still waiting...

for kymora that is. she is in vegas with my mom and dad, some aunts and cousins. she left on friday and she is still isn't home :( while she was away, muelu and i fancied up her new room. FINALLY she got her bed. it's kind of weird, but now we do not have ANY kinds in our bed. kainoa is in the crib and kyks in her bed. everyone says i'll love it, but i kind of miss them...
anyway, here's her some shots of her room. (jame, thanks for the cupcake idea:)



her cupcakes...

too bad it'll be too late for her to eat them. she'll be asleep when she gets home too, so she can't see her newly renovated room. :(
it was weird with out her this weekend. just us 3, didn't seem right but it was nice to have some alone time with baby and muelu.
i think he knows his sister isn't home. dont' you? he looks sad...

well, i'll just have to post about her 'surprise' tomorrow.. till then...

another party...

today was kymora's piano teacher's 81st birthday. kymora has been talking about attending her birthday for the past 2 weeks. daddy stayed home with kainoa b'cuz he was feeling a little under the weather. kymora had a good time. she loves watching ballroom dancing. the party was held at the rec hall where aling charito lives. it's a senior area so obviously, there were a lot of seniors. kymora is a big fan of ballroom dancing, so it was hard getting her to leave.


some of the seniors dancing. and later broke out in the tango and cha-cha. she was my favorite (in the green).
marlene, arianne, alyssa and kymora. all students of aling charito.

the cousins acting silly. a little blurry..didn't finish focusing.

students plus rj. yes, he still takes lessons ;)
another jam-packed weekend. i'm telling you, it only gets worse as summer nears.
next weekend : tea party at kymora's cousin amelia. :)

6 months, baby!

half way to a year old! my, how time flies! i had to rush out and take these shots the day he turned 6 (mar 16:) still not crawling or holding a bottle, but he still lets me snuggle w/out trying to wiggle free- that's what counts!

he's pretty big, that's why i added the pic of him laying down. he's a long guy.
lots to celebrate this weekend. viliamu, muelu's cousin, got married on saturday. kymora was outside looking for rolly pollies, in her party dress.

of course, she found one. she wanted to know if she could take him to the wedding.... i don't think so.

daddy and kymora get a nice shot, of course. none really w/mommy.

a few shots of her cousins.. and the bride and groom: viliamu and sofa'i leomiti. congrats!

98 degrees?!

we have not had that kind of weather in Long Beach in a while. so what did we do? we took advantage of it, of course! thanks to muelu's cousin amani, we went swimming on sunday. kymora, our little fish, was super excited. kainoa was on his best behavior, again. he took a 2 hour nap, sat on my lap, and just people watched. all the kids love him. kymora got out of the pool around 7pm, but only because we MADE her. otherwise, she could have kept going despite having a bad case of the shivers :) what a trooper.

and since we are on a h20 blog... kainoa and his bath. we have 2 fishes in this house.. he loves bath time.
some of kymora and kainoa's cousins:
amelia
aviu
vaimoana
can't wait for summer!

look out weekend...

here we come! kymora's soo excited that it's FRIDAY. can you tell? this is the day kymora looks forward to all week. it's the day she can stay up all night, not brush her teeth and not shower. that kinda says a lot about her.. kinda scary.. ;) tonight we rent movies and eat junk.. can't wait.
here she is acting silly for the camera... the girl has so much energy... see ya monday!

me and my boy

i hardly have any pics of me and kainoa. like many ahem, photographers (jamiehaha), i am usually the one behind the lens. tonight, kymora fell asleep early, so it was just me and my boy (muelu at work). i had a laundry to do, lunches to make, blah blah, but instead i indulged myself in my son. i made the mistake of doing the opposite when kymora was born. so now, i try to let the laundry sit (oh, so hard to do;) and play, talk, be silly with my kids. totally worth it.

boring, boring

nothing major going on. kids are good. we're good. kainoa is now screaming or moaning (?) like a girl. he has this high pitch moan that turns into a scream. still sucking his thumb and i know he has to be teething. he drools like crazy and gnaws on everything. still my good boy. he just loves, loves, loves his sister. he stares at her when she's around, laughs when she just touches him.
the other night i was giving kymora her treatment and he was staring at her, then he started wincing. i think he was crying because he thought she was getting hurt. so cute. i hope he toughens up a bit though ;)
kymora thinks she can carry him by lifting his upper body off the bed. (like so) kinda scary.
this evening, i found her in the playpen with him....she just loves her brother. i hope it stays that way. anyway, i hope i have more exciting updates in the next few days.