It is a.....

Last week we found out... that we need some more planes, trains, superheroes, and dinosaurs in this house because...

IT IS A BOY!

Scenes from our weekend...

Happy Veteran's Day to Will (Daddy!). We are so thankful for your service and everything you do for our family.  Can you believe that was almost a year ago...

We have been loving our long weekend! Although the Hawaii rainy season is here... I am LOVING the 68 degrees; we have finally brought out the fleeces, long sleeves, and even some pants. During the rainy season, Oahu has patches of clouds, sun, and rain.... since we live up in the mountains, during the "winter" months, most of our days are filled with some rain.

We decided to head to the Honolulu for a some temporary sun. And to see the new Lion Cubs!

Will and I also went on our first date in months.... thanks to this man.... We went to our favorite Thai Place in Haleiwa; during pregnancy I love spicy food; however, I asked for the most spicy at a pretty authentic Thai restaurant. Guess what? Lesson learned. That is a seriously extreme level of spicy and too much for me! Harper was so excited to have Uncle Greg all to herself; she kept saying "Byebye Mommy and Daddy" just so we would leave! We can't thank him enough for spending the night with our little lady.

and I am struggling with Maternity Fashion. Yes, I had clothes that I saved from Harpy girl but these all just seem so worn. I have been trying to pick up a few updates here and there.... but it is challenging for a short woman like me! All of the maternity dresses hit me like half way down my calf- aka not flattering. Problems, I know :) I have been out of my normal shorts, jeans, etc for a while but my "normal" dresses and shirts are getting too tight and frankly unflattering. Maxi dresses seem to still work! Anyway, I don't want to invest a ton in a temporary problem. Thankfully I found some adorable jeans in the Target Maternity Section. I have never bought jeans there but they are sooo cute and sooo comfy. The shirt is from Pea and the Pod... we don't have one on Oahu but thankfully they do in Charleston and Will's mom was sweet enough to send it! I have been wearing it every week!

xoxo,
allie

Happy Friday!

Harps woke up and asked me to go to the Beach today.... why not? You only are two once... and live in Hawaii once.

xoxo,
allie

Weekend Recap

Can you believe I am blogging again, weird right. After such a long hiatus I seem to be getting back in my groove. Here is a bit of a weekend recap.

1. We went to the beach on Saturday.... Harp's fav beach- Ko'Olina Lagoons. She is def a beach baby and was totally meant to spent her "babyhood"/"toddlerhood" in Hawaii. She also adores her new sunglasses; can you tell?

2. All of the stores here on Oahu already have tons of Christmas Decorations up... Normally I am very against buying Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving buttt last year ALL of the Christmas Lights sold out on the island. Just like this year Pumpkins and Candy Corn were very challenging to find towards Halloween. I guess we get a limited supply all the way out here in the Pacific. Ha. Either way, I am doing a Christmas Light inventory this week to ensure we are stocked up.

3. Speaking of Holidays, Will's battalion had their Fall Festival on Friday. It was super cute... Hay rides, Pumpkin Patch, Arts and Crafts, Games, Bounce Houses and More. Will's company was tasked with a Cupcake Station. I helped out with that while Will and Harps enjoyed the festivities. Can you guess what our girl did the wholeeeeee time? Played in the petting zoo and fed the ponies. She loves loves loves animals. Thankfully the owners were very nice about her overfeeding all of their pets! And don't worry it was raining the whole time but she didn't care!

4. Will has flown the last couple of weekends. There was a bad fire on base (far away from any houses/facilities) and the Chinooks have helped put it out. We miss him but he seems to be enjoying being a temporary firefighter.

5. I have not been eating any sweets. This pregnancy sweets have been the last thing on my mind. Believe me, anyone who knows me well would think this is super odd. I usually LOVE LOVE cookies, cupcakes, chocolate etc. I seem to be more into meat, fruit, yogurt, eggs, etc. Ha, I guess the latter is healthier.

6. We are headed to the mainland in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving and we are all SO excited. I can't wait to see family and enjoy some Fall weather!

7. I just discovered this brand this weekend.    http://www.littleenglish.com/   Such adorable children's clothes.

8. I have officially stopped running this week. It just too much... I know some people run all throughout their pregnancies but it is not for me. I will start again in March/April! I am walking a couple of miles everyday... and chasing a Toddler so it will have to do for the next 20 ish weeks. However, this weekend was the New York City marathon (something I hope to do someday) and one of my best friends from high school ran it!! We are proud of you Jenn!

9. Last week I worked on a little DIY project for our "playroom". Space is very limited in Hawaii and our house is starting to feel a bit small for our family. Anyway, I added some book shelving in our playroom area to help keep Harp's book collection more organized. I just ordered these from Ikea and painted them. Easy, easy project.

10. Harps is becoming quite a "mama" these days. She loves her babies. 

Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend!

xoxo,

allie

Halloween 2013

Our girl has LOVED the Fall/Halloween Season this year! Although it feels a bit weird celebrating this season in the Hawaii heat, we have tried to make it feel fallish (I do have to admit, I am REALLY missing fall weather this year). O well, the price of living in Hawaii. Anyway, I would say H's favorite part of the season has been Pumpkins and Trick or Treating; she is obsessed with her pumpkins.

Two weeks ago we went to a pumpkin patch on the Windward side of the island. It was a beautiful farm and very Hawaiian.

Will and I are pretty convinced that they don't actually grow the pumpkins... but the farm just buys them and place them out in the hay! Ha. Either way, Harps adored them. And the animals, "train ride", and hay ride were just an added bonus!

Last weekend we carved our pumpkin. Harps was all about it. She picked a pig nose.... Will did his best to accommodate her carving request!

(I love this photo... she is like stay away from my pumpkin)

and in typical Hawaii fashion, our pumpkin looked like this three days later...

and of course the most exciting event of the month. Trick or Treating. Harps was SO into it. The entire time she said Halloween, Halloween, over and over again. The funniest part is she LOVED getting a piece of candy but could have cared less about eating it. I am sure that will change soon enough.

(Uncle Greg joined us for the fun!)

Happy Halloween! We have our Battalion Fall Festival tonight. Harps is very excited for bounce houses, more petting zoos, and cupcakes.

xoxo,
allie

P.S.  Can you believe next year we will be trick or treating with two little babies.... Will and I can't believe Baby Caff #2 will be here in 20 weeks or so. We find out the gender in about a week. Exciting!