Walkey-Walkey

My Sophie is such a big girl. She's walking like crazy. She can make it across the room without falling. She is trying more and more, and I love that she doesn't give up and keeps trying.

Thursday I had the day off. We went to the library. Now that Sophie is walking, she loves it even more. She sat well through the stories, and of course, she loves bubble time at the end.

Kale and I had the entire weekend off together. That NEVER happens. We tried to take advantage of it, but I'll be honest - I was disappointed we didn't do more! We didn't really do anything Friday because Kale picked up a shift at the Bountiful pharmacy and it was smack dab in the middle of the day. We did get a pizza though, which is a treat. Pizza is Kale's most favorite food! Saturday I had a region basketball game. We played hard but the team was SOOOO DIRTY. I thought I was going to pee blood I got elbowed in the kidney's so hard. One girl has a huge bruise/abrasion on her knee from being pushed around. Another girl a black eye. Another girl thought she injured her knee because she couldn't put any weight on it for 24 hours. We played hard and kept within points, pulling ahead, then the last quarter they got ahead by a few points and ended up winning 27 to 33. In the end though, they weren't being honest with some of their paperwork and did have everything they needed so they forfeited and we get to play at the championship Thursday. I really wanted to do something fun as a family but Sophie ended up sleeping until 330. We did go down to the Discovery Gateway and were able to play there for about an hour and a half. It was so much fun. Sophie loved it. We brought her cousins with us too, and it was a lot of fun. I can't believe the cost of that place though. We ended up getting a membership for 6 months because it was such a better deal. Sunday I went to the new ward with Sophie. She's not quite 18 months yet, but we tried out nursery. Boy was it an ordeal. She parallel played really well but anytime the other kids (older kids - almost 3) tried to play she would beat them up! It's embarrassing as a mother because I don't know what to do. I don't know where she learned it or how to stop it. I always take her hand and tell her to be soft, but apparently it's not effective because I swear she's getting worse. Sometimes though, kids will take things from her but most of the time she just pushes kids. So anyway, back to our nursery attempt. I stayed in there for an hour and she didn't even look for me once. I snuck out, and not even 5 minutes after I sat down in Relief Society, I heard my sweet daughter screaming bloody murder. Back to nursery I went. Oh well, I hope it gets better!

Monday, I had a doctor's appointment and staff meeting. My mom watched Sophie for the appointment but had to be to work so dropped her off at staff meeting. She did pretty good (besides beating up my nurse-friends 18 month old). Today, I had a trauma nursing course, so my mom watched Sophie again. This is a big ugly week for me. I work four days, have a 10-hour class two days, had a staff meeting (3 hours). Ugh. I wish it was over but it's just beginning.

Hawaii 2011

We had a lot of fun on our Hawaii trip. The flight there went pretty good, Sophie woke up half-way through but stayed fairly happy (and quiet). Our shuttle took us to the hotel and we dropped our bags off and headed to the store and to walk around Kuhio avenue until the room was ready. We took a long nap... like 5 hours! We went to the beach and dipped our toes in, got some dinner, then went back to the hotel and swam. We pushed the beds together and Sophie slept in the middle. I was worried she wouldn't sleep well since she is a difficult sleeper and only likes to be in her crib, but she slept really well. We cuddled all night, I loved it and really missed our co-sleeping days!

That night I woke up to evacuation sirens. I had no idea what was going on, and was so tired, that I figured if something was really wrong, they'd call/knock on our door. We heard lots of noise, shouting, and such. Ha. What an attitude to a tsunami. We woke up to tons of phone calls and texts asking if we were alive/ok. We still had no idea what exactly had happened. When we turned the news on, we were shocked! All the beaches were closed. We went to Sea Life Park and Sophie and I got to pet/kiss a dolphin! It was way fun, she loved it.

The next day we went to the Ala Moana shopping center, it's huge! We browsed and shopped for a while, then went home and went swimming again at the hotel. We loved eating out (me especially, it's so nice not to have to cook). Luckily, the next day, the beaches re-opened and we were able to go to Haunama Bay. That's one of my favorite things, I love to snorkel. I went snorkeling and Sophie fell asleep not long after we got there and slept on the beach for almost 2 hours! I was able to snorkel and saw a lot of fish and even found a cool turtle! It was awesome. Sophie woke up and we played on the beach for a while. She eventually warmed up to it and seemed to like it, but she definitely doesn't like the sand. That night we walked around near the beach. There are lots of shops and lots of people out, it's a lot of fun. We got some cheesecake from the cheesecake factory (mmmm!) and ate dinner then went back to the hotel to hang out.

The next day we went to a water park called Wet N Wild. It had tons of slides and a huge kiddie pool. Sophie napped, once again, haha. We went to the wave pool, the lazy river, and on the slides in the kiddie pool. It was so funny to see her go down the slides! We ate at the best place ever: Cheeseburger in Paradise. Man, it was so good, I want one here in Utah!

Tuesday we rented a car and went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Temple. We were able to do lots of the exhibits but that place is so huge, I would need to be there an entire other day just to do all the activities! Sophie loved the canoe show. We went to the Laie Temple grounds and walked around and talked to several missionaries. We went to the visitor's center and watched several little movies. They have such a neat set up there. On the way home it was still light out so we went exploring and found this really cool rock-bay. It was super windy and the waves were crashing up. It was beautiful. I just love Hawaii!

Wednesday was when we were supposed to go home, so we went to the zoo in the morning. Sophie wasn't that impressed with the animals. The zoo was awesome, they have a Keiki (children's) zoo section where you can pet several farm animals. Sophie loved it! She kept pulling on the goat's ears. We played on the playground, and Sophie kept beating up any kids that came in her little lion tunnel. It was kinda funny/kinda embarrassing (yep she pushed an older kid out). She's definitely hit the terrible twos. That I will save for another post.

That afternoon we at at the cheeseburger place again and spent some time at Waikiki Beach. Man, I love the ocean. It's so nice to just lounge in the water with the waves and the sun with my family. What a great vacation we had, I was sad to come home.

We had another red-eye flight. Sophie fell asleep on the way there and slept until about 2 1/2 hours away from our destination. She woke up and was being such a turkey! Oh man, what a long flight. Soon after that, they made an announcement that they had a medical emergency and requested a physician or RN. No one got up, so I did. Some lady had fainted. They didn't have a lot of equipment, so I did some vitals and an assessment, and sat with her for a while. The captain called and talked to me to ask if we needed to land or have paramedics waiting at the gait . I told him no since the lady was fine and seemed to be doing a lot better. (TMI she was 'menstruating') When I finally got back to my seat, Sophie was asleep in it! I luckily kept her asleep and was able to hold her for the rest of the time. We arrived in Las Vegas, got some breakfast, and headed home. It was so nice to be home.

My sweet mom had gotten a few groceries and had done the dishes I wasn't able to do, and had some pizza! Today I spent the day recovering and cleaning/doing laundry. I wish I was back in Hawaii! It was such a fun time. Here is a LINK to some pictures from our trip.