8 months

Alex Marie is 8 months old today. She has 7 teeth, and what looks like 3 more joining soon. She loves to talk saying things like "Mommomom" and "Dadada" and "Mmyaaa." She is extremely close to crawling but loves to stand up tall and straight. She has extremely strong legs. She loves peas, the beach, and her mommy and daddy. She loves to nap on her Tutu Gloria's shoulder while Mom is at work and she really enjoys whacking things with her wild, flailing arms. She also enjoys going on dates with Pooh.... (Mom supervises of course!)

DIY: Curtain Rods

This DIY project was thought up because our new house is covered in windows. We literally have 7 windows in our front room alone! When moving, your money is already spread pretty thin and trying to get some privacy in your new home can be low on your list of things to do. While at the hardware store we realized how expensive a curtain rod can be ($40- just for the rod in the length we needed). So we tried to think up a really cheap and sturdy way to hang our curtains, this is what I came up with:

Just because...

.....she is so damn cute!

Wedding Photography

So over the past weekend I got to experiment with wedding photography. I loved capturing moments of the bride pre-ceremony but have come to the conclusion that being a wedding photographer is extremely hard work and I am not sure I really have the eye for much more than portraits. Not to mention the fact that I can't stand the extremely harsh light during the ceremony so I really dont have many of those pictures that I like. Any ways here are a few I enjoy, hope you do too!

Dragon fruit

The coolest color combo to eat. Hot pink and green outside, with a black and white inside.

Life, love, and a little bit of Aloha

We are enjoying our new house and the space we have to fill. I have so many DIY projects that I have been doing. It is so much harder to get anything done in a timely manner with a little monkey on my shoulder.

 I have recently become more comfortable taking Alex with me to the beach and for those days when I dont get to spend my time soaking up the rays and enjoying the clear, blue sea this bag can do the trick.

This weekend we enjoyed the Sunday Kailua Farmers market. It was still quiet and quaint and I love that! Not only did I really enjoy this farmers market because they really strive to provide vendors that are selling and producing local product but there were Baker Dudes. The "Baker Dudes" had these amazing turnovers, fresh cinnamon rolls, and all sorts of other wonderful fresh baked goods. So fresh they literally rigged up an oven in the bed of their truck!

7 months

Alex Marie is 7 months old today. Everyone always says how fast children grow but jeez!

She has been enjoying avocados, carrots, sweet potatoes, and poi. Not so much enjoying peas and squash... She definitely has a few more teeth coming up and has been in a bit of pain, my poor girl. Alex has been enjoying her three days a week with her Puna (grandma) since I am now back at work. Her hair is crazy as ever and she has been so good with letting me pull it back to get it out of her face. Her personality is really developing and she is such a sweet heart who loves to laugh and smile.

6 months

This beautiful girl is 6 months old. Well, she has been for about a week but amidst the move, my computer crash, and having my Dad in town it has been rather hard to find time to sit think let alone sit down.

Alex Marie has two teeth on the bottom that have broken the surface. She bites. Hard. She is strong. And if you leave anything that looks interesting near her she dives for it and then sits herself right back up. She is sitting really well on her own but we still put her Boppy around her just in case. She loves the new house. She has a big carpeted living room that she just can't wait to crawl on! At her 6 month checkup she was "off the charts" in height. Big shock. She is growing like a weed! She has been eating avocado and peas and loves them both.