auts is a fat kid too...

sooooooooo, i finally joined weight watchers last night with my fellow fatties: jason aka jRo, katy aka katiebird.... i stepped on the scale and lemme just say this, wow wow weee. i'm really excited this time. i don't know why, maybe i'm just tired of my back fat jiggling when i hit a speed bump, or maybe i'm tired of my stomach hurting from my pants being too tight, or maybe i'm just tired of people mistaking me for tita ellen. i'm just tired of being a fat assssssssssss.

i'm glad my old, fat crew is there w/me to support me (although support could mean 'kick you when you are down' to jason). it's on now. i have 2 weddings to attend this summer- ray and camille, katy and jabari- and new clothes that are calling my name. mark my word, i will be 40 lbs lighter, well maybe 30-35, by this summer.

i am bringing sexy back.

quick post!

christmas was good for the salanoa's. kainoa was/is still sick and wasn't his jolly self (has an ear infection :(... kymora kept asking if she had more presents to open. she did however get a new, shiny, purple bike for christmas. she also said under her breath " huuuuuuh...i wanted a pink one". but bottom line, things were good. and most importantly, we celebrated christmas with family. see ya!!!

poor baby is sick...

my cute, yet ungrateful child...

haaaaappy holidaaaaaaaaysss!!!!!!!!!!!

just to get into the holiday spirit, i thought i'd post in red :0) today is friday, only 3 days until christmas. hopefully, most of you have all your christmas shopping done. today is also my little cousin vihna's birthday. happy 17th birthday v!!! we love you :) *oops, it's raelord's bday. well, happy bday raelord, we love you.. ;) shoot, happy bday to both of you....

when i was young, i used to count down the days until christmas came. only because i knew i'd get a TON of gifts. i remember not even being able to see over the mound of gifts i would get. they would literally form a wall around me because i got so many. what could i say, i was a spoiled little girl. my family took care of me. every year, i was hooked up. that is until all my aunts decided to procreate and have babies galore. you know who you are you thunderstealers. anyway, i noticed every year my pile would decrease until that ill fateful day came when i would get maybe 2 gifts. and one would be from my mom and the other my secret santa. wtf. well, now that i'm 30 i'm semi over it. (still a little bitter inside, but oh well) anywho, its kind of fun to be the one giving gifts now. the thunderstealers are the now the recipients of the presents galore (although, might i add, no one, NOT EVEN TUBBS GONZALES, got as many gifts as i did. ha! i win again!)

i know that christmas isn't about gifts. it's about family. some may say it's more of a religious experience, and that's fine too. but this year i'm taking the time to reflect on how blessed i am. i have a wonderful family, beautiful kids, a husband that loves us to death, the best aunts, uncles and cousins, great parents and inlaws... we are truly lucky. so from my family to yours (even though its mainly family reading this) MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!! LOVE YOU ALL ...

something about mary...

kymora's first christmas program was last night. she's been sick for a week and a half and still has not gone back to school, but we let her attend because she was chosen to be the Version Mary (as she calls it). we are so happy that she participated. it was the cutest thing, seeing her up there singing Away in a Manger, getting shy. i loved every minute of it. muelu was video taping, i was snapping away w/the camera. we were proud parents of our little Mary. it wasn't a big deal, she didn't even talk, they literally sang, and got off of the stage. but muelu and i absorbed every minute because we both know that these moments will pass us by quick. i'm excited to see what the future has in store for us. what events will we attend? basketball or soccer games? any recitals? muelu told me on our way home, that he made a promise to himself when we had kids, that he would attend all games/recitals/plays, etc... i know this is the first of many, many, events. i can't wait, but then again, i can.

one goofy group...

this is from last year (the year i gave kymora ugly bangs... dumb move) but i just thought it'd be fun to post. these are kymroa and kai's cousins. a lot of them aren't even present in the picture, but i just love how great they all get along. they are each other's best friends. they look out for one another. they would rather be w/each other than be with friends. i love how they fight over the baby every time we come over. let's see.. there's : april, ryan, andrew, rebba, apple, vihna, raelord, cj, marlene, arianne, nick, rj, malea, aira, mina. they all play with kymora, snuggle with the baby....it's great. i love my little cousins... shout out to all you crazy kids... ate autumn is here to regulate. and ryan and andrew, you will only get away with calling 'autumn' for so long.

but really, thanks you guys for being such great kids. us salanoa's love you...

my big boy...

I can’t believe he’s going to be 3 months old on Saturday. I laugh whenever we put him in anything but a onesie. Like this shirt for instance, i call it his ‘big boy’ shirt. It’s still a onesie, but it has a collar, stripes and buttons. So essentially, it’s a man’s shirt. A manly shirt, that’s what it is. It kind of gives me a small preview of what he’s going to look like as a big boy, a toddler. Although i can’t wait until he walks and talks, I just love this stage. It melts my heart when he smiles at me or laughs when I talk to him. I know that it’s going to go by super fast, like it did with Kymora, but I just love putting him in big boy clothes. I remind myself to enjoy all that comes with him being a baby. Even if it means waking up at 4 a.m. to nurse him, i remind myself that it’s going to pass me by in the blink of an eye. It breaks my heart when i think of how fast this is all going to go by.
Well that’s why i started the blog. So just a few notes on how he is at 2.999 months old..
Kainoa is already pretty independent. He entertains himself with his finger sucking and hair tousseling –is that a word? (he loves to suck his fingers and twine his hair around his finger at the same time). He loves to talk to himself. He imitates noises we make. He puts himself to sleep. He cracks up when his sister plays with him. That's our big baby boy...

daddy's girl

so i got to pretend i was a stay at home mom for a day yesterday. unfortunately, it wasn't due to the best circumstances. kymora was sick AGAIN - this time w/ a 104 temp. and congestion which eventually leads to asthma. i hate it when she gets sick. today, daddy gets to pretend to be a stay at home dad. today, daddy is home with them. he's been a big help w/the kids. i guess i am lucky that i have someone like muelu, who does play an active role in their lives. he's the one who got up to give kymora her medicine and take her temp last night. he's the one that she runs to when he gets home from work. he's the one who sat in the shower with her so that she can cool down from her fever. he's the one who sits outside with her and plays with her, rides her bike with her, plays soccer with her. he's the one who bakes cookies with her. he's the one she trys to 'match' when she is getting dressed. he's the one who kymora wants to be like when i ask her what she wants to be when she grows up. so i am lucky. my kids are lucky. and hey, so what if my daughter is a daddy's girl, i'm ok with that.

where my girls at...

happy monday- i guess. back to work, back to reality. friday's outing was an eventful one. i haven't been out w/the girls in a such loooooong time. we (eileen, tiff, april and i) went to hoagie barmichaels in newport beach. a couple of bands were there playing island reggae. the music was really good, and the crowd was decent. not too crowded. just the way us old foggies like it. i missed my friends. we don't hang out as much. it's weird because things are changing so much in our lives, sometimes i feel as if i don't know my friends anymore. kinda sad though. i know that things will get back to normal soon- at least i hope. i miss laughing, talking sh*t, just hanging out like we used to. it was good times, but at the same time, i couldn't do this every weekend. i'm getting old. my arthritis can't handle the cold. my knees ache from standing too long. but aside from that, april was well-behaved, family. best believe i was the wind beneath her wings that night. bathroom- check, patio- check, dance floor- check. i was all over her like white on rice as freddy boy would say. good times, good times as jason would say. miss him too. damn, i miss everyone.

oh and april, sorry if i was more like the Secret Service instead of your cool, hip, cousin that night. lol.

i love my mommy and jose (cuervo)

i get up this morning to my usual routine. wake up late, quick shower, little time spent on grooming (make up/hair), dress in the dark, wake up kymora, change kainoa's diaper, grab last minute things, pack up the kids and leave. i drop them off at my mom's house where she does the dirty work. 1. coax kymora into getting her uniform on 2. beg kymora to brush her teeth 3. feed kymora 4. listen to her whine while her hair is being combed. all this happens while i'm listening to ryan seacrest on the radio, sipping my coffee (that my mom brewed for me), driving to work. my mom lets me drop off my kids at her house at butt-crack 630 am, while she gets them ready for the day, so that i can get to work by 7 am. the big picture- my mom lets me do this so that i can get home early enough to spend time w/my family. if i went in at a normal time (830 am) i wouldn't be home until after 6. that's just not enough time to be w/my kids, my husband. for this i am ever so thankful. i couldn't do half of the stuff i wanted to do or need to do if it wasn't for my mom. don't get me wrong, muelu helps out a lot, but he works too. my mother is the primary example of unconditional love and being agreat mother. i am so thankful that she is in my life. i guess we are never too old to need our mommies. i only hope that i can be just like my mom.

THAT WAS THIS A.M.

- FAST FORWARD TO TONIGHT...

so my not-so-baby-cousin april turned 21 on 11/20. who is going to take her out? yes, her 30 year old cousin. i don't think i am prepared for what i am about to witness tonight with her being legal and all... but i guess let the good times roll. more evidence that i am getting old. i'm going out with april...:) but i do love her oh-so-much, so i'm glad she wants me to be one of the first to christen her adultness. bring on the patron. (for all my aunts reading this, i'm just kidding. we will only be drinking water ;)

happy feet...sad mommy

kymora had her cousins over- jaeden and malaya. tita jenn decided to have a make over party (libby lu style). this made me realize 2 things... 1. i am not in a rush for her to become a teenager 2. she is growing up F A S T. the painted toenails, fake hair piece, lip gloss - i'm not ready for it. i don't want my baby to become the inevitable, a teenager, a woman. i know it's years away, i know it'll be awhile, but i also know it'll come before i know it. i want to enjoy her. my baby. my 4 year old.

reason #4458 to quit my job

as you all know, i HATE the fact that we haven't won the lotto and i have to work everyday. bad enough i had to leave the baby (as you will learn to call him vice his real name) at 2 months old. well now kymora is at a really cute age and again i am missing it all due to the simple fact that muelu says we need our necessities (i.e. food, shelter, heat- whatever). anyway, this is the first picture she's drawn of the family (with the baby) because she said she 'misses mommy'. she called the picture "our lovely family".
ps. muelu and i are in the bottom heart.

the Navy has some SERIOUS competition

every morning (at 6 a.m.) when i wake up the baby i am greeted w/giggles, smiles and yawns. no crying, no fussing, no mad faces. i don't know how i get myself to work. this is the precious face i leave every day. one day i know i'll give in and jump back in bed, call off work and snuggle w/him FOR THE WHOLE DAY. i guess planning your pregnancy does make a difference ;) because i am definitely enjoying this the second time around.

and so it begins...

just like all of you out there, i needed a way to journal my daily happenings... my kids are getting bigger everyday, and i just wanted a way to document small moments of their lives. my professional blogger/photographer/scrapbooker cousin jamie set this up for me. forgive me for am i still learning how to #1. write #2. take pictures.
here's the latest of kymora (4) and kainoa (2.5months)- and yes, to far away family, i had another baby-- surprise :)

hello blog-land!

Welcome friends and family!!! I'm excited to begin this new way of e-journaling :) Be afraid for i am truly addicted to blogging. You may come across 4 or 5 posts in ONE day. By the end of the week, you may know waaay too much about the Salanoa Clan.