The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Are there any grandparents out there anxious for some pictures??

The days are flying by with our new little sweetie pie! Jude has gone from sleeping 23.5 hours out of the day to only sleeping about 20 hours out of the day :)  We are enjoying snuggling our sleeping little guy, and now also spending some awake time with him. 
 
My older sister is in town, and in her usual oldest-of-five-kids fashion, she has kept the household running like a well-oiled machine.  Girls are up, showered, dressed, and off to school. Then some quick house cleaning/organizing, errands, lunch, pick the girls up, then off for an after-school activity, home in time for dinner, homework, lots of book-reading, and tucked into bed before the clock strikes 7:30.  Not sure what we will do around here after having Grandma Stickley, and then Aunt Becky around. It will definitely be an adjustment!
 
Aunt Becky arrived with a suitcase full of goodies to entertain Juneau and Nova. Juneau particularly loved this lollipop with a real scorpion inside. She was super brave, and was planning to actually eat the scorpion, but as she got closer and closer to the actual tail, she started to lose her nerve :)
 Everyone enjoys snuggling Baby Jude
 The girls (and the momma!) are obsessed with our new Wii game - Just Dance (kids version). It's super fun and active, and Juneau LOVES it!
 Most days Aunt Becky takes the girls straight to the beach after school. They run off a ton of energy playing in the waves and sand, but come home completely covered in sand! They have been getting a quick hose-down before coming in the house (where they of course run around like wild banshees while screaming "Naked Baby, Naked Baby")
 Baby Jude resting with dad.  You can definitely see he's starting to beef up a little! Getting some actual chub on his cheeks :)
 Jude was sleeping like this yesterday, and it reminded me of his ultrasound pictures, where his little hand would completely be covering his face...
 Aunt Becky and Jude....

 When our little 5 pound baby came home from the hospital i didn't really have much for him to wear that actually fit his tiny little body.  I ordered this preemie outfit off amazon, and we put it on him today...it actually fit perfectly! He looked sooooo cute we had to take some pictures
 Daddy and his boy.
 Juneau snuggling her baby
 Sherpa and Denali met Jude today. They were very gentle and well behaved...
 Denali getting to know Jude.
 After school today we took the girls to try a new little shop that i had noticed last week called The Snow Factory.  It was AMAZING!!!! it was kind of a mix between Ice Cream and Shave Ice, and had tons of delicious flavors and toppings! It was Awesome!!

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