Hawaii

Okay, this is another post with a million pictures of Amelia...are you surprised? Probably not. But you can't fault me because that's just what moms do, right? I mean, I really can't help it. It must come as part of the mom mantel.

We had a wonderful time in Hawaii. The weather was perfect - sunny but not too hot with a light breeze. Except for a tsunami warning (which thankfully did not amount to much) and losing 3 too many baseball games, it was a pretty perfect business trip!

Amelia had fun exploring the sand and the water...
...except for when she didn't...
...but she'd usually recover and enjoy it again...

Ah, makes a nutritionist proud - here she is enjoying a piece of celery

These next few pictures are from the top of Diamond Head - beautiful views. We thought we could walk to the base of the hike from our hotel and then hike up and back. Well, we did just that, but it was probably 10 miles round trip and we were exhausted by the end! Amelia slept the whole way while Andrew carried her in the front pack.
We kept Amelia covered with a towel draped over her back to keep the sun away from her fair skin.

One morning we drove up to the North Shore and enjoyed the beautiful beaches on that side of the island. We got our feet in the water at one of the beaches and no more than 6 feet from my feet there were 4 huge sea turtles! These are the best pictures we could get, but it was so cool to see them stick up their little heads for air or poke a flipper up through the water. They are my some of my favorite sea creatures. Very cool.

We went to California before Hawaii, and here are a few pictures from that trip.

The night games were a little chilly, but nothing this little Oregonian couldn't handle.

I know, a little over-the-top, but I couldn't help it