Newton Update

Just a quick update on our move to Maui.  We are very excited to announce that the stressful house hunt officially ended yesterday! We singed our lease for a beautiful home in upcountry Maui. The house is near school and groceries.  The neighborhood is part of the Pukalani country club so it's safe and quite.  We will be moving in on Monday! We really love our new home!!!

William should be registered for kindergarten next week, more on that next week. 

I am still waiting for a confirmation about the date of arrival for baby Newton as of now it is set for August 7, 2013!  But will confirm as soon as we know for sure.  

William the Water Child

In the two weeks that we have been here William has turned into a water child.  He loves, loves to swim at the pool.  He can now swim under water with goggles, jump in the pool forwards and backwards, and swim for long periods of time.  It is amazing to watch because back in April he was terrified to even go under.  We love that he is becoming a good swimmer.  I have tried to upload pics from my phone but it won't sync with blogger so I will be sure to post when our computer gets to the Island.

32 Week Check Up!

I had my 32 week check up on Monday here in Hawaii.  Beside having to fill out lots and lots of papers everything went really well.  Baby Newton is doing good, strong heart beat lots of movement. We only have 7 more weeks till we meet our little babe and we are really excited!  We can't wait to meet our baby and find out if we are having another little Newton Boy or a little Newton Girl! We should know this week the date of delivery and will post as soon as I know!

William Graduates Preschool!

We are so proud of our preschool Grad! After two fun years, it's time for an adventurous summer, followed by Kindergarten this fall.

Mothers Day!

Blog Update

I have been on a hiatus from blogging this year and will try my best to update the blog.  William has done lots of different things in the last 6 months, from play dates, school parties, birthday parties, traveling, turning the big 5, to getting ready to be a big brother and moving to Hawaii. There is lots of action at the Newton household.

The biggest milestone for William was turning 5 on April 10th of this year.  We can hardly believe that our little baby boy is now 5! William is one of the biggest blessings Chris and I will ever get in this life time.  He is truly an amazing child that we love dearly.  He is a good boy but does a good job at being assertive with others if needed. He is a natural leader!

William had a great year in pre-school!  He made new friends and learned about animals, ABC’s, numbers, social play, God, and much more.  He graduated two weeks ago I will post pictures and videos!

Favorite Toys

William is currently really into Lego’s and will build houses and campers out of them, among other things. He really loves building things up and taking them down to build them up again.  For his birthday he got a few different Lego sets of Star Wars and has had a blast building them with some help from me or Chris. The age group is 7-12 but after we do it once he can do it by himself.  He also likes swords, drawing/coloring,  and playing with marine life animals and anything relating to the sea.

Favorite TV show

His two current favorite TV shows are The Octonauts and Jake and the Never Land Pirates on Disney Junior.  In the Octonauts, the characters go on various missions to save or help sea life.  William has learned lots of facts about sea life through the show.  Because of these shows he now often speaks like a pirate, it’s very funny!

Current Interests

His current interests are learning about sea life, insects, and Astronomy (stars, planets, etc).  His bed time stories of choice are about marine life facts or most currently about Insect facts.  This has been going on for 3+ months now, he is really in to it.  Chris and I have learned a thing or two as well after reading the books over and over.

Recent Milestones

He can add and subtract simple math problems such as 1+2=3 or 5-1=4.  He has also learned to count in 10s. He continues to improve on his reading and knows just about all the different sounds of the alphabet. 

Favorite Book                                                          

His favorite book for the last few months has been Amazing Sharks and Sea Creatures.  Right now we are reading 1000 Facts on Bugs! He loves his good night story time, most nights it’s more of a family reading time so the baby gets to listen in! 

William's BIG 5th Birthday!

William turned 5 on April 10th! We celebrated his birthday with family and friends at the Brunswick bowling alley in Vernon Hills! Everyone had a blast bowling, dancing, and having snacks.

The kids did some dancing!

William has the moves!

William got some awesome gifts from his Colorado family!

He also got the Octopod from Pamma and Grandpa! The Octopod is from his favorite show the Octonauts! He plays with it everyday! 

Another one of his favorite birthday toy gifts was a National Geographic set of sea creatures from uncle Greg.

Baby Newton!

This past Monday I had my 30 week check up! All is well, the baby's heart beat sounds strong and healthy; the DR. even said it sounded happy, which made me smile. According to the size of my belly these days it is also growing at a healthy rate! Baby is also moving lots, so much so I think we might have a future gymnast on our hands!  We only have about 9 more weeks till we meet our precious babe!