Aloha!

Aloha! We're 8 days into our trip, and loving the sun, sand and ocean! We started the trip off on a bad foot....Addison had an ear infection. Let me back up. The flight from Seattle was the absolute WORST experience ever. Addison cried almost the entire 5 hour flight. Seriously. She slept for about 45 minutes, and that's maybe stretching it. Our descent into Maui was horrible...it was like she was possessed. Poor thing. We called our Dr. and the nurse said it sounded like an ear infection, coupled with the fevers, cough, runny nose and the horrible flight. The next day, we took her to the Dr. here in Maui, and sure enough, an ear infection. We started antibiotics, and within 2 days, she was feeling better and starting to get back to her normal self! Whew!
We've been thouroughly enjoying our time here...the resort is perfect! It's really kid-friendly, complete with a pirate ship pool with slides for the kids! We've stayed here before (we own a timeshare) but this is the first time we've stayed in the new phase.
We had a fun Halloween here....we dressed Addison as a hula girl, and she marched in the kids' parade in Lahaina! She had to be the cutest hula girl you've ever seen....she had complete strangers snapping her picture! We forgot our camera cord, otherwise I would have posted pictures!
Addison is fascinated with everything here....the sand, flowers, geckos, water, you name it. She's saying TONS of new words: Thank You (teek-you) Flower, Water (Wah-Duur) Gecko, Cookie (keek-ee) and my mom taught her how to say "Ariel", a Disney character on her sippy cup. Thanks mom. :)
We have two more days here...and then back to the rain, so I hear. We will have a new president when we return! Believe me, I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow! We will have to peel ourselves from the beach/pool tomorrow to watch the returns!