Day 6 & 7 - Kayaking to Secret Falls

 

 Jeremiah in the kayak.  We wanted to kayak the river up to Secret Falls.  But we had a baby.  But we wanted to kayak.  So we decided to not let having a baby get in the way or our fun!  We had to rent a kayak and go it alone because none of the guided groups allowed babies, but it worked out for the better because we got to explore much more on our own.  It was quite the kayaking trip upstream while Mike did most of the paddling and I paddled sometimes and entertained the baby sometimes.  Jeremiah did a GREAT job and we would totally do it again!!  Once we finally got to the place where land your kayak we tumbled out and began the hike to the falls.  It was actually the perfect day to be in a river and then be sprayed by a waterfall because it rained.  All day.  We were drenched!!  Jeremiah was a really good sport about being wet........

Kaua'i - Day 5 - Kipu Falls

Kipu falls was a place I really wanted to see, but our guidebook didn't give directions because the locals she talked to asked her not to so they could keep it more private and not over run with tourists............

Kaua'i - Day 4 - Lydgate Beach

I have my rashgaurd and my spf hat on and my bottle.  I am ready for the day!!!

We hung around the condo for a while relaxing this morning, so we got a later start to the day.  We loaded Jeremiah in the car and drove a short way to downtown Kapa'a to browse the unique shops.  It was fun and we stopped at Bubba's burgers for lunch.  Jeremiah was totally sacked out in his stroller the whole time...........

Kauai - Day 3 - The North Shore

Jeremiah had been waking up at 5am every morning because it was 8am at home.  Mike took baby duty the morning before, so this morning I got up with the annoying little early riser and we went out to watch the sun rise at the beach.

 Me and the little guy watching the sunrise.

Kauai - Day 2 - Waimea Canyon

 On our first full day in Kauai we decided to go see the Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of Hawaii.  You drive drive all the way around the island toward Waimea almost until the road ends in that direction, then go up a mountain.
There is a river that snakes through at the bottom.  This is the view from one of the pull-outs on the way up.

Kauai - Day 1

I absolutely loved Kauai!!  We left our house at 4:30 in the morning and we had to take 2 connecting flights.  The lame part was that Alaska Air made us stop in Portland.  Apparently the only direct flights to Honolulu are in the late afternoon and we wanted to fly in the morning.  Then we had to get on an island hopper to Kauai.  With all of that, because of the time change we still made it to Kauai before noon!
Our first order of business after checking in to our condo was checking out the beach!  The complex was on a beautiful stretch of Pacific, but sadly there was not much beach.

That did not stop us from enjoying it though!

11 Months Old

I can not believe my baby boy turned 11 months old at the end of August!  How the time has flown by!  Though at the moment he is laying across my lap wearing the very same adorable little 3-6 month jeans he wore home from the airport exactly 2 months ago today.  He might be a little guy now but watch out world, he is going to be a quarter back and guitar player when he gets bigger!  Here are some of his 11 month old happenings.

 Jeremiah's first peanut butter spoon.  I know it is a high allergy food and he isn't 12 months yet.  He was fine.  Move on :)

Wrong end dude!

He LOVED it!!!

The next day he had peanut butter waffles for breakfast.  He loved them and I loved that he was fully engrossed for 30 minutes!!

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These are really good Mom!

This was about the time I threw him in the tub!!!

Always cuter, less sticky and smelling wonderful after a bath :)

My cute boy sporting a pretty unique outfit this morning....

Just a bright green cloth diaper, red Elmo socks, and a red, blue, and yellow binkey.

I think the binkey is what really pulls it together and  makes it work, don't you?

What a cute little stud muffin! 

Jeremiah walking today (with help) at 11 months.  If you view the videos below you can see how much he has improved.  He can balance with one hand and just stand there!

Jeremiah walking at 9.5 months the first week we were home from Uganda.  He just pulled himself up on the toy and took off.  He had never done anything like that before.  Mike and I were so excited!  We called Grandma and told her.  She said "put that toy away!!!"  She had only just met him and wanted him to stay a baby :)

Jeremiah walking at 9 months in Uganda.  So tiny for his age!!  Took the video for Dad to see but the internet there was too slow to upload it.  Oh, and sorry about it being sideways.  I don't know how to rotate videos.