lots of good news!

so, i know it's only october, but we are already so excited about the holidays! We are getting the whole Matus gang, Grandpa and Grandma, and maybe even great-grandpa and great-grandma to visit! It is our last Christmas in Hawaii, and i CANNOT WAIT to spend it with our very awesome family. It has been really hard to be so far away from home with these baby girls, and I am so glad we will get to share Christmas/New Years with everyone!

The other great news is that Juneau will soon have a little buddy from her orphanage in Tam Ky right here in Hawaii! One of the other families who has been working with our adoption agency just got lightening fast approval to travel to Vietnam and get their baby boy! He was only a couple of months old when Cris was in Vietnam, so he is a little younger than Juneau, but it is going to be so neat for her to have a little playmate from her hometown!

Things have been fairly crazy around here....as usual! The senior residents all take turns acting as the "chief resident", and this has been my turn. I am constantly swamped by all of these crazy duties, and having to solve the issues no one else wants to deal with. every day i get a little more behind in my work, and pretty soon i may actually drown in paperwork. for real. i am looking forward to November, when I get a little break away from work to attend the Cosmetic Gynecology Conference in Vegas! I went last year, and it was really fun, so i am definately looking forward to it again.

This weekend we went to the Iolani Palace for Children and Youth Day. It was a typical Hawaii event....WAYYYY too many people in too small of a location, but it was still fun. I'm trying to cram in all the fun stuff i've been wanting to do into the next few months. it's reallly starting to sink in that this is our last year on this little island, and i want to maximize our time, so you will probably be seeing all kinds of fun pictures from our weekends. In fact, Friday while cris is officiating for the volleyball game, Nova, Juneau and I will be on the northshore at the Shrimp Festival....how fun does that sound? All you can eat shrimp from a variety of different shrimp trucks. In case you haven't been to Hawaii, you probably have no idea what these shrimp trucks look like. they are seriously a little scary looking, but oohhhhhh sooooo yummy!!!

here are some pictures from the last week:

June Bug graduated from her rear facing baby seat into a big girl carseat. Here she is trying it out with Nova.

Nova Chillin' with her husky

Surely you didn't think you had seen the last adorable pigtail picture...right? Don't worry, there will be many more ridiculously cute pigtail photos to come.

And just so nova doesn't feel left out, here is a shot of the hairstyle she's been sporting. This is one sweet Mullet. People work for years to get this kind of mullet, and nova was just gifted naturally with it. try not to be jealous.

Daddy's Girl

This is Juneau in the Sling I made with my own two bare hands. Well, my bare hands, a sewing maching, and a pattern i found on the internet. My friends hate when i carry it because they swear it looks like it's gonna bust open at any second and June-buggy's gonna end up on the ground, but i have faith in my awesome sewing skills...sort of....
Keiki Hula...If we ever come back to Hawaii this could be nova and juneau!