On Hawaiian Time

Aloha!

This vacation is 'just a little bit different' than any other vacation we've taken before, especially past trips to Hawaii. Here is a little comparison for you between our last trip and this trip.

Past Trip: Get up around 7am

This Trip: Get up around 7am and pray that Nathan doesn't wake up for another hour

Past Trip: Take a walk on the beach or something fun like that before breakfast

This Trip: Change a nasty morning diaper, Get Nathan breakfast, changed, and let him run around the house

Past Trip: Get mai tais packed up with towels and snacks, go to the beach, sit quietly in the sun reading and snorkeling

This Trip: Pack up diapers, lots of water, the stroller and drive to a new place and show Nathan things he's never seen before

Past Trip: Lunch - find a restaurant near where we were hanging out

This Trip: Come home, get a nice sandwich and get Nathan ready for nap

Past Trip: Around 1pm - Sit by the pool or by the beach again drinking more mai tais

This Trip: Around 1pm - Put Nathan (& Beth) down for naps. Aaron goes upstairs to watch a movie or sit by the pool at the house

Past Trip: Later afternoon - Enjoy mai tais (yes, that would have been a lot by then) in town walking around

This Trip: Family swim time at the pool at the house. Listen to Nathan scream at the sight of the water, scream louder at the feeling of the water, until finally giving in and realizing he actually likes the water.

Past Trip: Go to a fun dinner wherever and whenever we wanted.

This Trip: Dinner at the house and then out for some kind of evening activity Nathan can enjoy too - like the Dolphin Quest exhibit at the Hilton where he saw dolphins for the first time.

Past Trip: Go to bed around 9pm

This Trip: Put Nathan to bed around 8pm and watch TV or a movie and go to bed around 10pm

It has been a blast so far on our Hawaiian vacation with Nathan and Nana and Papa. It's just a little different pace now that we have a child. Nathan has been fantastic on this trip. He's handled everything so well and loved taking in the new places and the new people. He's smiled more in the past few days than we've ever seen - and if you know how much he smiles normally, that's really saying something. But then again, who isn't happier in Hawaii?

We hope you are all doing well and look forward to seeing you soon back at home. Of course, it would be more fun to see you in Hawaii.