It's my personal opinion that most people don't put enough pictures of THEMSELVES on their blogs....enough of the kids! (I know, you can never get enough of them) but I go to check out some of my old friends and....not a single picture! I don't remember what you look like! I have alzheimers, okay?! So, not to be a hypocrite, here are some of Josh and me.
She loves giving "bacci" or kisses. I guess most babies do, until, when? Soon, right?
um, Kai'a crying because she doesn't like being in the car...I just liked her hair at the moment.
This one's funny: at the Crewhouse where Josh stays during his weeks of work: I put her in front of a cartoon channel (We haven't had TV since I was pregnant, so she just gets her usual DVDs at home.) and she sat like this for a full hour. never budged. Which was good, because I had a lot of food to make for Josh to eat throughout the week...see? TV is a great thing! hahahaAnd now I don't know how to flip it. sorry!
And what should I say to end this monoloque? I guess perhaps a reminder to myself to put pictures of Indi (who just had surgery and gets to wear an Elizabethan collar (cone) for a MONTH) and Josh, in his flight-suit, which is pretty attractive...And, just a "hi" and "thanks" to everyone who's been in touch!
Ah, the last of the mango bread! Thank goodness-this picture was supposed to rival Leslie's, but it doesn't. Except that it's MANGO bread :)
Kai'a is using a spoon these days-normally much better than it shows here, but what a cute smile-I just had to add these.
Trying on her daddy's new flight-boots. Ha ha-Josh lives on Maui and has to wear boots!
On the 4th of July we taught her the sign for "fireworks" and she did it all night long! Smartie!
And, as you can see below, we have been spending far too much time on the phone, trying to get our situations all straightened out...it was funny to see her do this, but sad, you know? 
More to come next week!
And a lot of brick...
Oh, and MORE bricks! But look! Can you see it?!.....dirt....aaahhhh....finally!
Another look at the dirt:
We even cleared out the side of the house-you can actually walk there now, and the trees don't grow up onto the roof anymore...I must admit, Josh went a bit wild with the machete...started to scare me a little...
View from the Plantation Restaurant at sunset-over the island of Molokai
Me eating a delicious, goat-cheese salad
Josh's "fancy" dessert of ho-ho's or whatever they are... 
I made Josh put on a shirt so I could get an actual "Father's Day" photo and this was the best we could do...she was VERY squirmy!
Josh was off-island this week training for his new job as a flight nurse. I am excited for him to have a new adventure...he seems to have enjoyed the inundation of new info and the people he was with. I know it must be scary; it's something of a career change, really. And there's the thought of him flying multiple times in a day (the year we moved here, 2 planes went down) so that's always hanging in the back of my head; but I suppose you get used to it. Heather Shirley, I could use your perspective on this one!
For me, even though I'm still working full-time, this past week was a taste of "being on my own" with Kai'a. Of course it couldn't be just a normal week, much less a good one. It had to be full of little disasters! Now, I'm NOT going to make this sound dismal; I actually dealt with the days fairly well-in fact, I couldn't do anything but laugh after the first day:
That was my first MORNING as a single mom...the rest of the day was more mellow. But then there was still the dead car-battery at 10pm with exhausted baby in tow, the gallon of milk that flooded the fridge and, consequently, the floor (which I had FINALLY swept/mopped just that morning!) three nights of her waking in the middle of the night in pain (cutting molars) and rocking her until her tylenol kicked back in, and of course, the never-ending mangos and household chores and getting her to daycare by 7 in the morning, and BOY how do you moms do it out there? I am fairly exhausted, and it's probably nothing compared to what happens to most people on a daily basis!
The great thing is that we bonded, and I learned that there's really no point in getting frustrated about things when there is nothing else you can do about them! I let her feed herself, and make a mess every time. Let her try a lot of new things (some of which hurt) like learning to get up and down from the couch by herself, or off of our bed without help (we have a concrete floor)... playing with Indi by herself, even though he knocks her over and kisses her (allergic reaction, shower-every time). I am actually proud of myself and her for surviving this week. I know it sounds lame, because some of you go months at a time on your own, but it was big for me.
She was so excited to see Josh at the airport-she recognized him quite a ways off, and just ran. Very cute. I'm sure they're having a lot of fun today. I'm not sure what pictures I'll add to this. I know one is of her being the dirtiest to-date (not counting food or sand) though it's hard to tell in the photo. And the one of her with "old man tufts of hair over the ears". It was a busy week, but I didn't whip out the camera as much as I should have!
