HAWAII

Kevin and I went on a little trip to Maui last month for my good friend Jenny's wedding. It was an amazing trip, and was actually the first trip we've taken just the two of us since Cannon was born. It was also amazing because Jenny's generous family paid for all their guests to come down there! Although is was really hard to leave Cannon, it was a much needed vacation for the both of us. Thanks so much to Brian and Sarah and Kimberly and Ryan for watching the little buddy while we were gone.

We stayed at the the Fairmont Kea Lani in Wailea. This was the beach outside our hotel.



Kevin relaxing on the beach

The lobby inside our hotel

View from our room

The night before the wedding there was a Luau wedding dinner. It was so much fun and amazing food!

Me and Jenny at the Luau

We were driving on this dirt road and we thought these lava fields were pretty cool so we stopped to take a picture.

This is an amazing little historical hawaian church that Jenny and Christoph got married in.

This was at the reception after the wedding. It took place on this amazing beachfront property overlooking the ocean, so beautiful!

The reception area

Bride and Groom and their first dance

The next morning Kevin and I took a boat ride out to Molokini to go snorkeling

On our way to Molokini

Me and my cousin Liz. She lives in Maui and I haven't seen her in years! It was good to spend some time with her while we were there. She and her husband Joe, along with all their kids took
us on this beautiful hike through a bamboo forest which ended up at three different waterfalls. Towards the end of the hike you actually have to get in the water and swim to the next waterfall area. it was a lot of fun!

The first waterfall

A few tidbits from the past

Since I have been horrible at blogging lately, I just wanted to share a few highlights of the past several months. We took a trip to Parma to visit Kevin's parent's a couple months ago. I didn't take very many pictures on this trip, except a few when we all went on a little walk.

Cannon and Mesa (Cannon adores Mesa, and has already become her pestering little brother that has to be with her every second when she is with us.)

Doing what he does best, playing with rocks, sticks, and dirt.

Kevin teaching Mesa to shoot






CANNON"S FIRST HAIRCUT!
We gave Cannon a haircut a couple months ago because it was basically turning into a major mullet! I was scared to death because I didn't want to cut his curls, but they have already grown back, and he pretty much has his mullet/receding harline hairdo again. We will probably be giving him another haircut in the next few days.

You know your white trash when your kid has a tail.

After picture

Kevin went through some hair changes himself, what do you think?

Don't be fooled by these pictures, Cannon is NOT potty trained, and is not even close to being potty trained. We just got him a potty seat and a little step, but he never want's to use it, and only does when we sit him on it and tell him to try and go. Any suggestions/tips/advice? I was hoping he would be somewhat trained by the time this next baby comes but I don't think that will happen!

Sorry, this picture is sideways. But this is what Cannon would do every night before we ended up getting him a big bed. A couple months ago he would climb out of his crib at nap time and at night, and then go set up camp in the corner of his room and just sleep on the floor. So we ended up getting him a big bed, and he loves it! He stays in it and sleeps all night!

Cannon loves motorcycles (thanks to Kevin). Sometimes Kevin will give him rides around the backyard. Cannon loves it, and feels so special!

Last month we got to see a bunch of the Bake's because they were in town for Kimberly and Ryan's wedding. We had everyone over to our house after the wedding, so I decided to celebrate Cannon's birthday at the same time.

Cannon has been loving train's lately so I made him a train birthday cake.

Kyser, Cannon and Emmett

We also celebrated Larisa and Kari's birthdays! (Yes, that is smoke from the trick candles, which I didn't know they were!)

Cannon giving Emmett a hug

Cannon's 2 year old pics

Once again my sister in law Sarah took some amazing pictures of Cannon for me. These are just a few of my many many favorites! She always does such an amazing job in capturing his personality!

Update #2

Wow, I can't believe it's been over 3 months since I posted! I don't know if anyone even looks at this blog anymore but if you do I will give you a little update (without pictures, sorry!). A few months ago our computer decided to inform us that he wasn't feeling well, and he actually came down with a serious virus. I'm not even sure if he's going to make it, but I thought I would let my brother give it a shot in trying to fix him. I told him to work on it when he has time, which he doesn't have a lot of, so it's still in repair. Luckily we have been borrowing a laptop from some friends so we can have something to use. So many things have happened in the last few months that I will try and post pictures of a soon as I can. Cannon turned 2 a few weeks ago which absolutely blows me away! I can't believe how fast he is growing up! Another big piece of info is that we are expecting another baby at the end of August, and it's a GIRL! I'm actually a little nervous about having a girl, but super excited at the same time! All I know is she's going to have to be pretty tough girl to have Cannon as an older brother:) I will try to become a regular blogger again in the near future and post pictures as soon as I can!

Update

Things have been a little crazy at the Bake house for the last month or so. I was determined to blog a little update of all this craziness. Kevin had knee surgery last month. He tore his ACL while riding his dirt bike, yet he is still talking about going out riding as soon as he can. He says he will be careful from now on (so I guess he wasn't being careful all the other times :) Anyway, he is doing much better now. He is walking around pretty good with his brace. About a week after he had surgery I started a new job and have been training full time, so Kevin has been stay at home dad right now. This actually worked out pretty good because he was going to take a couple months off of work anyway to recover from surgery. Although he is not really sitting home recovering, he has started many projects on our house, starting with our bedroom (which is pretty much a construction zone right now), all while chasing around a wild toddler!

This picture was taken the day after surgery. Cannon was concerned about Kevin, and wanted to snuggle with him all day.

Christmas was good, even thought it seemed like it just flew by so fast! This was the first year since Kevin and I have been married that Mesa has been with us for Christmas Eve and Christmas day! It was really fun having her, and of course Cannon adores her!

I'm suprised Cannon didn't fall into a sugar induced coma after all the candy he ate on Christmas. This is a picture of him trying to inhale 2 candy canes at once!

Cannon got a little tricycle/scooter. He loves sitting on it even though his legs aren't long enough to pedal yet.

Christmas morning family picture

This is an idea of what our house has been looking like lately

Our bedroom

Despite all the craziness, Kevin and Cannon have managed to keep themselves entertained!