HE'S FINALLY DOING IT...

Here are his first steps...documented, I'm so excited! So this was taken a few days ago and now even today he is taking more than 3 steps. Today he takes about 5 sometimes 6 alone if we are lucky! Daddy works with him everyday to practice and I'm afraid it's just a matter of days till we have a walking monster in our house...But I guess I figure it can't be any worse than it is right now since he crawls and pulls himself up to everything and he's too quick even for mommy. That's why I'm working out so I can keep up with this little tyke! We love you Spence and are so very proud of you, keep up the walking... His first birthday is on Wednesday so it's fitting that he is learning right at this point in his life!

TAHITI, WHAT AN ADVENTURE...

Well we're back! It was a very long and venterous journey and we had such a fabulous time! It may be long but bare with me... We flew to the island Tahiti in the city of Papette. Had quite a layover there trying to get over to the island of Moorea! Our plane was cancelled due to as they put it "it was broken"! Um yah I think we'll wait to take the fairy ride over instead of being on a "broken" plane!

This is our first bungalow on Moorea at the Intercontinental Resort and Spa. The first thing Brian did once we arrived at our bungalow was get into the water for some much needed snorkeling off our deck! There was so much beautiful coral just below our deck so there was awesome snorkeling there and out in the lagoon, some of the best snorkeling we've had! It was a very nice resort and it had dolphins there in the resort. The dolphin center is just in the middle of where you walk to the entertainment areas from our bungalow, so needless to say we got to walk past it everytime we went to and from our bungalow what a treat especially for me if anyone knows me well they know how I feel about dolphins! Best part of that island for me..

We also did a lot more fun adventerous things while on that island. We did a 4x4 tour up into the mountains and around part of the island. So gorgious up there and beautiful views!

We saw a pineapple farm, beautiful tropical flowers,wild hogs,high mountains, view of the two bay's on the island and the funniest and nicest tour guide of all times, I Tom!! He had a tattoo on his arm that said I Tom, long story but that's my new nickname from my husband I've been told! It's pretty funny! That evening we got a couple's massage at the spa there and that was very nice and relaxing except it was so hot there and the air conditioner in the bungalow didn't do the job all that well!

Then on to the next day... We got up early and headed out for our long 6 hr boat tour, full of adventures all in one tour. First we went swimming with Sharks! Yeah me, Jaimee, swimming with SHARKS...They are black tip sharks and they are reef sharks that only really get to about 4-5 feet long. When your swimming right beside it let me tell you that is BIG and scary. But after a few minutes of them swimming right towards you and quickly turning away from you and realizing they don't care about you they just care about food then you get pretty brave and enjoy the amazing memories that are being made. The tour guides were the one's feeding the sharks us commoner's ;) just watched and swam which I was TOTALLY fine with! Generally they are suppose to be pretty tame but sometimes could be dangerous too we've been told. (Sorry no photos of this we didn't have a waterproof camera and in all the excitement and anticipation of getting in with sharks we didn't have camera on our mind!) So then we were off to swim with Sting Rays! The water was shallower and we could stand in the water so we were able to brave taking pictures with the camera! Let me tell you those things are freaky! But they are so nice you wouldn't believe it after knowing Steve Irwin died from one but yes very cool but I just couldn't relax with them b/c every second they were coming up from behind swimming around my back and would catch me off guard and it freaked me out so the pictures don't have any good smiles pretty much pure freakin out faces on them! But it was an awesome experience and we loved it! Then they took us to a private island and fed us lunch and we did some snorkeling that was really nice and relaxing until I got called up to help demonstrate there food making process which was pretty embaressing since I was in my bakini and nothing over it stirring food, but they were all pretty much drunk anyway so who cares right! It was fun...

So my husband, love him, but he is such a boy! We spotted a black tip shark below our deck of the bungalow one evening and so what does he have to do, well buy string, raw meat and dangle it down to attract even a bigger black tip shark! Which he did and had a blast doing. It was cute, like watching a little kid! At first there was a smaller and medium sized one they ran off with the first of two steaks. So he restrung the last steak and here come's a really BIG shark probably 3 or 4 feet long, big to me ok! Anyway it was really cool to watch it stare down and swim around the meat looking for the perfect opportunity to attack! Well it found it and with one attack it took the whole thing string and all! Even though it went by so fast it was a big addrinalin boost for Brian he was so excited! That was probably his favorite part of the whole trip! Men, so easy to please, well most the time;)
So now we are taking a plane to Bora Bora for 3 nights! From the airport you have to take a boat to your resort. The way the island is there's no way to get to the airport by car it's on a seperate strip of land, same with our Resort. Very secluded and quiet, good thing we saved our relaxing time for Bora Bora! It was a beautiful Resort and the room was to die for! It was newly built only 1 yr and a half ago. The big thing there is that they built a air conditioning system that goes down into the deep part of the sea and it uses the cold sea water as the energy for the air conditioning there so it was nice and cool in our bungalow there all the time, it was fabulous! Here are a couple pic's of the gorgious bungalow.

The bed overlooked a huge window and you could see the ocean outside-gorgious, the bathroom had a very relaxing I must say tub that you could be overlooking the beautiful ocean while sitting in it and we had a huge deck with our own private dock! It also had a shower spray on it to rinse off with but well my husband decided to play water fight with it, very fun! Now one of the best memories I am taking from this bungalow is laying in bed with my hunny laughing my butt off to The Office! Brian now has me addictid to that show with him but it's nice b/c we would just laugh together at the show and mimick the funny saying's from it the whole trip, it's the most I've laughed with him in a really long time and it's kind of funny but thanks to The Office it has bonded us in a way I've been missing for a while, thanks Steve Catrell!
So on to the rest of our trip! One of the day's we just laid out at the pool and relaxed half the day, another half of the day we treated ourselves to hours of endless relaxation, serenity, peace and becoming refreshed for coming back to reality at their top rated brand new Spa portion of the resort.. It had a lot of features for you to use while waiting between or after your spa treatments. They had a swim spa, private jacuzzi tubs, leg spa, meditation room w/the view of the ocean, sauna's w/tropical smelling showers that come down on you to cool you off, very very very cold deep sea water tub to get your circulation going and special showers w/tons of differant options of pressure! I could of spent our whole 3 day's there if I could. It was very nice, plus of course the nice treatments Brian and I were very grateful to have as well. They had some entertainment there one night with Tahitian dancer's and music, they sure can dance!
Well that pretty much concludes our trip, the trip home was very long and with much anticipation to see our babies. We missed them dearly and was so excited to come home to them even if we were going to miss the warm weather, palm trees, white sandy beaches and the beautiful ocean! Thank you to our very loving sister and brother-in-law you guys are the best! We felt very safe leaving our babies in your care! We love you and owe you BIG time ;)

STING RAY ATTACK!

SHARK ATTACK!

TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...DAY 6

"BAG BALM...GOTTA LOVE IT!"

Good Diaper changing advice...NEVER take your eyes off your kids' hands while changing your diaper...Or else the joke is on you! It only took 1 second not even joking!

TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...DAY 5

"DADDY CUDDLE TIME"

Could anymore be said of this precious time...

TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...DAY 4

"DIAPER RASH KING"

Our poor Spencer! He has been having reaccuring diaper rashes for months now! We've tried every trick in the book and it still keeps coming back, not sure what that's all about but I had to get a picture of this he was just too adorable for words! This is one of the many tricks we are trying right now and that's to air out his bum...But it's tricky for how long, if anyone has a boy

they know exactly what I'm talking about! Thanks to aunt Rachel and uncle Adam for dealing with all the extra steps it takes than normal while we were gone you guys did so good, you'll be great parents soon! And hopefully this horrible rash will end soon the poor baby...

ON OUR WAY!

Well the time has come! So many emotions come over me at this time! Happiness, sadness, excitement, anticipation, worried, scared, nervous and just plain stressed! Brian and I are headed off to Tahiti tomorrow night! I know this will be good for us and for the kids but that doesn't help me feel any better about leaving them for so long. I know my sister and brother in law will be great with them that doesn't worry me at all! I am just so scared to miss anything especially since Spencer is so close to walking and we won't be here to celebrate Valentine's with them. But Brooklynn will be with her dad half of the time and I know we'll be calling everyday to hear there adorable little voices even if one can't talk and the other just won't talk ;) But I am excited to have alone time with my sweet husband. It is well needed for us especially since it's our 2 year anniversary on the 18th. So I just wanted to inform everyone that I won't be able to post anything for a week in a half or see other's blogs so that also makes me sad but once I get back believe me there will be lot's of fun pictures to be seen! Also my Tiny Little Moments will be paused until then as well, but it will resume once we return. Thanks to everyone and there comments on our blog we love you and hope that everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day! xoxoxo

Isn't it so beautiful...We'll be thinking of you all in the gorgious sun and sandy beaches! :)

TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...DAY 3

DADDY, CAN I PLOW TOO???

TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...DAY 2!

"DA MAN, I THINK..." ;)

My nephew Gavin is so cute, his newest trick is to put balls in his shirt and so the first thing he does when he gets here is find all the balls he can and hide them in his shirt. Well this day was very memorable, the picture speaks for itself! And the funniest thing is that his shirt sais chick magnet, so funny and it was definately a candid moment. Thank goodness the camera was so close by that we could capture it! We love you Gavin!

30 TINY LITTLE MOMENTS...

HEART MELTING MOMENTS...

I was captured by a post on an old friend's blog today! It really took me back to what we should be enduring in this lifetime and to slow down once in a while and smell the roses. Sometimes life get's so busy, complicated and stressful that we forget that happiness is in the "little things". I am so grateful to have come across her post because it was a challenge I am definately up for so thanks to Shauna, and I hope you all enjoy these "30 days of tiny little moments" that happen in our home!

1/2 Marathon Here I Come...

So This is my second week training for the marathon in Salt Lake City in April, is this really my motivation to loose the baby weight. What was I thinking!!! Well I guess it's not all that bad, I do feel so much more energy, eating so much healthier, I'm happier and for the first time in a long time I actually want to exercise... So I am glad I'm doing this. The schedule is pretty trecherous, mainly b/c of the hills I live on. We just did a new route today b/c it was 4 miles instead of 3 and I really liked it b/c the hills were spread out more and we ran half of it this time now that I feel stronger and it felt really good! I am not sure how or what happened since I have always HATED to run but for some reason this feels good, hey maybe it's not bad to run I guess I've had it wrong in my mind all these years, hhmmm imagine that! And only eating 1200 calories a day holy hannah it's HARD! But I need to loose weight quickly for our trip to Tahiti next week, gotta look good for my adorable husband in my swim suit of course! But I also need to loose this baby weight I finally feel the motivation and I hope I can continue this in Tahiti I know it will be hard but as long as I dedicate 30 min a day I should be okay. I'm just glad I have my sister here to do it with me and to help me get back into it fully once I get home! Thanks Sis, your the best!

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