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Yesterday we packed up everyone in the Jeep and headed out to the Bellows to spend time at the beach.  The girls have been dying to go to the beach, and that is definitely something I'm not attempting alone with three little ones.  On the way to the beach we drove through some rain, and the clouds weren't looking promising.  Once we pulled up and got unloaded the skies were perfect.  I was nervous on our drive there, but we lucked out!   I sprayed Riley with sunscreen and then off she went, running down to the water.  Then I sprayed Hadley and Emrey down.  I was attempting to take a picture of Riley by the water when I heard her scream and start running towards me.  I knew by the scream what was wrong.  She got stung by a man of war jellyfish.  Those suckers are nasty.  I know this because almost every time we are at the Bellows I always manage to get stung.  It's a burn that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.  I walke...

The girls have been asking to go to the zoo for awhile.  I'm not brave enough to take my three little monkeys to the zoo alone, so what better time to go then when their Nanny is here visiting.  Of course, our zoo in Honolulu is nothing compared to the zoo in St Louis that Madeleine is use to.  Here, it's much smaller and it costs money to get in.  With that said, the girls love going and it's the perfect size zoo for little kids to be able to enjoy the entire place.   Riley had to get up on every ledge and peek over the fences to get the best view possible.  She was loving every exhibit we went to.   Hadley is now fascinated with alligators and crocodiles(or crocodonalds as she calls them).  She has been since she'd watch the show Swamp People with Trey about catching gators.  Here she is, face all up against the glass, staring hard at the alligators in the water.  She didn't want to leave. One of the best parts of the zoo is the fact t...

I just wanted to share a picture of Trey in action on his deployment.  He's under the helicopter sticking a pole in the bottom of it.  I thought it was a really neat picture.  He's doing really well.  I've gotten to talk with him on Skype a few times and on the phone, briefly, a few times.  I love how advanced technology has gotten so that I can see my husbands face while he's on deployment.  He looks great.  He's already lost a bunch of weight, so I guess I better get my butt on the weight loss train too!!  

 Trey's mother, Madeleine, arrived on Thursday evening.  The girls were excited to have a visitor, especially one of their grandparents.  I think they know they get spoiled when there is a grandparent around.  Madeleine hasn't seen the girls since Emrey was born, so she was excited to spend time with them as well.  There was no warming up period needed, the girls chatted their Nanny's ear off as soon as we picked her up from the airport.  That was a plus. It was a beautiful day outside today and I thought it would be perfect to take Madeleine and the girls to feed the koi at Moanalua Gardens.  The girls absolutely love going there and it doesn't drain the bank account taking them!  When we arrived and went to purchase some food to feed the koi the little shop was closed.  The sign said "Closed on Monday 5/28 for Memorial Day."  I was confused because it was Sunday, but there was nothing we could do.  Riley was terribly bummed out. ...

The girls and I made Emrey birthday cupcakes.  Emrey enjoyed her birthday treat!  It wasn't her first taste of sweetness, but she was thrilled to taste it again!!  Can you tell??

 The day has arrived.  Our sweet little Emrey turned 1 today.  I have to say this was the fastest year so far.  I can't even believe that a year has passed since Emrey was born.  I remember that day like it was yesterday.  I have to admit today was bittersweet for me.  Normally, when one of my babies is celebrating their first birthday I'm already expecting another baby.  This year is much different.  Emrey is 1 and she's my last baby.  I definitely got teary eyed today looking back at the pictures of Emrey when she was born.  As happy as I am for Emrey to start the toddler stage of her life, I'm sad that I'm done having babies.  Three is definitely enough for us.  I just know I'm going to miss it.  But, like Trey says, four kids won't fit in the Jeep!   The girls and I went out and got some balloons to help celebrate Emrey's birthday.  Hadley was happy because she got a purple balloon.  Riley picked ou...

 It's only been a week since Trey left.  The girls are doing pretty well.  It's me I worry about!  It's such a lonely feeling waking up and seeing his side of the bed completely untouched.  It honestly makes me feel so sad.  Then I remind myself, he'll be home before I know it.  Then the sound of "mom" echos down the hall and my day is focused on the girls.   It's after bath time that the girls really start talking about their daddy.  That's the time when he's chasing them down the hall and getting them all riles up, right before bed time of course!!  They miss their kisses goodnight from daddy.  Hadley, in particular, misses her daddy at night.  She starts crying asking for him.  I remind her that he's at work on the boat.  She just looked up at me tonight and said, "pwweease mommy.  pwweease, I just want daddy."  My heart literally sunk into my stomach and the tears ran down my cheeks.  How do I comfo...