waiting patiently

It's summer time, which means that the surf is up in Honolulu. We no longer have to drive all the way out to the North Shore for Christian to get into the water. (It's flat over there anyways right now). A couple of days a week, we pick Christian up from work with his surfboard and board shorts in tow, and we go straight to the beach, where he jumps in the water and Tristan and I walk. It works out perfect for all of us. Little T loves it. These picture below are of the little one waiting patiently for his dad to paddle in.

roll over

The other day we were filming Tristan while he was laying on the floor, and he decided to roll over for the first time! We caught it all on film.

Note: Christian is topless because he just got back from the beach. Also, ignore the audio, we think we sound silly.

the boy can't help it

He is so scrumptious. We can't get enough of him. Tristan is 3.5 months now and is growing so fast, we try not to blink. His sweet personality is coming out now and he is super alert and active. Those eyes are still bright blue, however they seem to be getting darker and darker. His hair is growing in thicker, minus the sideburns area. In the sunlight, his locks look blondish red. Thank you Jaqueta. We pretty much take a million pictures of him every day. Below are a few of our favs.

Snuggling with Mom.

Tristan helping mama in the kitchen making homemade pizza.

Playtime with Dad. It's hard not to kiss his little face all the time.

This boy loves to be naked. As soon as that diaper comes off he gets a big grin on his face.

Finally Tristan is able to wear real clothes. He looks so grown up here. One of his new favorite things to do is hold his hands together (also see a couple pictures up). To sum up, this kid's freakin awesome.

highschool sweethearts

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad. 32 years!

rebloomed orchids?

I love orchids. This is the first time that I have ever seen our orchids rebloom. The flower usually falls off after a few weeks and then we have a stick plant in our house for a year or two, until I'm over it and think it's ugly and give it away to someone or throw it away because I think it's dead and will never grow back. Our secret this time was to put the stick plant outside on our porch with the direct sun and tons of rain. It took about 6 months or so for these flowers to bloom. Oh so lovely again.

our little lion

Tristan started making these new noises this week and he can't seem to stop. He's growling like a lion. It's so cute how he is discovering the new noises he can make. Watch below.

transition to stay-at-home mom

It has been 3 months since I have officially been unemployed and it feels weird. I have worked since I was 15 years old, mostly in an office with the 8-5 hours. When I’m at the grocery store at 2:00 in the afternoon I feel like I am going to get in trouble for not running my errands during my lunch break and I feel I need to be back at the office. It’s just weird! But let me tell you, it’s wonderful. I always knew I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. My mom was home with us. I remember coming home from school and seeing her van in the driveway, (the big bubble van). It was the best feeling to know that she was inside waiting for us to come home.

To my surprise, when it came down to telling my work that I was not coming back, it was not easy. I went back and forth on whether I should really do this. Financially, the second income is nice. Working has been my life for over 10 years, I don’t really know any different. I also thought about when/if I wanted to go back to work in the future, I would have this big gap on my resume. But of course all I had to do is look at baby T and I knew I wanted to be with him. I didn’t want to miss him grow. This was a decision that I thought was best for my family and me. I know that every family is different and have different circumstances and some mothers need/want to go back to work. This was what I wanted to do.

So now that I am home...what do I do?? The days fly by SO fast. Caring for a child is a huge job, which leaves me little time for myself. Our typical day; Tristan wakes up at 6:30am, I change him and then bring him into bed with us and feed him and we fall back to sleep for about a half hour. Dad wakes up and plays with T before he heads off to work. We work out together. T gets a bath. He wants to eat again. I change him. He naps. I’m able to either clean, eat something, or sew, etc....for about 45-1 hr before he wakes up. We go through it again. Change him, feed him. Nap. Do his exercises. Run some errands. Walk on the beach. Before we know it, Christian needs to be picked up. Where do the days go? I love it though. I love being home and having a clean house and having meals planned for the week. (Christian is rolling his eyes right about now). It’s not easy but I’m working on it. Our lives are a little more sane.

For Mother’s Day, my mom got me the Dr. Laura book, “In Praise of Stay-at Home Moms”. I’m excited to read it. Overall, I'm really enjoying my time with Tristan. He truly is a blessing in our lives.



Grocery shopping with Tristan. Cute right?

silly faces of a 3 month old

"it's like a heat wave...."

The weather has been pretty gnarly lately. It has been in the 80s and the humidity has been off the charts, with light winds. Vog has taken over the island (volcanic smog, it's finally starting to clear up thank goodness.) When the Vog rolls in, our allergies act up and my eyes turn blood red. The heat has been almost unbearable. I normally try to grocery shop in the afternoon when it's at its peek just so I can be in air conditioning. I haven't bothered doing my hair this week because it usually ends up looking like this;



I don't mean to complain! I know that the winds will pick up soon and it will be back to normal. We did have the opportunity to use a friends pool the other day. Tristan loved it. It was his first time dunking in a pool. (I know that every post on our blog talks about Tristan's 'first' time this, 'first' time that, and it's probably getting annoying, but get used to it because he's got a lot of 'firsts' ahead of him. ha ha, sorry!) Here are some pics of pool day;







He really enjoyed being in the water and cooling off. Thanks Nancy for letting us use your pool. You may be seeing a lot of us this summer.

Big Isle

We headed over to the Big Island for Memorial Day weekend. This trip was Tristan's 'first' for many things.

First time on a plane. It was only a 30 minute flight but this boy did great. He slept the whole time. Just a practice run for our 5 hour flight in July to California. I'm a little nervous for that one.


First time visiting daddy's home in Kamuela. It was warm this time but cooled down some at night.


Dad and Tristan built a mini-fort in the front yard.


First time wearing a coat! No joke. Sometimes I wish we lived in cooler weather just so he could wear these cute jackets. Manoa gets pretty chilly so maybe next winter.


First time touching the ocean. Christian and the Wibergs were trying to convince me that he's ready to go all the way in. I didn't give in. I only let Christian put him in up to his knees.


Mama knows best. :)


Last but not least, his first time sleeping in a crib! We of course didn't bring his vibrate chair with us, so we thought that we would try out the portacrib. He slept 10 hours straight! It was magic. So we tried it out again last night in his big crib at home...and we are in business. No more buying big D batteries to keep his vibrate chair going all night. I'm so proud of him.

Good times on the Big Isle. Thanks for having us!

water baby

Tristan loves bath time. If he's having a melt down, all we have to do is draw his bath and dunk him in and he is a happy camper. We are thrilled that he likes the water, being that we hang out in the water so much ourselves. Hopefully it lasts. Salt water could be a different story.

When I was pregnant with baby T, Christian tried to get me out in the water as much as I could, thinking that the baby would learn to love the ocean while in the womb. He also wanted me out on the surfboard while pregnant. I don't think so.

I'm not much into zodiac signs, in fact, I could care less about them...But...I thought it was interesting that Tristan was born a Pisces. His element is water and his symbol is a fish.

first step in the sand

pali lookout

It was my first Mother's Day! Tristan had to have known it was a special day because he slept in until 7:30 am. (bed time was 8:30 pm) Amazing. Thanks little one. I usually rely on him for my alarm clock so I woke up later than I was hoping because I had some lesson preparation stuff I needed to get done before 9:00 church. It was a little stressful morning but it turned out fine. When we came home, the house was an oven. It's been SO hot in Honolulu this past week, with no winds, almost unbearable. After lunch, we decided we needed to get out and cool off. One of Christian's favorite places is the Pali Lookout. It was nice and cool at the lookout, and of course beautiful. We now know where to escape to when our house heats up.









While Christian made us dinner (Chicken Katsu - Yum), T and I enjoyed some light reading. It's fun because he's finally starting to focus on the images in front of him. He will be reading in no time.



It was a lovely Mother's Day. Shout out to our moms; Marsha and Jlynn. Hope you had a grand day and thank you for being wonderful mothers.

great costco find

We discovered these Martha Stewart Chicken Pot Pies at Costco and it rocked our world. I think it's under $5 for one box. It's supposed to feed 4 but we secretly finish one box in one sitting. opps. Go treat you and your family to this delicious pot pie meal. It will change your life.

baby T's new friend

As long as baby Tristan has been in this world (10 weeks), he has only had two friends; that's his mom and his dad. He has now found a new friend that will make him just as happy. He's growing up so fast!