a good way to start my day

Muelu and i didn’t have our kids – again. So this morning, muelu and i wanted to get breakfast, but due to our JOBS we didn’t have much time. We ended up going to our favorite coffee house and got some bagels and coffee. We weren't there long, but it was nice. Muelu and I have been together for 15 years (OMG!) and he is still my first choice for company. We don’t say much when we are together, but we still love to be around one another. I think that’s pretty damn good. Coffee wasn’t a big deal today, but i am a sucker for the little things. And these little moments that i can spend with my husband mean a lot to me. I can actually say good morning today, because i had one.

*sidebar: pls. excuse the picture. this is the best i had. :/

8 months!

the clock is ticking! my boy is almost a year old. this is his thing right now. saying 'mmaaa..mmmmma' (he was doing it as i was taking the shot) i'd like to think he is calling for me, but i think he's just into the mmm sound. he is semi starting to crawl. i think i should just bypass that whole stage and go straight for walking. still no teeth, still the lover :)
the kid babbles so much. he laughs hard and sleeps hard. that's my boy at 8 months. whew, that went by so fast.

rambling on a sunday..

today has been a pretty slow day. did lots and lots of laundry. made some lunch, watched a dvd, bathed the kids... just the same ol' sunday. oh, except for the fact that there's no muelu. muelu is now working every sunday :( yay for our bank account, whah for the family. kinda sucks, but i know he has to do this...

baths were kinda fun today... kainoa's bath was a splash..hahah..

he loves to splash in his face. it's kinda funny to watch. sucks for me b'cuz i have to clean the soppy floor later. (kinda blurry..)

kymora served bath water tea.. mmmm... i would post her pic in the bath, but there are a ton of sickos..
i think my kids were pretty bored today. you can't tell by these pictures, but trust me... they were bored.

soccer and kainoa at 7 months, oh my!

its been a looong time! i was on travel for a week in san diego, so i fell off my blogging! my fan must be disappointed.

well, soccer finally started for kymora. indoor soccer at the ymca to be exact. she had a great first game. no goals, but lots of effort... and hey, that's all i can ask for. this year she has 3 friends on the team, jadie, jadyn and jamie. can you get any more 'j' friends than that?!
this season, they are the Pirates. don't ask. that's what happens when you let 4-5 yr olds name the team. this season will be interesting since it's a co-ed team.

kymora also was chosen to read for their pre-k mass. she had to 'read' (memorize) quite a few lines. she did so well :) we're proud of her.

here's her class after mass
annnnnnnnnd in other news... kainoa is now 7 months AND sitting up AND holding his bottle.
yay!!! yet, i still like to hold him and feed him once in a while. still a good little boy, laughing, smiling and yelling. yes, he found his voice.

kymora is so into this right now. talk about bringing back the old school. who remembers teck decks?love that she loves things like this. :)

catching up

i'm all late... i've been lagging on posting for easter, or the month of april for that matter. easter was good. kymora had 3 easter parties. she got tons of candy, coins and toys of course. the baby was good. just watched all the ruckus...

kainoa does this new overbite thing. kinda like the white man's overbite when dancing.

today (almost a week after easter) we did a lot of cleaning. moving furniture around. frankly, i'm tired of the way my house looks. but oh well, a little bit at a time. trying to be patient.

the kids with the salanoa's


kainoa with april and v...

giving in

today kainoa had his 6 month check up (kinda late, but better late than never:) poor baby had 4 shots. i am trying to get him off thumb sucking, slowly. i just gently pull out his hand whenever he goes for it. it's kind of hard, especially at night, but i just don't want him to be 4 and still sucking his thumb.
but of course today, i gave in. he cried really hard for a few seconds when he got his shots. the rest of the day he was whiny and cranky. for those of you who have been around kainoa, he's just not that kind of baby. so, when we went for his thumb, i just sat back and let him suck away. i gave him some motrin to relieve the pain, but nothing soothes him like his good ol' thumb.
ah, there's always next week to try again ;)


**side notes: kainoa weighs 16.5 lbs is 27 inches. dr. chen says he's kind of under weight, but really long. tall and thin? why not.

lots to blog...

ok, i know i owe an update on kymora and her new room. well, needless to say, she loved it! she came home from vegas around 10ish. we lit up her lights and surprised her. she cried (very emotional cancer) and thanked us. such a sweetie.

some cool stuff happening this week. kymora is at the beginning stages of reading. we are so proud of her! she's 4, and in pre-k, so she is learning how to read 3 letter words. on weds she brought this home, something she read in school. gooo kymora!
in other news, kymora learned how to blow bubbles w/her gum... i think that excited her more than the reading.

kymora had a busy, fun weekend. friday she went to california adventure with her lolo and arianne. my dad spoils her so much. if kymora doesn't have school, he takes her to knotts, or disneyland, or california adventure. we are so lucky to have parents who love our kids and do fun stuff with them. i sure don't remember going to amusement parks that much when i was little ;/

other than that, we had a nice weekend. saturday, we just hung out with rommel and his daughter jaden. their back yard is seal beach. pretty cool. no swimming, just lots of sea shell hunting.
sunday, kymora and i watched 'meet the robinsons' with her friend jadyn (same name, different girl, different spelling:) and her mom chris. the boys hung out and got the car washed. fun fun. i took advantage of the nice sunny weekend and got some shots of the kids. kainoa is getting so big. he is sooo ticklish under his neck. i barely have to touch him and he cracks up. he is still such the snuggler. i call him my lover boy, much to muelu's objection. he sure is a momma's boy.