Family Update- some of you may be asking what happened to the Clouds???

So its been nearly 2 1/2 weeks since I have posted anything. I guess I didn't have much to say. So I decided to give you all an update on each of us.

1st: Presley

She is nearly 17 months old (Feb 19th). As you can tell she is starting to look so grown up. She has learned to throw little fits and right now I think its funny, but it is wearing thin!! She loves food, almost anything I give her she will eat, (minus raw veggies-still have to mash those). But she is so much fun, she's like my little best friend. But she has learned to do things I hate like run down our drive way away from me laughing while I yell for her to stop! I guess all kids like to disobey:)

2nd: Ben

He is doing really good. This semester seems to be so much better for him then last semester. We actually get to see him more. He really likes his hospital rotation and gets to see some crazy patients, he loves to tell me about them. He is making great grades in his classes and has been able to play a little more sports this semester (ie golf and b-ball).

3rd: Me
I am doing good. I will be nearly 6 months (24 weeks) next week. This pregnancy is getting to me, my belly seems to grow daily (I swear its much bigger then with Presley!). I had my first ultra sound a few weeks ago and baby is really healthy and moving around like crazy. The Dr.'s are 85% sure its a girl, so we will see..

my new favorite craving (open face, toasted, honey-wheat-bagel sandwich with pepper jack cheese!!- I could eat these all day long. )

Back to the warm weather. Plus P's new hair techniques

We had a really great Christmas break in the mainland. It was nice to see family and to feel cold weather for a short time. There is so much I could blog about that happened over break but I decided to start fresh here in Hawaii.

Today was MLK day so Ben had off from school and we took P-lady to the beach. She had a blast and I am starting to remember the things I like about Hawaii:)



Check out P's new skills:)

Early Christmas for P-lady

Because we couldn't bring all of her presents to the mainland. Santa hired a special LARGE elf to put together Presley's trike before Christmas. She was sooo surprised and excited when she saw it in the living room. She literally paused in the hall and her eyes got really big and her mouth opened wide and looked at me like, "is that mine???" So cute, she had alot of fun smiling and riding around on it (well, being pushed around on it- she isn't very good with the pedals yet).

Santas "special LARGE elf"

The funny things Presley does

I walked in my room and P-lady had been digging in my t-shirt drawer and decided to play dress up on her own. Look how creative she is. I guess she really likes all of the pink shirts--hahah.


This is what I really saw when I walked in. I wasn't sure what she was doing.

Presley doesn't like Santa

We took Presley to see Santa and she cried and screamed so bad I felt sad for her. She was scared to death of him.

Presley made the NICE list

Santa confirmed Presley made the nice list. She will be getting presents after all. See link below for video. Enjoy:) (click link and wait for video to pop up)

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/23903-benjcloud/

Funny video of P-lady

Thanksgiving morning Ben gave her the phone to play with while I was brushing her hair. She acted like she was really talking to someone. The funniest part is when she turns to walk away like she can't hear what is being said to her. Enjoy:)

Thanksgiving in Hawaii

This year seemed really funny to me. Its just not the same being in Hawaii over a major holiday (when you normally have your family to share it with). But this year a few of the pharmacy married students got together and split the Thanksgiving menu up. I actually made the turkey and gravy. I have NEVER cooked a turkey before but it turned out sooo good - I was really glad. (I forgot to get a photo of it:( ..) SAD.. But we had a good time and all of the food turned out really good.





I also made my first pumpkin roll and it turned out sooo yummy. Ben and I have been eating it everyday and loving it:)

Confessions of a 14 month old

(Just had to show how cute she is getting, plus I LOVE being able to do new things with her hair--ps.. I cut her bangs too. )
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Today was a holiday day, so Ben had to stay home and study (the library was closed). So Presley and I tried to stay out of the house as much as we could. I think she got tired of me dragging her to different beach parks and taking long scenic drives, that by the time we got home she talked to dad (in her own language) for nearly an hour. Or maybe she was so excited about our outing that she was trying to tell dad all about it. I was trying to watch the Biggest Loser and I could hear her just jabbering away so I quickly grabbed the camera and filmed it. She was really serious and trying so hard to describe her story in detail to dad. Enjoy:)

The first time I went in the room

The second time I went in- (about 20 min later-she was still talking away)

Bens weekend study break:)

Ben finally had a weekend off from studying (that means he could start studying on Monday and have enough time-- yea!!!) I haven't spent a Saturday with Ben in nearly 6 weeks. Because it has been a really rough semester for him, plus I have been so sick that we decided we needed a little fun in our lives. So we drove to the other side of the island and spent 2 days and 1 night at the Waikaloa Hilton (because we are now local we get Kamaaina rate (sp?)--for locals, it was nearly 75$ off!!!) We had a great time, got to relax, get away from rainy Hilo, spend some time in a normal air conditioned room and eat really good food. P-lady had a blast, she got to swim and build sand castles. It ended too soon. I will just have to savor the memories for a LONG time:)