7 Weeks to Go!

We are 7 weeks away from our due date and are getting extremely excited! We can't wait until we can hold Easton and see his little face and get to know him. I am feeling well and am enjoying pregnancy to the fullest!
I was blessed to have a wonderful baby shower this last weekend and had a great time! Easton got a lot of really great things that he will be able to use for a long time. We still have quite a bit of "setting up" to do. But as most people know, I really do enjoy projects and am looking forward to painting and setting up all the baby gear. It will definitely make me even more excited once we get everything done, so I better not do it all too soon! =)
I have another doctor's appointment this Wednesday and then we'll see how much more our little monkey has grown. Can't wait until we can post some pictures of him!

We're back!

We're back from our wonderful vacation and so thankful to have been able to spend time in Hawaii with the family. We had a great time and loved playing with the kids in the pool and at the beach.

Rylynn and Carter spent some time playing with their Hawaiian friends, Wesley and Avery that they met last year at the house. We were able to keep in touch with them over the last year and were so happy to be able hang out with them again!

We were able to spend a lot of time at the beach where Rylynn continued to amaze us on the boogie board. She just goes right out there and hits the waves hard! A couple of them hit her hard and she took it like a champ and wanted to go back out there and ride some more. One day at Mauna Kea, there were some waves that were coming back out and crashing into the ones coming in. Rylynn called them backwards waves. When they hit, you go flying up into the air and it is a wild ride. Rylynn got caught on a couple of those and it was awesome to see her flying AND staying on the board and riding it all the way in! Carter rode a couple waves this year too with Papa and liked it too until a wave came over him and then he was done. But what an improvement from the first time we came when he would just stand and scream at the waves. =)

Another memorable day was when we went over to the Hilo side of the island and saw Acaca Falls. It was a beautiful drive over with lush vegetation and deep canyons just filled with trees and flowers and on the other side black cliffs with ocean views. The walk to the falls was easy and there was a light Hawaiian rain falling. We saw some unique plants and flowers and a couple of smaller falls, but the big falls were so incredible. I can't believe the force and power at which they fall! Then when we got back to the car Jesse noticed a leech on Carter's back and was able to get it off before it attached. YIKES!!! After that we had nice, rainy picnic at a breath taking pointe and saw about 15 whales all in a group. It was awesome!

We had some amazing dinners and pretty hard laughs from conversations and TV shows. At one point Jesse thought I was going to go into labor from laughing so hard. What good memories we created! Thanks to Mom and Dad for a fantastic time, we love you and are so thankful for all the good times!