RuthieStone

Today is Mum’s last day, I can’t believe 5 weeks has gone by so fast she’s really become part of our everyday lives. Darwin has grown so much during her stay, this morning he pooped on the potty for the second time consecutively. He can now also feed himself with a spoon or fork and drink from a glass all on his own.

This apparent napping “transition period” is still all over the place, he wakes between 5 - 5:30am and has been taking between 2 - 3 naps a day. It is really wearing on me and I’m exhausted come early evening.

Last night Mum and I had a very romantic dinner at Mama’s Fish House, we were treated like rock stars it was a perfect evening.

Happy Fathers Day Jason! This morning Jason got to sleep in until 7am then Darwin and I jumped in bed with him and gave him his card and present. After a sausage and eggs breakfast we started to work on the new addition … the office not baby!

After lunch while Jason worked on the office, Mum Darwin and I went to the Upcountry H4 wild stock weekend to watch the wild west show.  Tom, Anne, Kawika, Julie,Ryan and Vann all came over for a Father’s Day dinner after their weekend on Lanai.

We’ve reluctantly decided to pull the plug on our Lanai camping adventure, the Plummer and Electrician are both going to do their thing this weekend and our builder needs Jason’s help with some final touches. We are sad although have plenty of things to keep us entertained here on the valley isle.

Darwin enjoyed his very first Galato in a cone this week and Nannie was very happy to have been the instigator. He was adorable eating it and copying our licking technique.

It’s another beautiful evening, the Gin & Tonic’s are flowing and were juat about to sit down to a few more episodes of Californication so that Mum can finish the season before she bails…boo hoo.

So much happens in such little time sometimes I wonder how I have enough time to really breathe.

Saturday we surfed over on the South side again, the surf was really fun and the weather hot enough to coat us all in nice tans.

On Sunday while Jason worked with our builders finishing the office/guest room Mum, Darwin and I toured the island Garage Sale shopping. Darwin was very well behaved, we scored lots of great stuff and saw a lot of Maui in a different way. We ended the morning at Kula Ace Nursery which then forced our twiddling green thumbs into tackling the gardens. Mum did an amazing job weeding and making a feature of our entry garden after 2 days of blood sweat and beers.

The last few days I have been a little confused with Darwin’s schedule, he stared to skip the morning nap then the afternoon then both all together and since yesterday has now gone back to 3 naps a day go figure? It must be his teeth, I’m addicted to the “all natural” teething tablets which he loves too but there’s nothing I can do when he wakes during the night which isn’t often any more. He was waking screaming once or twice a night for about a week but the crying only lasted a minute or so, night terrors? teething? Today he woke at 6:10am rather than 5:30 so of course I was really worried and up before 6am anyhow. He’s growing up so quickly and getting so smart, tonight he fit 3 shapes into the right holes of his shape cut out box without any help and he hasn’t touched that box in weeks. It’s amazing to see.

Mum is having a great time and we are getting very used to her cooking and spoiling, tears are welting our eyes at the thought of just 8 more days. Don’t go Jo Jo!

South side surfing, cafe lounging, family time, friendly picnics and home renovations, good times, good times!