We have had quite the eventful month and a half--and I'm just getting around to blogging about it. At the end of April Jason and I took our first vacation for two since Ethan was born. We had actually been planning it for a long time. He has a conference that he attends each year, and two years ago we found out that in 2009 it would be held in Hawaii. So yes, we saved and let Ethan stay with Grandma and Grandpa Burton and we took off just the two of us for a week.
It was so great to have that time together--and luckily, Jason could skip out on more of the conference than originally planned, so we got to see most of Oahu. We hit the Polynesian Cultural Center, went snorkeling (and even saw a sea turtle up close), and also made it out to Pearl Harbor.
At first I didn't know what to do without Ethan to keep track of, but the week went by so quickly, and before we knew it, it was time to head home. Knowing that Ethan was so happy also made it way easier to be away from him. We called a few times while we were gone and our conversations went something like this:
Ethan: Mommy!
Me: Hi Ethan! How are you? We miss you.
Ethan: Bye Bye!
and he would be off playing with toys.
