So So Sweet

SIL Night

We had one night of SIL time.  Just like days of yore, a little alcohol was involved.  Drinks at the Surfrider and a walk around Waikiki was so worth it.

Trolley

Best name.

Kailua

Recommended beach by Mrs. OGDM. So worth the trip! Gorgeous gorgeous.

Cousin Love

Honolulu Zoo

Loved the peacocks running around like they owned the place.

Cousin

O wants Chloe all to herself.

Waikiki Beach

That's Oli's Japanese friend, Mickey. She was adorable with her sweet japanese voice.

Hawaii So Far

Yesterday
- ate at Ramen Nakamura
- few groceries at the Food Pantry
- meet SILs family and aunt and uncle at the Royal Hawaiian
- dinner at Cheesecake Factory (BILs USA fav)

Today
- Mr. Ho got coffee at the Honolulu Coffee Company
- ate the best breakfast at Mcdonalds lol
- Waikiki beach time all day
- dinner at Sansei

So far...

Well the plane ride was ok. Olivia fell asleep around the descent and woke up bc her ears were hurting. We took a nap at the hotel - 12 hours after her first wake time.

It was ok bc she adjusted her schedule to the time zone. Or so I thought. She only slept 6 hours! Ready to go at 3 am. Her internal clock is ON POINT.

Anyway, we are a bit zombie like but adjusting. Not looking for another plane ride on Thursday.

Beach Girl

Love this picture of her. Like she's scheming or something.



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We're Back!

Home Sweet Home.

We missed home. But now I am overwhelmed with things to do. I'll update again when I don't feel so frazzled.

Happy Memorial Day!

Cali

Wow I've been terrible about updating. We are in laguna and have been here since Monday. Nothing too crazy. Shopping, eating, visiting family. It's so much colder than I thought it would be. I brought all summer clothes and so I've been wearing the same thing every day. I'm bummed bc I can't parade Olivia in her teeny bikini.

Olivia is doing ok. She hasn't been sleeping well. And doesn't have much of an appetite but I think it's because she might be teething? She actually has a bit of a cough.

Needless to say, her condition stresses me out so I'm not 100% relaxed.

I dont miss Fairfax and the daily routine but I do miss the comforts of home - all of olivias things, my car, my bed. I wish i could bring home with me on vaca.

I hope you are all well! Glad it wasn't the rapture.


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Lazy

No cooking and I still get to eat like this!! So happy right now.



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We made it

What a crazy day. I'm blogging from the phone so I'll do quick bullet points.

-both Mr. Ho and I were on edge all morning getting ready. Olivias still congested. She didn't poop in the morning (I was so scared of a poopy diaper on the plane! But luckily she pooped before we left.). I had a million things to do before we left!!

-the car ride to the airport was a shit show. Traffic. Olivia throws up all over herself. I'm car sick and even more nauseous from the smell of her vomit. I'm dry heaving into a zip lock bag. We pull over a mile from BWI and I puke. Great

-luckily the plane was super empty so we got a whole row! Olivia did great! A little fussing at take off and landing but we played with stickers, read books, ate food, and watched cartoons.

-and now I'm laying next to her on my parents bed which was moved to the floor for us. I'm scared she will roll off.

But I'm going to go to bed . Like I said, today was a shit show. Started with poop (me worried she didn't take a morning poop) and ended with shit. Why? Because She pooped before bath and I'm checking her diaper and somehow her hairbow falls directly into the poop.

Bbye favorite hair bow. What a way to go.

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I Hate Packing

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Our Vacation Rental

I forgot to let you all know we found a vacation rental! YAY!!! I LOVE it!! It's very shabby chic. It's in a very family-friendly neighborhood so I'm happy about that. I can't wait to sleep with the windows open and hear the ocean waves!

http://web.me.com/beachgirls4/Site/Welcome.html

I thought we only had 2 weeks left till vaca but I counted wrong. 3 more to go...

No Swimming

Mr. Ho told me that it will be too cold to go in the ocean in May. Kind of a bummer but that doesn't mean we can't get our feet wet. We aren't big swimmers anyway. But I already had a hunch we wouldn't be able to go in. You know what was my source? Sweet Valley High. They mention how cool the ocean is all year around in California. I know, I'm a loser!

I'm just waiting for Olivia to wake up so we can go have a ladies lunch with Miss Emily and Robin!

Is this Real Life?

A few things...

I think my feet grew?!! I can't explain it. I tried on my friend's size 5s and felt like they fit me. So, I went to Nordstrom and tried on a pair of sandals and they fit!! So of course, I snatched them right up. I was in disbelief so I made Mr. Ho double-confirm that they fit. Even he was surprised!

Olivia and I went to the mall again. We didn't leave the house all week. I didn't have any errands to run and the weather was so terrible. But I couldn't take it anymore so we went to Tysons. We first had lunch with Mr. Ho and my brother. And then perused the mall. I ended up buying some Benefit High Tint at Sephora and the sandals. I tried on some Ray Ban Wayfarers but the damn sales lady convinced me to get these new Chanels that came out today.

Here's some more good news! We are taking a vacation! YAYYY!!! I don't think we've been anywhere since SIL got married in Hong Kong! Mr. Ho has to go to Vegas for the Money Show so I'm taking Olivia to Mississippi. We will spend about 8 days there and we, plus my mother, will fly out to California to meet Mr. Ho. We'll spend 2 weeks in Laguna Beach visiting family and just relaxing at the beach. We are going to rent a house near the beaches. Then we'll spend the weekend in Santa Barbara with Mr. Ho's aunt. I am SOOOO excited!!! I get very giddy thinking about the sunshine. Imagining Olivia play at the beach against the blue sky makes my heart sing. And I can already taste the In N Out. YUM!

I am, however, INCREDIBLY nervous about the time zone change. At least we'll spend a decent amount of time in Mississippi (one hour change) so it'll only be a 2 hour change once we hit the west coast. I've been trying to use the power of visualizing. I'm visualizing Olivia being cranky so I can prepare myself for it. I'm visualizing Olivia not sleeping at night, not napping, screaming on the plane.... UGH. Anxiety.

I think that's all for now. I spent the past week obsessing over vacation rentals. I'll let you know when I find one.

Checking in

I'm just sitting here watching Real Housewives of Orange County. So far, I love Beverly Hills the best. I haven't attempted to watch Miami.

My husband is upstairs in bed. The poor man has food poisoning or something. He has been puking up a storm since this afternoon. Poor husband. I've never seen him get so sick before.

Today, I went to Tysons Corner with Miss Olivia. After doing what we needed to do, we went to the play area by the new food court. I just wanted Olivia to see other kids and tire herself out as well. She was in awe of everyone running around. She doesn't walk yet so she was holding onto this thing and cruising around. And like a bat out of hell, some kid just shoves her out of his way! he's about 4 years old? And he just has that rascal look! He's like "this is MINE!" I just didn't know what to do. I was about to shove him but I refrained. Picked up Olivia and looked for his mom, who, of course, was not paying any attention and just chatting away on her cell phone. He was a menace. I saw him push other kids as well. UGH. What are you supposed to do in that kind of situation? Talk to the parent? Talk to the kid? Ignore and walk away? Trip the kid on the way out?

I hope everyone has had a chance to check out our family website. I won't be posting pictures of Olivia on Facebook anymore. I don't care if anyone else does but I don't want to upkeep an album. There's too many people on Facebook. I actually deactivated my account last week. UGH!!! I was reading my newsfeed and I saw that someone did some "See who your stalkers are" app. And I showed up as number 2 with like 100+ hits for their page? NO. I am the first to admit who I stalk. I don't mind. But to be a stalker for someone who I would never stalk? Embarrassing. Anyway, please check out our family website for Olivia pictures!

My dad told me to get a "Baby on Board" sticker for my car! I never paid attention to those things before, but now I do notice. I don't think I can put that on my Range though. You know what I secretly like? Those little stickers that show how many members are in the family. They are like white stick figures? So cheesy though and again, would be be terrible on the Range. My friend told me, however, not to do stuff like that. Like put a, "My kid is an honor student blah blah blah" sticker on your bumper. Criminals will scout out victims based on things like that.

Now that Spring is around the corner, I've been thinking about what I should add to my wardrobe. I really want a pair of wedges and some bell-bottom jeans. I'm excited that those are coming back in style. I think it's a nice, relaxed afternoon look.




You know what? I could really use a vacation. Or a getaway. Watching these tanned, blonde, women in the sun is making me jealous.