It's a girl!

We're due December 8th with a baby girl!

We are so excited and cannot wait to meet our precious baby girl...even if she has 6 toes.

Aloha!

Simon and I had a few extra days off last week, and we really needed a relaxing vacation so we decided to jump on a flight to Maui.

We went walking along the water on a lava field and saw two sea turtles "surfing" in the water. They kept riding the waves, so I can only imagine that they were having a fun hawaiian vacation as well.

This was the "road" we took to the famous big wave break called Jaws on the north shore of Maui. It was pretty isolated and we got the directions from a pineapple stand as it was not shown on any maps.

The view was amazing and twice a year the conditions create 100 foot waves. They break with such force that apparently from up on this cliff you can feel as they hit the shore.

Simon made it out for a day of surfing, while I had a day of reading and napping. We both had a successful day.

We also made it up to the top of the volcano, Haleakala.

A fancy and delicious dinner at the Plantation House overlooking a golf course and the ocean.

A love rock. You can't really tell, but in this photo the hole in the rock is an exactly shaped heart....aaahhhh...

We found a blow hole and a moment later Simon got soaked! If only I had taken more than one photo, darn.

The view from our room...not too shabby.

The OC 1/2 Marathon

Simon and his friend Scott ran the OC 1/2 Marathon and did an amazing job!

It was Simon's first road race and he finished it 1:57:17!!!

At mile 3 and 4 we had Lauren Hanson and Lauren Drake join the cheering. At mile 6 we had a very nice homeless man cheer personally for Simon. At 9.5 we got my dad out and had a group of police officers cheering for Simon. It was very nice to see the community come out and support the runners.

Scott's wife Karen brought the cow bells, which were more popular in the first few miles when people asked for "More Cow Bell". By mile 9 I think people couldn't be bothered to ask.

Don't know who this was, but this was his running outfit.... we also saw a girl running in a tutu and a guy running barefoot. Very interesting decisions on outfits.

Simon is planning on running next year, so if anyone else wants to run next year you'll have someone to train with.

I will be back as an observer/cheerer.