What?! It's 2011?!

Sadly, it's been six months since my last blog post.  FAIL!  I could give a lot of excuses, but, I won't.  I will just update with what has happened in the last six months.

October 2010.  One of my besties, Jodi, came to Hawai'i for a visit.  We went to the swap meet at Aloha Stadium, Dole Plantation, the USS Arizona Memorial, the Shack in Mililani, Waimea, North Shore and a luau at Paradise Cove.  My baby shower for Baby M was held in October as well.  It was a fun but exhausting month.

November 2010.  I hit 36 weeks in the pregnancy.  Let me tell you, I was so ready to be done!  My SIL was due the same day that I was, 04 Dec 2010, and she delivered my nephew Kannen on 31 October.  I wanted to cry.  I am thankful that he was a healthy baby!  But, I was slightly jealous that she was done and I was not.  And, I tried everything that I could to get that little girl out.  I walked walked walked walked walked everywhere! Loralai McKenna M***** finally made her appearance in the wee small hours of the morning on 30 November.

December 2010.  I learned what life with a newborn and a seven-year-old is like.  I learned that my schedule is no longer my own.  Big sister, A, has been amazing.  So helpful!  My stepchildren came for Christmas.  This is the first family Christmas we've had all of the kids together.  We visited the Pacific Aviation Museum with the kiddos and enjoyed a very rainy Winter Break.

January 2011.  With the other kiddos back to the mainland, the house became very quiet again. Lo hit 6 weeks and I had my PP appointment.  I shed all of my pregnancy weight and then some.  A went back to school and Travis was back to work on eves.  Sheer exhaustion set in.

February 2011.  Lo hit 8 weeks and was weighing in at 9 lbs 8 oz.  Lil peanut!  A had a field trip to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year celebration and another at the end of the month to the recycling and waste management plant for their unit on conservation.

And, now, we've hit March 2011.  Currently A is on Spring Break!  Yay!  And we're still learning how to schedule, but, loving life!  In light of the recent tsunami warning and the tragedy that hit Japan, I understand now more than ever how much life truly is a gift.

Someday soon, I'll post my labor story.  And, I'll post some pictures of the fun things we did/do here on the island.  

A hui hou! (until we meet again)