it's been a while...

...a long while, i know. i would like to say that a lot has happened since the last post, but that's not quite the case. life has been zooming by lately and our little one doesn't seem so little anymore. he is officially potty trained, we can pretty much decipher what he's saying, and finally - he is now able to keep himself busy & safe most of the time without constant supervision. woohoo!

so here's what we've been up to since the last time...
we had too much fun this past halloween. brandon requested off from work about 5 months prior to october 31st, so pcc had no room to hold him back from his fatherly duties on halloween night this year. i bought ahonui's halloween costume ("super why" - for those of you that don't know, he's a storybook-reading-superhero that somehow saves the day via changing classic well known stories. sassy.) from amazon probably back in july or august because he was very much into the cartoon way back when. of course as i should have known, his attention quickly turned to the 'ol "toy story" phenomenon and so by october his obsession with woody & buzz lightyear would've really appreciated a halloween costume as such. it's a good thing he's only two years old and seemed grateful for the cheesy superhero costume we had waiting for him.

brandon & i celebrated our 4th anniversary on november 3rd. i didn't realize it when we planned our wedding date, but i've grown to really favor the timing of our anniversary each year. it's right after halloween, and a few weeks before thanksgiving...which is pretty much the beginning of the holiday season. it feels like so much joy and excitement happens around this time of the year and so i've gotta say that i'm quite thrilled that the celebration of our love for each other is included during this special time every year. anyway, in observation of our love day, we went window shopping at windward mall and then ate a scrumptious dinner at ala moana's macaroni grill - our favorite! as always, we end up talking about ahonui almost the whole time we are on date nights and we were missing him so much that we felt it necessary that we surprise him with an anniversary gift as well. this little guy scored a fully loaded buzz lightyear action figure which prompted quite a bit 'o squeals of delight upon the opening of the toy. happy anniversary to ahonui!

now that i finish work at 2pm-ish, my list of things to do each day doesn't seem quite so overwhelming. and despite my long list of daily chores that i create for myself, somehow...someway...when i put ahonui down for a nap, i often end up putting MYSELF down for a nap as well. totally counter-productive for my list.


so i think that's about it for now. mostly because i'm falling asleep as i type...and also because ahonui is throwing things at the tv - just for kicks.