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We just returned from a 9 day Hawaiian vacation. With that...

ALOOOOOOOHA!!!

This is the exited way they say Aloha in the tourist locations. Otherwise it's a hi, hello, good morning. Needless to say, every time we visit somewhere with a new language I have their version of hello and thank you running through my head for days, weeks and sometimes years! Keith and I throw around a Grazie (Italian) on a regular basis. Our new words to add, aloha and mahalo (thank you). To summarize, we spent 9 days traveling; 2 full days in Waikiki and 3 full days in PoiPu with days in between traveling to and from our destinations. To document this trip I have 737 photos to weed through and edit to a few memorable ones to post on the blog. This may take a while, so hang in there.

It's good to be back!! I can say, however, that this was one vacation that I wasn't exited to get home for. Hawaii was beautiful and it was great to spend a week with just the three of us. It was amazing to watch Oliver grow over the week. He now "officially" has 2 bottom teeth. The second one was taking it's sweet time coming in. I know they are officially in because several people commented on his 2 teeth. He is now pulling up to stand like a champ! He stands all over the place. He's not walking yet, but we could see his wheels (brain) turning this week when he was considering the walking movement around some furniture. He is also eating nearly everything in site. I think we are practically over the baby food stage and onto eating everything, including sand, random carpet treasures and the gunk in the hotel sliding glass door. Ewww!!!! We are also proud and relieved that he is an excellent traveler. With all of the flights, bus trips, car rides, casual and fine dining he experienced, he hardly made a whimper. He charmed a smile out of nearly everyone who passed by and I think some of the Japanese tourists wanted to wrap him up and take him home with them. That's enough for now. You'll have to read on with our Hawaiian adventure posts from here on out. It will take a while to get the whole vacation posted so check back often. We hope you enjoy the vacation postings.