Pirate Ship Sighting

Makaela and I headed to Ko'olina today to meet up with the Buelows and Martins and while we were there, we spotted a pirate ship. Pirates of the Caribbean is being filmed in Hawaii right now, so the kids got a kick out of seeing the ship and of course, swimming. The afternoon ended with Uncle Mark teaching the kids some wrestling moves, but the only one that got pinned was Uncle Mark.

Our latest ultrasound

Matt and I had another ultrasound today and our baby is growing wonderfully. She is about 15 oz right now and it right on schedule. She looks very healthy and active. Her personality seemed to come through as she went from playing peek-a-boo with us to flipping us off...literally (wonder which parent she takes after?). My hematoma is almost gone, but the technician did notice that I have succenturiate placenta. A normal placenta is in one piece and oblong in shape, but I have two parts, almost like a water balloon being bent in the middle. Only problem is that when this water balloon is bent, the water (or nutrients) can flow between the two as easily. So, the doctor said that they need to monitor the baby's growth to make sure she is still getting nutrients and growing at a decent pace. I go back for another ultrasound in 6 weeks. Googling the condition made me a bit nervous, but on the bright side, we get to see her almost every month.
Here she is playing peek-a-boo

Here she is sucking her thumb

Here she is flipping us off.

The painting is finished!

We finally got around to painting the interior of the house. We have put it off, but now with Matt leaving, the painting got pushed up just in case I have to sell the house while he is gone. Also, I don't see myself painting the entire house by my-pregnant-self. As soon as we started, we realized exactly how large of a project it was. Reaching the top of our ceilings were not easy. We painted the walls a light beige, not too much color, but it is a semi-gloss so it will be easier to clean little fingerprints and crayon markings off the wall. I also painted the railings, banister and shelves a dark brown to match our cherry wood furniture and to also hide those fingerprints and dust smudges. It took us about two weeks, but it is finally done and I love how it looks.

Missing her friend

Lately, I have been catching Makaela with the phone in her hands sneaking into the next room. She is not a phone person, so I have found this pretty baffling. The other day she asked me to call Gavin for her but I explained that he was still on his trip. She said, "I sad mama". She was totally missing Gavin. Then tonight, I caught her on Matt's cell phone punching some numbers so I stopped to watch her. As she put the phone to her ear she said, "Hewwo Gavin...Gavin...I can't hear you...Gavin?" When I walked in the room and asked her what she was doing, she replied, "I was calling Abby." I wonder if there isn't something else going on??

Scaring mama with fireworks

So we didn't get to play with any fireworks on July 4th, so we went outside after dinner with ice pops and sparklers. Makaela is entirely too daring and loved the sparklers entirely too much for my own liking, but her and her daddy now have another activity they can bond over.

July 4th

We had a very low key July 4th that started with some house painting, then swimming at the pool. We didn't really had plans so we threw something together impromptu and ended up at Dixie Grill for dinner with the kids and then up to the second floor to watch the Pearl Harbor fireworks show.

First trip to the Dentist

Today was Makaela's first trip to the dentist. She has been telling me that her teeth have been hurting her so I called and made an appointment. She was all excited about it and for the past few days, went around showing everyone how she was going to open up and say "ah" for the dentist, but then when it was actually time to go, she got cold feet. Luckily the office had plenty of toes, so Makaela marched right in and started playing. When it was time to head into the exam room, she was so excited to see that they had purple chairs, but then refused to sit in them. She played shy with the dentist, but warmed up to him pretty quickly when he gave her a new pink Dora toothbrush. Then she chatted away with him (open mouthed and all) about her teeth hurting, how she brushes her teeth, how much she likes Dora and the Disney princesses and how daddy gives her soda but mommy won't (she totally ratted Daddy out). She even let him floss her teeth (she never lets me do that). Luckily, no cavities and the dentist says that her teeth look great.