busy busy busy!

Looks like I've gone over a month without posting again... Whoops!

We've been very busy the last month. Let's catch up shall we?

On top of my finals, when our lease was up at the condo, we moved to a house (my first one, yay!).

I unpacked everything that same weekend and we threw her birthday party a few days later.

Then my husband went to Korea, so my family came to keep us company!

While they were here we went shopping with one of our relatives on the island,

visited the Dole Plantation,

hiked to a waterfall in Waimea Valley,

drove around to various beaches with more relatives,

partied on a dinner cruise (Star of Honolulu this time),

went to the Aloha Swap Meet, Waikele Outlet, and an awesome luau!

It was a great having our family here while he was gone. We've made some awesome friends in Hawaii, but it is always so quiet after she goes to bed. It was nice having people to talk to and it definitely made the time pass by quickly!

Things are settling down now. We had her well baby appointment today. The doctor said she's perfect and when we went to get her shots she didn't even cry!

Why is my baby getting so big? And how do I stop it?!

the last two-ish months

The first month I was here, Daniel was away training. And by away, I mean down the street. They have a facility we pass on our way to post, but part of the training requires full immersion, so he was gone for about 3 weeks.

Talk about terrifying! I landed on a Monday night and the following Monday my husband was gone for three weeks. Luckily he had shown me how to get around a little, enough to get gas, groceries, and other necessities.

Our family at Daniel's WLC Graduation (Dec 2011)

Unfortunately I didn't explore very much during that time since I was waiting for the boxes I mailed over to arrive. Did you know parcel post took 2-6 weeks? Me either.

Now that all our stuff has been unpacked, everything is in its place, and my husband is back home, we're ready to take on this island!

So far, we've only been to one beach (aside from the one pictured here). We were also invited to luau with our friends, who had us over for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve.

Daniel and I went on a dinner cruise for our third anniversary last month. It was a ton of fun and I highly recommend it for anyone visiting! We plan on going to a few more luaus and cruises while we're here :)

this year has been such a rollercoaster...

I truly hope that this is the end of that crazy ride..

Shortly after my last post, Daniel had a change of heart and decided he didn't want a divorce after all.

I was a little hesitant at first but I love him and didn't want to get divorced in the first place, so.... aloha from Hawaii!

My parents drove my daughter and I down to Baltimore last Sunday, and we flew out of BWI Monday morning.

She did surprisingly well on the 15 hour trip, and was only fussy for the last 45 minutes before touching down in Honolulu. We love it here and are enjoying every moment we get with her daddy. :)