Daddy takes the camera

It's not often that I have so many pictures of Charlie and I. I'm usually the one behind the camera taking pictures of Charlie and Dennis but yesterday Dennis took over the camera duties. I still can't believe how fast Charlie is growing. It seems like just yesterday he was this tiny little benjamin button looking newborn:

Now he's a crazy little fatty who has more personality than one baby should be allowed to. Yesterday we went over to Ford Island to see the Utah Memorial. Next to the memorial, there was a nice open field of grass so we took advantage of the beautiful day and spent some time outside.

Charlie monster is gonna get you!

As we were leaving, the sun was setting and I thought these 3 palm trees were so perfect and symbolic of our little family in Hawaii.

Grandma Visits!

My mom has been in town the last week and we've had so much fun! I was able to take some pictures of her and Charlie together.

While she was here we took Charlie to see Santa! I was so worried that we wouldn't find an authentic Santa in Hawaii but we found a perfect one at the mall downtown!

I also took some Christmas pictures of Charlie in front of our tree.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

O' Christmas Tree...

Halloween in Hawaii

It's been awhile since we've gone all out for Halloween. Two years ago, Dennis was away at school and last year he was fresh off of a deployment to Afghanistan and exhausted. We (Dennis) decided to make up for it this year. Dennis tranformed our garage into his lair, fully equipped with a strobe light, scary music and sound effects on surround sound. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time... watching him scare the trick-or-treaters was priceless.

Hawaii locals have got to be some of the greediest people I've ever come in contact with. One woman grabbed our candy bowl, and took ALL of our candy. Thankfully, we have AWESOME neighbors who gave us a few bags to keep the party going. You can bet someone was on candy patrol from that point on!

I will never understand why people thank it's ok to go trick-or-treating without a costume. It seems to be a common trend in this land of greediness. After multiple visitors without costumes (who were entirely too old to be trick-or-treating), we had to put up this sign:

We had a ton of fun but tonight solidified why our move off of this rock can't happen soon enough!

Our friends Gini and Mike brought a little skeleton friend for Charlie.

This is my absolute favorite picture of the night. Whenever we take a funny picture of Charlie, Dennis and I always joke that it's going in the slideshow that will be played at his graduation/wedding/etc. I hope Gini and Mike do the same thing to Jr. with this picture!

Three Months

Exactly one year ago, Dennis came home from Afghanistan and what a crazy, whirlwind of a year it's been ever since! It really seems like just yesterday that I picked him up from the base... which makes it even harder to believe that Charlie will be 3 months old on Sunday!

Charlie has got more personality than I ever could have imagined a three month old to have and always keeps us laughing. He is so vocal and loves talking to his daddy. It's almost as if he's got to tell Dennis all about his day when he gets home from work. He's such a happy baby (as long as he's getting exactly what he wants) and smiles at everything and everyone. Charlie loves laying upside down in my lap, sitting next to daddy and watching football, and rolling over... which he's gotten really good at this week!

Charlie likes to yell at Dennis:




and rolling over:

Here's Charlie's Halloween costume. We're still not sure if he'll wear it on Halloween unless I can figure out a way to keep feathers from getting in his mouth!