Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

Water Baby

We have a water baby on our hands.

Madeline has fallen in love with the outside world.
Any chance she gets she wants to be outdoors.
Lately, even better than just outdoors is
outdoors in the water.

She recently discovered the water faucet in
our backyard. This girl could
splash in the water for hours. The dogs
love it and get in on the action too.

I think she has tried to copy the puppies
when the stick their heads under to get a drink.
It's so funny to watch.

She gets so excited about it and will laugh
and squeal.

I have to say that as a mom it is so fun to watch
her discover new things. She gets so excited about the
simplest things and I can't get enough of it.

I love watching her squeal with delight.

Waimea Bay

One of our new favorite spots on the island is

Waimea Bay.

The sand is so soft and the water is so clear and calm

(right now anyway!)

Madeline loves to play in the sand. She gets it

all up in her cracks and crevices and just smiles

about it. She also loves the water and went in pretty

deep with Daddy for the first time.

She's turning into a regular old beach bum.

We went back out to Waimea yesterday and had so much fun

snorkeling. The water is so clear you can see all the way

to the bottom. Me and Nat went out one morning

and there was a turtle swimming nearby.

It's just such a beautiful place.

We also went snorkeling at Shark's Cove.

When the tide is out the water is pretty shallow

with some deep spots and lots and lots of fish.

It's super rocky with a lot of coral so

if you swim out next to the coral you can

see all sorts of creepy critters.

The creepiest for me was these long stick looking fish.

Jimmy kept swimming closer and closer to them

and I thought it was kinda freaky.

There were some little girls playing with the

sea cucumbers. They loaded them on the boogie boards

and carted them around the lagoons. They were

pretty disgusting.

We saw some really neat fish

and a shark....go figure in shark's cove.

It was a small one but still, a shark! It

swam about a foot away from Nat's leg.

Have I mentioned how much we are loving Hawaii?

We sure are!

Silly Girl

The other day Madeline was sitting on the kitchen

counter while I finished up a few things.

(she was supervised)

Anyway, there's a platter of fruit and stuff on our counter

and before we knew it she started grabbing things

and eating them.

She tried a lemon, a banana with the peel

and a tomato.

She must have been hungry eh?

Sea Life Park

We went to Hawaii's version of Sea World a

couple weeks ago.

Madeline loved the aquarium. She loved to see

the fish swim by and would point and

squeal at them.

She also loved the sea lions and the dolphins.

We got to see some fun dolphin shows

while we were there.

Nat was really excited about it all too.

It was a good day.

Haunama Bay

Jimmy didn't have PT one morning so we (Missy, Jimmy,

Nat, and Madeline)

decided to wake up at 4 and go

snorkeling.

It was so fun! Snorkeling at 6 a.m. in Hanauma

Bay is awesome! I have to say that early in the

morning is probably the best time to go there.

It was so still and calm and the

beach was empty, minus the regulars

who do their morning aerobics in the

water. It was so fun.

Madeline was such a good sport. She was a little

tired but once she saw the sand and water

she was super excited.

Sunset at "Turtle" Beach

We finally saw our first sunset on

the beach. We headed

out to show Nat the turtles and decided

to stick around to see it.

It was beautiful.

Aunt Nat has arrived!

Aunt Natalie has arrived in Hawaii!

Yahoo! We are so happy she is here!

Fun with Audrey and Jason

Audrey and Jason kicked off the

visiting season at the

Isakson house.

We had such a fun time with them

and can't wait for them to say they're coming back.

They brought out our goofy side...

We got to go out on a real date! (YAH)

We followed them to Hanauma Bay

and went snorkeling....

Madeline played in the ocean and ate the sand...

We did so much while they were here and loved

hearing about their adventures. Something magical

happened over their stay, my drawers and cabinets started

sprouting $5 bills. It was fabulous.

Come back and see us soon!

Diamond Head

We woke up early one morning and decided to

hike Diamond Head in Honolulu.

Jimmy strapped Madeline to his chest

and off we went.

Madeline loved hanging there. She

really had the easy way up. She took her

tigger with her and held onto him for the

entire hike.

There were tunnels and stairs and winding stairs.

It was a beautiful day for the hike but this one was

really really crowded.

The view from the top was beautiful.

This was the first hike with the Bjorn and

I give it 4 stars. (Even though I didn't carry her)

She was so comfortable she fell asleep on the way down!)