Aloha!

We just got back from Maui this week.  Ah Hawaii, Paul and I absolutely love it!  We stayed at the Hyatt in Kaanapali.  Adrienne loved the kids pool and was such a good sport the entire week.  She was so good on the way there that she asked for ice cream before dinner......so she got ice cream for dinner!  Why not, she was so good.  Matthew was a little different.  He was not so happy to move around so much so he cried a bit.  He did like hanging out by the pool, we were lucky to get him to sleep on a lounge chair.  We mostly took them to the pool at the hotel but we did go to the aquarium and rode the Sugar Cane Train.  Another relaxing week in Hawaii, can't wait to go back!

Halloween

Paul and Andrea to Laurie 3:59pm on 10/31........"We will head out to a few of the neighbors houses around 6:00 ish and let Adrienne trick or treat.  We both know that she won't want to say "trick or treat" and she will throw a fit and we will head home shortly after that."
Paul and Andrea to Laurie 6:59pm on 10/31........"Well, she has loved it so much that we are hanging out at the neighbors house drinking beers and eating their food.  She is still talking about more trick or treat!"

Adrienne absolutely loved Halloween.  This was the first year that we took her trick or treating and as I stated above, we were not optimistic at first.  She ended up liking getting into her costume and we practiced the TOT part at home.  Her little friend came over and happened to have the same costume as her.  We went out with the neighbors and had a blast.  Adrienne was walking into other peoples houses and TOTing like she has been doing it for years.  Paul did these awesome pumpkins with the stencils that Dave and Dani gave to Adrienne.  Good job boy! Can't wait for next year!

Sweet & Sour

Matthew is such a sweet baby. Very smiley. Adrienne is at that age where she is a pain in the butt with everything. You can tell that Amelia is even annoyed with her. We went to the pumpkin patch and Adrienne did not want to cooperate in the wagon.

Why oh why?!?!?!?

O.k., two new babies have been born and I have not been able to see either of them. We have had a cold for I kid you not........over a month!!!! We must have picked up a second virus along the way. Don't get me wrong, we are not sick in bed, we feel fine, just the usual cold symptoms that are annoying. These symptoms are enough to keep you away from a newborn baby. Matthew pretty much never got it, Paul is back to normal, I am almost there but then there is Adrienne. Since she is a toddler, she will probably have a runny nose for weeks. I will hopefully see my new babies soon, I will just leave my sicky sickertons kid at home!

Seattle!

Smooch!

Mr. Matthew is such a smiley guy.

We thought we would capture Adrienne in her mood that day....uncooperative!

Hanging in City Center with Daddy.

Doing some shopping at the children's museum.

He was such a good baby the entire trip.

At the CM with Daddy riding a bike.

"Cheese!" I got some new slippers at the zoo.

Daddy having his beer sampler.

At the aquarium posing for the camera.

She wanted to sit in the back of the bus at the museum.

This was Mommy trying to get a picture with Adrienne. Yeah right!

This picture is in there because it was Adrienne's favorite attraction.......the green stool!

She finally loves carousels. She even rode the big horse that moves up and down.

Petting zoo

Andrea got something out of her element at The Crab Pot. It was pretty fun.

Paul had to go to Seattle for work so we decided to go with him. We were there for over a week. This was my first time there and I really liked it. It is a very clean and scenic city. We went to the zoo, the aquarium, Pikes Place Market, Pioneer Square, and the children's museum (where the Space Needle is so we saw that many times too.) We were going to ride a ferry boat but it was a bit rainy (go figure) so we decided to pass on it. Maybe next time.
One of the days after Paul was done with work we went over to this shopping mall next to the University of Washington. What an awesome place. The mall was really nice but just seeing parts of the campus and the area around it, what a great place. I wish that I went to a big school like that. Maybe in another life ;-) We ate at a brewery that was filled with Huskies stuff and college students. While we were eating, out of nowhere, Adrienne starts yelling "Roll Tide!" Seriously, we did not provoke her to do that. It was pretty funny but I don't think anyone noticed.
All in all a good trip. Of course all of our pictures are of Adrienne. Very few of Matthew. We will try to work on that. Here are some pictures of the trip, sorry they are a bit out of order.