Lost. We were in Whole Foods looking at onions when I saw all these people gathering around......hum....who are these people look at....I look to my right and noticed 'some guy' from Lost. I don't watch it so I was clueless but he did look familiar so I figured it out.

Fun at the Hilton

Since mom-mom was in town, I figured it would be fun to surprise Adam with a weekend playing tourist and just relaxing. I booked us a night at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, got tickets for Kokua Festival and planned a couples massage (which were cancelled 30 minutes prior to our session..boo Hilton). Of course, I could not leave my baby boy at home without me so we brought along mom-mom and Ashton to enjoy the fun with us.

We had fun playing at the pool




Here we are having some fun at the hotel




Some family shots



Kokua Festival was so much fun. We got there a little late since we ended up walking from the hotel to the Shell due to traffic. We ended up running into our friends so we were able to share their blanket:-) We ended up leaving a little early...I think both Adam and I were missing Ashton. This was only our second time that Adam and I had been out alone together since Ashton was born. Good thing we left early because as soon as we got into the cab my mom called. Ashton was scared and crying. I think being along with mom-mom + hotel room = scared baby!

A few photos from the Festival