Saturday, December 5, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
9 months
He has become quite comfortable sitting in the "cheer stance".
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
all too familiar
Last night we watched an episode of King of Queen's on DVD. In this episode, Carrie just found out she was pregnant, and is daydreaming while at work about what life will be like with a baby. I was laughing so hard when I watched this scene because it reminded me so much of Tristan in his walker. ha! It feels good to laugh out loud once in awhile.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 10:14 AM 2 comments
Saturday, November 21, 2009
learning the ropes
"See those kooks over there? That's what you don't want to do."
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 5:00 PM 3 comments
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
something to be happy about
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 6:45 AM 12 comments
Friday, November 13, 2009
recycle your wardrobe
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
influenza a
T must have caught something while we were in California. We were around a lot of people and he was held by many. I hate seeing him sick. You just don't know how bad he is feeling or what hurts. It started with a runny nose. We went in for his standard Doctors appointment and doc said that he had a little cold, and to monitor it. It then turned into a 102.6 fever and doc said we should come back in. This was a rough half day at the doctors for both of us. He wanted Tristan to run some tests, so he sent us all over the hospital.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 8:23 AM 10 comments
Saturday, November 7, 2009
No!
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 5:30 PM 5 comments
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
halloween festivities
I'm a little relieved that Halloween is over, so we can move on to my favorite holidays of the year, and we can legally start playing Christmas music! And the weather magically dropped 20 degrees the day after Halloween, which has been wonderful. It's been cold! Low 70's, it actually feels like Fall now. We did have a good time on Halloween though, and it seems to be more fun when you have a little one to celebrate the holiday with. Tristan was supposed to wear his monkey costume but it was too warm so we left him in his skeleton onesie. The morning of, we headed over to the pumpkin patch in Kapolei and picked up a couple of pumpkins with some friends. Then spent a little time on the North Shore. In the evening, we went to the Hallstroms for some food and trick or treating. Oh, and you can't have Halloween in the Hastings household without watching a scary movie. We watched "Drag Me to Hell" with some friends at our house. I wish I could tell you if it was good or not, I was sleeping through half of it cause I was pooped, but Christian said it was good. Not really scary, but good fun.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 6:39 PM 10 comments
Friday, October 30, 2009
california bonfire
It's been soooo long since I've had a bonfire on the beach. I think I was in high school the last time we had one, and it used to be all the time. Even though I live in Hawaii with the best beaches in the world, there is something so great about a bonfire on the beaches of my hometown. Maybe it's the smell of the salt water mixed with the seaweed, I don't know, it brought back a lot of memories. One night while in CA my family went to Bolsa Chica Beach for a bonfire. We roasted hot dogs and smores and just enjoyed each other's company. It was nice.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 1:08 PM 6 comments
Monday, October 26, 2009
8 months
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
halloween par-tay!
My parents hosted a Halloween party at their house last Friday. I was fortunate enough to be in town for the blessed event. We had a great time! Yummy food, lovely decor, and cute costumes! I've decided that Halloween is so much fun. It's been a really long time since I have dressed up, but it's fun to pretend to be something/someone else for the night.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 12:56 PM 6 comments
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Maunawili Falls
While Rob and Anna were here (Christian's brother and wife), we decided to take them to Maunawili Falls in Kailua. The trail is about 1 1/2 miles each way and leads to a beautiful waterfall/swim area. The hike is fairly easy except for a few river crossings, which I'm not a fan of because I don't really trust my balance. Semi muddy, and apparently a lot of mosquitoes. I didn't realize that I was getting eaten alive until that next morning when I woke up with almost 25 bites on one leg. I even used repellant and I still got attacked. Unfortunately I think I am allergic to these pesky insects because each bite swells up and becomes really red around it. The sad part about this is that Christian didn't even put bug spray on and he didn't get one bite. Not one. Anyways, I'm glad that I didn't notice the bugs because I wouldn't have enjoyed myself as much as I did. It's a beautiful hike!
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 6:49 AM 4 comments
Monday, October 19, 2009
food aversions
We are slowly learning which foods T-bone dislikes. So far he's not a big fan of peas and I'm sad to say, Avocado. Hopefully that will change. I thought these pictures were funny, capturing his dry heaves and yucky faces. The video below is kind of sad because we were laughing at him but he's still cute.
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 3:31 PM 7 comments
Branchaud Family
This is a family that I just love. I met Adrienne in Kindergarden but we didn't become BFFs until 4th grade. I remember Adrienne was one of the cool girls. She was really pretty and always had her hair in cool braids. I just knew that we needed to be friends! We started hanging out and then we became connected at the hip ever since. We lived at each other's houses. My family became her family and her family became mine. We made a million home videos, and loved to play office (so weird). We went on family vacations together, which included many summers at the Colorado River. I just adore them and was so excited to hear they were coming to Hawaii for their vacation!
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 11:05 AM 3 comments
Thursday, October 8, 2009
design your wall
We seem to be in the midst of a wallpaper revolution! I love what you can find out there now. It's fun to surf the web and look at all the fun patterns and prints. There is something for every taste and style. It did take us almost a week to apply the wallpaper in our front room, and that was just on one wall, not the whole room. To make your life a little easier, vinyl cut outs have taken over the wall decor world. Simply peel and stick. Perfect for renters because you can just peel it off when you move. I just wish that we had more rooms in our house to decorate, (and more moo-la, because it can get expensive!).
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 7:49 AM 4 comments
Monday, October 5, 2009
Health Care reform
Posted by Shandra and Christian at 10:45 AM 4 comments
Thursday, October 1, 2009
3 kitchen appliances on my mind

Posted by Shandra and Christian at 3:45 PM 6 comments
Sunday, September 27, 2009
7 months
Yes, more pictures of the little stinker. I'm getting a little sad because he's starting to look less and less like an infant, and more like a little boy. I want him to stay this size forever. I think his body doubled in size this past week, he's growing so fast. During his free time, you can find him unplugging cords and sucking on them, ripping up house plants, pulling over the trash can in the kitchen, opening cabinets in the bathroom, and pushing rocking chairs over. I think he is starting to understand the word "no!" now, but he still likes to test me. He is still a cuddle bug and he sure can kiss! He likes to plant little wet ones on me. He says "Da Da" a lot, and he may know what it means because he only says it when Christian is around. We also think that he secretly knows how to talk but he is just holding back, because we thought that we heard him whisper under his breath, "I no kea" the other day (pigeon for I don't care). He knows what's going on.
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