Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sleep Deprived
Baby Toss
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Riley's First Christmas

Riley was spoiled by all of her grandparents and her Uncle Justin and Aunt Sara. She got tons of great gifts. I'd say her favorite toys were from her Uncle Justin and Aunt Sara. Riley absolutely is in love with her Fisher Price activity table and her squeaky giraffe and chicken! She also likes her Elmo/Cookie Monster vibrating ball from her Great Aunt Leslie and Great Uncle Tim. Riley giggles every time it vibrates and bounces around. Riley is also fond of all the books she received! She loved everything! A huge thank you to Kiki, Po, Poppy, Grandma Kathy, Uncle Justin, Aunt Sara, Grandpa Prewitt, Great Grandpa Prewitt, Nana, Mimi, Aunt Leslie and Uncle Tim. Even though we weren't able to celebrate Christmas with you in person, you were all apart of making Riley's Christmas a special one and you were in our thoughts throughout the day!



After opening all of our gifts I started baking a couple of dishes to take over to our friends house. Since we weren't able to be with family we enjoyed a nice dinner with our friends Brian and Heather. They cooked the majority of the meal and I made stuffing, home made macaroni and cheese, and rolls. I had it easy compared to my Thanksgiving meal I made! It was a nice dinner but was definitely not the same as being at Aunt Leslie's house with my family.
After dinner we enjoyed the beautiful evening sitting outside on their swing lounge chair. It was a nice breezy evening about 75 degrees. As I was sitting on the swing with Riley we got to look at a beautiful rainbow. I tried to take a picture for you all so that you could enjoy a little taste of Christmas in Hawaii. All in all it was a great day. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We love and miss you all!!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 20, 2008
HO HO HO!
Riley experienced her first sit on Santa's lap! I was so excited to take her to see Santa even though I'm sure she didn't understand. As we were standing in line Trey and I watched baby after baby cry when they were put on Santa's lap. Usually when Riley hears another baby cry it's a domino effect and she begins to cry. We just tried to keep her occupied so she wouldn't get upset before she got to sit on his lap. It was finally Riley's turn and I was certain she was going to flip out. Much to my surprise she was a giddy little girl. It was awesome! We got professional pictures done, but Trey snapped a few with our camera. I was so proud of Riley for being such a good girl. I'm positive Santa will definitely be filling her stocking full of goodies!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo
As many of you already know, Trey got his braces put on this past Friday. At age 24 he is finally getting the straight teeth he's always wanted thanks to the Navy! I don't think he fully understood what having braces entailed. Trey is still adjusting to the mouth soreness, the food stuck in the braces, the cutting of his gums. The poor thing hasn't even experienced the worst of it yet! Now I get to call him fun names like train tracks, metal mouth or brace face, so it makes it fun for me! The downside to Trey's braces is the fact that in about 6 months they are taking his braces off and breaking is jaw to realign his teeth. Don't ask me because I'm not 100% sure about the situation. From what I understand is that using rubber bands won't work because his mouth is fully matured. So as a result he has to get his jaw broken! Trey will be out of work for 60 days which he is looking forward to. I'm dreading hearing about all of the pain he'll be in! But don't worry I'll keep you all posted when the time comes! No pain, no gain!
My Apologies
Anyway...onto stories and updates. A few weeks ago we took a trip to the SPCA and Trey fell in love with a black lab mixed puppy. And he just had to have him. I wasn't in agreement, but I try to please everyone and gave in. We got the puppy home and when he was around Trey he would just lay there. So to Trey he seemed like a good little puppy. Then Trey would leave and the puppy would go wild. He chewed on our dining room table, sofa, coffee table. Of course that's what puppies do, chew on everything. Riley didn't make things easy for me to look after the pup. She was scared to death of him and wouldn't let go of me whenever he was around. It was way too much for me to handle a 7 month old and a 3 month old puppy. So after 24 hours of having the puppy I packed him and Riley in the trailblazer and headed back to the SPCA. I felt horrible returning him, but he needed a home where he could get the attention he needed.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Never Ending
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Silence Is Broken
Riley hasn't necessarily been silent for the last 7 months. She's babbled her little head off until she couldn't babble anymore. But I'm so excited to announce that Riley has said her first word. I'm sure you're all thinking it was dada. Well it wasn't! Riley's first word was mama. My heart completely melted. I heard her say mama on Thanksgiving, but I thought she was just rambling. Then on Friday she was crawling after me saying mama, mama, mama. Later in the day she was crying and putting her arms out for me saying mama, mama, mama. Trey and I both agreed she knew what she was saying. It's so sweet! I'm sure dada will follow shortly.
The Baby Hui
About 4 months ago, Riley's pediatrician asked me if I was involved with any parenting groups. My answer was of course no. We had only been here for a few weeks and joining a group wasn't even in my thoughts. She recommended a group called The Baby Hui. So I went online and read about their program and decided it would be fun for Riley and I to join a group so we could interact with other moms and babies. Like everything else I seem to want to do we were put on a waiting list. I figured it was worth the wait. After almost 4 months we finally were put into a group! Yeah, it's our turn! Last Monday was our first meeting. It was mostly an introduction session so that we could all get to know each other a little bit. There were about 10 moms which means there were 10 babies. The babies age ranged from 5 months to 10 months. It's hysterical to watch all the babies interact. My girl tended to give attention to the boys and ignore the girls. She's starting way too young chasing after boys!
We meet every Monday morning for 2 hours. This was our second week and we received our notebook that contains a ton of different topics for discussion. After each session we have to read the next topic. It's sort of like a book club based around raising children. The Baby Hui's curriculum is built on the following assumptions: 1. Parenting is the most important and challenging job there is. 2. Parents are their children's first and most important teachers. 3. There are many right ways to be a parent or a child. 4. Parents are the foundation of the family. 5. Getting and giving support is essential for all parents. It's nice to be able to talk to other moms that are facing the same issues, concerns, fears, and joys as me. Due to the fact I'm still not working it's really nice to socialize with adults. It's not that I don't have some friends, but it's great to meet other moms that understand what I'm going through. The group lasts for about 10 weeks, but hopefully we'll keep in touch with the other moms and babies and have play dates! I'm hoping to get some pictures next week. My batteries were dead today!
We meet every Monday morning for 2 hours. This was our second week and we received our notebook that contains a ton of different topics for discussion. After each session we have to read the next topic. It's sort of like a book club based around raising children. The Baby Hui's curriculum is built on the following assumptions: 1. Parenting is the most important and challenging job there is. 2. Parents are their children's first and most important teachers. 3. There are many right ways to be a parent or a child. 4. Parents are the foundation of the family. 5. Getting and giving support is essential for all parents. It's nice to be able to talk to other moms that are facing the same issues, concerns, fears, and joys as me. Due to the fact I'm still not working it's really nice to socialize with adults. It's not that I don't have some friends, but it's great to meet other moms that understand what I'm going through. The group lasts for about 10 weeks, but hopefully we'll keep in touch with the other moms and babies and have play dates! I'm hoping to get some pictures next week. My batteries were dead today!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Gobble, Gobble
Monday, November 24, 2008
Rainy Day
Of course the doctors office is closed on Saturday. Off to the ER we went in the pouring down rain! We waited about an hour before we were called back into a room. By this time Riley had turned into her fun loving self and we knew she was just fine. Riley was having a good time crawling around on the hospital bed. It was a big new toy for her to play with. Meanwhile Trey was getting bored and finding the need to touch everything in the room. Totally reminded me of Mr. Kevin. I started singing to Riley the song about 12 little monkeys jumping on the bed. Then Trey decided he was going to sing for us. He took over the 12 little monkeys jumping on the bed and began to sing each verse in a different genre of music. He started with rap and then onto rock. The next verse of country and then came opera. He was getting so into it and being so loud, I couldn't stop laughing. I thought I was going to wet my pants. And then in walks the doctor who said, "well it looks like you all are having fun back here." Oops! I guess we should be a little more quiet in the ER! There are real sick people there with actual emergencies. The doctor proceeded to give us the third degree asking about how Riley hit her head. Come on now, we didn't throw her into the headboard.
After our interrogation from the doctor I was instructed to feed Riley and then wait to see if she throws up. This meant Trey had to find something else to do to keep us all entertained. This time instead of singing he started spinning. He was sitting on the doctors chair that spins around and would spin as fast as he could until he'd almost fall off. One time he spun himself into the wall and Riley started belly laughing at him. He was rather comical in our room. I wouldn't have wanted to be the patient next to us though, because he was so loud. I tried to keep him quiet. It just wasn't working. We were in the ER for about 3 hours before we got to go home just to find out that our little girl was just fine. Better to be safe than sorry! I tried to snap a picture of Riley's knot on her head, it just wasn't working. The picture definitely doesn't do it justice!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Chew Monster
My Favorite Color Is...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
It's Official...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Weekend Cut Short
Trey cooked us some waffles with our Belgian waffle maker. He's always so proud of himself when he makes us breakfast. That, of course, is the only thing he makes in the kitchen! I was very thankful though. It's nice to get a break, even if it is for one meal. After breakfast we went to the Honolulu SPCA to look at dogs. Trey has been worse than a little kid asking to get a dog. I still don't think we need a dog right now, but I thought I'd humor him! When we went into the SPCA it was rather sad to see all of the dogs in the cages. However, there wasn't one dog that either of us fell in love with. Most of them had health problems and then the few Trey picked out weren't friendly with children. Since we're not getting rid of Riley anytime soon we left the SPCA without a dog.
We came home and fed Riley lunch(we are onto squash this week) and then back out we went. We decided it was a good time to take Riley's holiday picture. I figured it would be easy since she's always sitting up so nicely and in a good mood. Now that Riley is crawling around and moving everywhere it was rather difficult to capture a good picture. Every time I'd sit her up and fix her dress she'd wait for me to walk away and start to crawl again. It was pretty funny. Luckily we managed to get a good shot! Then Trey took Riley and me around his work. We got to look at the helicopters he works on and got a tour of the whole hangar. It was a fun time!
Riley passed out in the car on the way home. Once we got home Riley ate her dinner and then back out we went. Some of Trey's car buddies were meeting up and taking a drive to the North Shore. Trey decided since he had to work the next day he'd take the fam with him. Since Riley and I were going, our neighbor Brian decided to bring his wife and little boy along too. We went on a nice drive to the North Shore and stopped at a Mexican restaurant that I'd been wanting to try. Cholo's was the place and boy was it yummy in my tummy!! We got home around 9pm, way passed Riley's bed time. We skipped the nightly bath and just threw her into her pj's and off to bed she went! It was a really fun filled day. Trey especially enjoyed it, not only because he was with his wife and daughter all day, but because he got to have us ride in his camaro all day too!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Relaxing Weekend
On Sunday we bought another car seat for Riley. She's big enough for the big girl sit up seat now! Boy does time fly! Trey strapped the seat in his camaro and drove us around the island. Trey was thrilled out of his mind to finally have Riley riding in the camaro. We drove to the North Shore and saw all the hot surf spots. The waves were huge, about 6-10 feet that day. You wouldn't be seeing me in those waters that's for sure! Unfortunately I forgot the camera once again so I don't have any pics of the surfers...but I promise I will next time! We stopped and grabbed dinner at a local spot called Pinky's. There Trey finally discovered that babies chew on EVERYTHING! We had Riley in a highchair and I strapped a toy around the seat belt so she had something to play with. Riley didn't want the toy, she was much happier chewing on the table. I pulled her away immediately, but I thought Trey was going to have a heart attack! I don't think it's possible to keep germs away from babies. They just want to explore anything and everything. We had a nice weekend together. I think it was Trey's favorite so far because he had both of his babies in his camaro! Trust me...it doesn't happen often!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Should've Hired Mr. Kevin...
Okay, so I'm not quite sure where to begin for this entry. It all started well over a year ago, probably about 2 years ago when I was planning our wedding. The most important thing to me was to hire the best photographer money could buy. Reason being that the pictures would be what we have forever to remind us of our wedding day. After checking out a bunch of photographers I had one recommended to me. I met with him and saw his gorgeous photos of previous weddings he had worked. I was sold on the spot. I was telling my mom and Mr. Kev how much the pictures would cost me and Mr. Kev told me I was crazy. He said I should just hire him and bet that he'd take the best pictures. Yeah right! I now wonder when children will realize that their parents are normally right!
Trey and I were told on our wedding day by our photographer that by the time we got back from our honeymoon we'd be able to view our wedding photos. That would've been around Oct. 16th. After hasseling the photographer we got to see our pics mid November. I was so anxious to see our photos. After I saw the pictures I wish I hadn't! I was not pleased at all with the selection of photos. I thought for sure there would have been more pictures to choose from and more variety. I was so pissed about them I didn't order my album until January. It took me 2 months to try to find pictures that I loved. After choosing the number of pictures I was instructed to choose I placed my album order. Then I was told I had to cut 4 photos or pay another $200. Excuse me...I already paid $3200, I wasn't about to pay another damn penny.
We didn't receive our wedding album until late June. I was relieved when it finally arrived after all the waiting I had to do. Trey and I were both pleased with the final result. We were both happy and Trey even said that it was worth everything we went through and the money we spent.
Well, this past Saturday we finally received the hard drive so that we could have possession of all the wedding pictures. Would you ever guess that there were numerous pictures on the hard drive that we had never seen. Tons of pictures that I would have loved to see before I ordered my album. One would think that when paying thousands of dollars you would be able to view every picture taken. I do believe it should have been our decision as to what pictures we would like in our album.
Somehow I think I should've just let Mr. Kev and Mr. Bob take all the pictures. They both took some great ones. Anyway...here are just a few shots that I had never seen before!
Below, a sweet moment of my husband helping me make it up the stairs!

Now presenting Mr and Mrs William Prewitt III

I thought this one was really sweet...we just look all lovey dovey
Now presenting Mr and Mrs William Prewitt III
I thought this one was really sweet...we just look all lovey dovey
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