Experiencing Hawaii 14 weeks prego

This recent trip to Hawaii was very different from my first trip. Five years ago this month I spent 12 days in Maui and fell in love with Hawaii and cried when we had to leave. Last Monday I returned from 10 days in Oahu and cried because I couldn't get home fast enough. Of course, Hawaii itself was gorgeous and the weather was great, etc. but when your nauseas every waking hour of the day, it really doesn't matter where you are. And for me, this was inside my very plush bedroom at the condo, which I was grateful for.

We spent the first 2 nights at a hotel on Waikiki Beach and to my surprise when we checked in we got upgraded to a junior suite with an oceanview. All those nights I traveled for work apparently brought me to gold status which I didn't realize. Pictured below is the amazing view from our balcony where we could watch the surfers every morning. Beautiful Waikiki Beach

After our 3 days in the busy and crowded Waikiki Beach area we moved up to the western shore of the island to Ko 'Olina where my cousin and her husband have their condo. It was so peaceful and the resort was amazing. Brad loved the hot tub and I just dangled my legs in every now and then.

The resort is situated on a man made lagoon (below). This was wonderful for me to not to have to battle waves. I could just walk in and float on the noodles we bought.

Even though I couldn't truly appreciate Hawaii for all there was to do and see, Brad had an awesome time with my cousins. He got to surf on Waikiki Beach and play a lot of golf so he was a happy camper.

The picture below was taken on our last night on the trip right before we went to this amazing seafood buffet. I am not a fan of buffets in general, but this was a very upscale buffet with the most amazing seafood and meat carving stations. I obviously checked with my list from the doc on what seafoods I could eat and what I couldn't first. I was thrilled to find that it was okay to have Alaskan crab legs. They were AWESOME!!! It was wonderful because I had such a variety of foods to eat and I could take breaks in between. This was my favorite day of the trip! It was so nice to spend time with my cousin and her husband because they live up in MA with the rest of my family and we rarely get to see them. We had such a great time with them and I hope I wasn't too much of a downer for them. I tried to keep my complaints quiet and strictly to Brad (poor guy), who says my top 3 most frequent phrases of the trip were (1) I don't feel so good (2) I think I'm going to be sick and (3) I need to eat.

Now that we're home and back to reality I am hoping and praying to see the light at the end of the nausea tunnel very soon. I am ready to get off this train and start decorating a nursery and kids bathroom. The trip inspired me to do a Hawaiian theme bathroom for the kids and now I just need to find the time to get these home improvement projects up and running.