Bedroom in Juleen

Finally got around to painting our bedroom. As always only Mythic Paint with zero VOCs - this room is now Juleen!

8 weeks and counting!

Yikes. I'm getting nervous, no doubt at all!! What's it going to be like? Will Greta have a hard time adjusting? She can be aggressive when she wants something or doesn't get her way. Will she hit her baby brother or sister? Will she feel loved? Will I be able to give her special time while meeting the many needs of a newborn? Will my emotions and hormones take over and make me an anxious mess? Last time, I freaked out over any pictures taken of Greta in pacifiers, I still don't like them and prefer pictures w/o them, but I seriously freaked!

It took me a good year (including a move across the world) to feel fully back to myself again, and then I got pregnant again. Nervous, yes, I am very!!!

Greta has been enjoying Tiny Tots twice a week. She is so fast, and I am slowing down! She is saying new words every day! She is a good helper and picker-upper! She is in LOVE with Elmo, Abby, YGG and new infatuation The Wizard of Oz!! She will watch almost the entire movie before dozing off, and imitates the lollipop guild munchkins! Gosh, it's cute :)

Chris is humoring me and doing a great job handling all my nesting (cleaning and rearranging, purging and making lists). I'm a lucky girl to have him in my life! Such a hands on dad! Thanks Chris!

Will get some pictures soon :)

Happy Anniversary

Had a great time at 12th Avenue Grill in Kaimuki for our fourth. We heard of this restaurant from the Midweek section of the paper. It caught our eye because the owner is from Rochester, NY. They use mostly local, sustainable ingredients and the

Need to get back up and running...

I think I can...I think I can....

3 months till baby #2 arrives and inspiration from friends blogs, we need to get back into the routine of blogging! FB is great for a pic or statement here or there, but we want to share more with family and friends, especially those we don't talk to enough!! :)

This picture is about 6 weeks old, my belly is bigger now!!

Trying this new blogger app, which I'm hoping will make it easier!

Trains at NY State Fair

This entry is being made from the new blogger app. Saw these trains at the fair in Syracuse. Of course the EMD E-units are my favorite...

It's Been a Long Time Friends....

We are still here! Recently we have heard "what happened to the blog" " are they going to update soon?" This means that someone actually reads this~

Hawaii has felt like home since we moved here back in October. We've celebrated the holidays (with Great friends) including a visit from Kevin and steve (still sad we didnt take any pictures). My parents and aunt Joanie came for too short 10 days and we were able to celebrate Greta's 1st birthday!!!! Yikes... When did that happen?

We also experienced our first Tsunami warning! Civil Defense Alarms going off every hour from 9pm till 2am. It was very interesting and alarming. We live in the middle of the island, about 900 ft above sea level. Although we weren't concerned about any individual damage, e were still up watching the news to "watch" the Tsunami make it's way to our home, Hawaii! Living on an island brings concerns, maybe not of shoveling snow and concerns of ice storms, but if the Tsunami hit as predicted and the ports were damaged, how long would it take for food to arrive onthe island after what was here was gone? A little scary! Bread and water were off the shelves by midnight in our town! The island of Oahu had some damage but nothing as damaging as predicted and clearly nothing as terrible and tragic as Japan!

Chris has been busy getting things moving with work! He hope to have an office to soon, which I know makes him excited and me too (because all his work "stuff" can get out of the house)!! Chris loves his work and as we all know, when we do what we love it's no longer a job. I love all that he is doing for us as a family it makes my heart happier that he thoroughly enjoys it!

Greta is learning something new every day. From "dada" to "mommom" to saying the sound of owl "ooooo" , cat "ow", saying ball "bah" (which is the same name for bird, and tree, and flower)....and standing by the fridge and front door trying to tell us she's hungry and wants to go outside "ousshhhiii". She loves playdate's with her friends. We have been spending a lot of time at the zoo due to the wet weather at the parks and she is starting to really see the animals and interact- so FUN! She's getting sooo tall and growing fast! She is truly our little hoot, always full of smiles, saying "hi, hi, hi, hi" to everyone!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I OVERANALYZE everything. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said that transitioning from working full time to staying at home was easy. Work, even the stress, was fulfilling. I think as women we want to do it all! There was a lot of pride in my work. Being a stay at home has always been a dream too! I really didn't expect to be reintroduced to my insecurities and self doubts. The cool thing I FINALLY GET IT! Spending time home with Greta is so precious and I don't want to change that for a second! Thankfully I have great friends, although far away, to help keep me grounded! Sure, I desire to give back, to volunteer, to be a part of doing something tangible for our community! But, I have a lot of time to do that, right now I'm enjoying being a mom! (now, remind me of this when I get off base again).

Thanks to our friend Donna for this family pic!

Hula Greta