week two in photos

perspective

Sometimes I look at this kid and think, "she's such a big girl!!" At week one she weighed in at 5lb 11oz and now she weighs 16lb 5oz. Which, let's be honest, is anything but big. So maybe it's just her personality that's grown. Either way these pictures help put things in perspective.

don't tell her but...this girl is itty bitty!

this kid is one

With all the madness going on these last few weeks I never even addressed Miss K's milestone birthday. My little girl is officially a running, babbling, eating absolutely everything-in', cannot be contained one-year-old. She has the sweetest six-toothed smile in the land and has changed every inch of our world for the better. We love you Miss K!!

why else would grown-ups dress up for a superhero themed kids birthday.

just another morning in waikiki

Mr. Awesome had an interview in Waikiki this morning so Miss K and I decided to tag along. Bright and early we loaded into the car and made the twenty minute drive to the most popular beach on Oahu. On a side note, it is incredibly easy to be a morning person in Hawaii because the island and all the little birds and creatures on it have their own natural rhythm, there really is no use fighting it. Plus, Miss K's "natural" rhythm still has her waking up between 4 and 5 a.m.

But back to Waikiki. This place is Hawaii on steroids and is definitely not the place for the easily overstimulated. Throngs of tourist line the streets and long stretch of beach and small local shops vie for space between luxury powerhouses like Coach and Louis Vuitton. Even at seven in the morning this place is buzzing. You will find a lot of people who loathe this place and avoid it like the plague but I'll tell you why I am not one of them.

Here's what Waikiki has going on...it is a literal one stop shop, in the sense that you have the beach, restaurants, bathrooms, and an ABC store (for anything you could need) on literally every block and for a Washingtonian with a bit of a Starbucks habit there are more than a handful in just a few short blocks. And while the North Shore may be the place to be for watching the best surfing, Waikiki is definitely the place to be for people watching. As a professional eavesdropper the number languages alone is baffling, far exceeding the number overheard in the International Terminal at SFO. Every color, every body type, every age is present and accounted for in Waikiki...and they are friendly!!

Miss K has first hand experience being that an older Korean woman (I'm guessing at least 80) just happened upon us walking and decided to come along. She swooped up Miss K's hand, gave me a nod and a smile and the three of us continued on for at least a block before going our separate ways.

There's so much more to say about Waikiki so I'll be sure to revisit but for now suffice to say that it's pretty sweet that Mr. Awesome can be all dressed up headed to an interview while Miss K and I can be ready to hit the beach and all three of us can go about our business on the same block.

we made it!!

These last few weeks in Washington have been hectic. We've had boxes to pack. We've had a birthday to both plan and execute. I had a half-marathon to shoddily train for and run, while Mr. Awesome had tests to take and relocation planning to undertake. All three of us have had multiple doctors and dentist appointments and I can't even count the numbers of hugs and goodbyes we received. However on Tuesday, after five hours of sleep, two packed cars, and two flights...we arrived. At our new home...

To everyone who sent us off...we love you, we miss you and we absolutely can not wait for you to visit!!!

Mahalo.