Wedding Day

The wedding of my two co-workers took place at the Fairmont Hotel on the beach. Luckily we rented a GPS. I didn't realize how far it was from the main strip. 25 miles of a two way highway. The guests were suppose to arrive by 3:30pm and the wedding to start at 4pm. I was getting a little worried we would not make it. We got there at 3:45 and then had to go through the hotel and out the back to a long walkway where the ceremony and reception was going to be held. After all that, the wedding actually didn't start til after 5! There was a little drama with the bridal party. The make-up artist showed up at 9am, but her helper didn't. It literally took til 5pm before she was able to finish everyone. Other than that, everything was great. It was an emotional wedding. The groom cried his "I dooooooooo!" (which me and another co-worker will be giving him grief at work... "Michelle, do you have any paper over there?" "yes, I doooooooo!") It was so cute! The bride also had a hanky to wipe his face. The food was excellent and too much! There was too much food! Frois Grai (sp?), Goat cheese wonton, bacon-wrapped scallops, Kobe beef were the appetizers. Then they had lomi lomi salmon, Poke, Kalua Pig, fried rice, Potatoes, etc, etc. You could not put everything on your plate. You had to pick and choose carefully. Then for dessert, they had chocolate fondues, cheesecakes, etc. UGH...we were so stuff. SO STUFFED it was not funny. And, nobody cleaned their plates! Well, more later, my time is running out. Tomorrow is our last day in Paradise.

I think we are now on Hawaii time. We've been a little slow on the updates. Friday, we explored the shopping areas and had a great lunch that overlooked the ocean. Seafood, seafood, and more seafood! Friday night was the Rehearsal Dinner at Fujimamas. It looked like everyone who is attending the wedding made it for the dinner as well. 80 guests!

Yesterday, we went snorkeling. We thought we would need the snorkeling equipment all day, but it turned out we only used it for the hour. As fun as it was, you can only see so many Tangs, Butterfly fishes, and Puffers. But, it was a nice bay and wasn't too deep (which I like). Jay also wanted to check out the Harbor where he will be Deep Sea fishing on Tuesday morning. Good thing we did. The Captain never gave him a contact phone. We were having to go from place to place to find the right person to ask. Apparently, the boat that Jay and the guys will be on called the Intrepid recently just got sold. Nobody there knew who the name of the new captain. The Charter people had to dig a little and finally found him the contact. Whew! That was a little stressful. We also got to check out the Kona International Market. I have actually been shopping very little. Everything you see is the same old stuff. Stuff that looks cute, but when you get home, are you really going to use it?

Well, we are off to do some light exploring again today. We don't want to go too far since the wedding will be happening late afternoon. Don't need to get lost and miss the wedding. I'll let you know. Bye for now!

Day 1

Hi Everyone from Kona!

Day 1
Arrived in Hawaii just around lunch time. We started out in San Jose, then had to transfer to LAX, then to Hawaii. All airlines were on-time, which was great. The only bad thing about the trip was when Jay's neighbor across the way decided to bend over to get something. Jay got a good view of a big butt and him picking his boxers out of his pants...ewwww.

The condo we picked is great. Great ocean view, 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms and a Lanai. We each get our own bathroom..yeah! For dinner last night, we ate tuna sashimi and seaweed salad that we bought from the grocery store. Cheap and great eats! We'll try and keep you updated.

Poor Rudy

Sunday it wasn’t too hot down in here, but Jay decided to add water to the pool for Wes. Wes had a great time in the pool. He even wanted to get naked to play. That was a surprise. Our son usually likes to be covered up. Maybe it was because his diaper weighed about 5lbs from all the water that it soaked up. Wes is getting in and out of the pool all naked, running around the yard. Next thing we know, Wes is looking at his pee-pee, while he’s urinating on the dog! Aye-ya!

I’m keeping this short today. Gotta run. The parents are heading to Hawaii on Thursday morning without the boy. So, Aloha!

Yes, another post!

Oh Boy…How long has it been? I was going to write a couple of weeks ago to announce that Jay and I have been married 5 years. 5 Years?!? How did that happen? Then I forgot to write about it. Then I was going to write last week that Jay and I went on an Overnight trip as a trial period for Wes for when we go to Hawaii at the end of July. Then I forgot about that too. I’m not doing too well here with updating. So, here are the updates:

A non-Wesley update (yes, I try on occasion) On June 21st, Jay and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary. It doesn’t feel like that long. When I think back, during those 5 years, we got married, then got: a house, a dog, a car, a baby, and a car; in that order. That is a lot of things that happened in such a short period of time for us. But, it’s been great. Yes, we’re busier and we have to schedule and juggle things more (i.e. Wes), but we always seem to find time for each other. And thank goodness for Sk*ype. I get to “talk” to my husband throughout the day without interruption of the lil one. After 5 years, my husband is still my best friend.

Wanda is visiting here visiting us. She came up to help with the trial (or maybe I should say training) period to help Wesley prepare for the Hawaii trip Jay and I will be taking at the end of July. She’s been a big help with taking him to daycare and staying with him overnight. Since he is now 27 months, he’s been a lot more aware of things and has had separation anxiety that comes and goes over the past few months. Last weekend we decided to do an overnight trip to see how he would react. We decided to show him we were leaving on a trip and that we would see him the next day. Reaction? A little confused, asked where we were, but no crying. Jay and I are realizing that it might not be us, but he might have more separation anxiety when Grandma leaves! He’s always asking for this Grandma. For our overnight we stayed in Santa Clara. We actually saw a movie, “Hancock” (which was good), and actually had a dinner where we didn’t have to worry about what to pick (sushi, also g-uuuuu-d), and saw another movie, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (I liked that one too). We haven’t been that lazy in a while. I remember pre-Wesley there were times when you would sit around and be bored. Now, I don’t remember what “bored” means. Now, there is always something to do.

Yes, our son keeps us from getting “bored”. He’s had a few cases of hives (we call it his “itchies”) in the past and when he does, we put Calamine Lotion on it. Yesterday, in the car, we were having a long conversation. At one point, I was telling him that I had a headache and that my head had an owie. He responded, “Head, owie?…. Lotion.” Ok, Dr. Hann.

A few weeks ago, we had spread a couple of blankets on his bedroom floor. He loves to play with his blankets. They are his security. (His bibs are also a security, but that’s another story.) He woke up one morning and saw the blankets on the floor and told me, “I want to lie down.” Whoa! Where did all those words come from?

He is such a chatterbox now. And bossy. A couple of weeks ago Jay and I were eating Lamb for dinner. He comes over to me and says “ I want chicken”. I tear off a piece and while he eats it, I tell him, “No, it’s lamb”. He looks at me and says, “No, Mama, Chicken”. Sheesh.