Aloha!!!

Hawaii or bust...

Our trip to Maui started bright and early on Tuesday morning! We got up around 5:30am to get to the airport on time. In order to guarantee that Scott would take a nap on the flight we did not let him sleep the entire time until we took off at around 9:30. I'm talking we tortured the kid, every time he would dose off we would get out a new toy, change positions, walk around...whatever it took! Sounds kind of mean but he slept for 3 hours out of 5 so it paid off!

Look at those sleepy eyes!

This was Scott's first plane flight! You might think we would have been smart enough to take a shorter, practice flight sometime during the months leading up to this trip, but in the spirit of 'go big or go home' we decided that 5 hours and 20 minutes would be a good first time! We figured if we kept doing short flights, 45 mins, 2 hours etc. that each time the flight got longer we would have anxiety about flying with a little one - now that we've done a long trip anything shorter will be a breeze!

Sitting like a big boy in his own seat! We didn't pay for a seat for Scott but luckily going out it wasn't a full flight (wish the same could be said for the return trip) and the man next to us who had 3 seats to himself traded with us - so helpful!!! And funny story: he was seated next to us on our return flight!

So we made it to Maui without incident! As soon as we got there we headed for the beach and the pool! This was Scott's first time in the ocean. He loved tasting the water - whether it was licking it out of his floaty, putting his face in the water or licking the salt off of his or our skin once we were out - he couldn't get enough.

The next day we went to "baby beach". There were hardly any waves and lots of shade so it was the perfect spot for us to hang out!

Scott decided to try sand for the first time! No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it all off of his face and I know he ate some - a little sand never hurt anyone right?!

Wish we could have gotten a smile out of Scott for this picture!

3 generations of Campbell men!

One day we went for a hike (the same hike Brian and I did on our honeymoon, let's just say its a bit longer with a baby). Scott did great in the front pack and we switched off carrying him on the way up and back! That extra 20 lbs attached to you really ups the workout factor! The hike was gorgeous and we all enjoyed the scenery!

All the work will take it outta a kid - gotta refuel with some water from the camelback!

Scott fell asleep about 20 minutes from reaching the top...poor kid probably thinks we never made it! He didn't wake up until we were half way down either!

Just enjoying the pool at the Ritz thanks to our friends!

On Friday night our friends Amy and Scott invited us to hang out at Duke's with them and some friends and watch the sunset! It was so much fun! We had great company, great food and a gorgeous view. Scott did well and had a great time playing with the other kiddos! Friday night was a highlight of our trip for sure!

Hawaiian sunset!

Scott giving Amy a smooch!

We ventured to the northern part of the island for some walking and site seeing!

I love looking up at palm trees (my attempt at being Peter Lik, not so much I know but after our trip to his gallery, a must every time we are in Maui, I realized I will be taking my own pictures for a while not buying his).

Scott says: "Aloha Maui friends!"

Scott has now mastered pulling himself up to standing...on everything. And the kid is fearless - he is already pulling the "look mom, no hands" trick! Not cool! He has also mastered sitting and crawling (real crawling, not army style!) So he is definitely on the move!

Could he be happier to be standing up?

We got to do lots of swimming and snorkeling and thanks to Grandpa Don for watching Scott so Brian and I could swim together! We also went to the little town of Paia to go to the Paia Fish Market which I had seen on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate". One of the features on the show was their fish tacos so I had to be a foodie and go try them...they didn't disappoint! I could eat fish tacos and pineapples all day and be so content! Yummy!!!
We came home on a red eye which was great for Scott but crappy for us...we got no sleep and the plane was packed so we didn't have any extra room! Now that we are back we are just trying to get Scott used to the time change again....he was up until midnight last night : / and he would have slept until noon today if I had let him but I'm attempting to get him back to a normal schedule so I got him up at 9 today! Kids adapt well so I'm sure we'll be back to normal in no time!

We had a wonderful week and got to spend lots of quality time together as a family! We are refreshed and relaxed...now bring on FALL!!!