4 weeks old

kava's a month old! already!

he's a big eater. contemplating giving the bottle and nursing because i can't keep up with him. he hardly EVER opens his eyes. it's odd. he has gotten really big in the past week. belly button fell off, finally.

i feel like it was just yesterday that i was pregnant, hating life ;) now, he's a month old. didn't think i'd have room in my heart for one more. boy was i wrong. i fell in love all over again.

kavacakes, can't wait to see what's in store for us!

my boys

took these while ate was at practice. i love that i can say 'my boys'. i hope hope hope these guys are close when they get older. i hope they have a great bond.

right now kainoa is so in love w/kava. you'll hear us say, 'gentle kainoa, gentle.. he can break' all day. kai is adjusting to the fact that he can't be rough w/the baby. it's so cute right now because kainoa wants to always sit w/the baby or hold him.. anything that has to do w/the baby he is all over it. right now the big thing in our house is letting kyks and kainoa pick the shirt the baby will wear. it totally makes their day. the small things, totally.

*side note: right now kava is feeding every 3-4 hours. loooves the swing. wakes up at 2am and 5 am.. geeze. fussy always between 8-10pm. these side notes are to remind me what babies do in the beginning as i often forget!

Beach Tournament

Kymora's team had their tournament at the beach. A two day tournament, four games equals a nice sunburn for mom.

the girls did really well. they played up for the first game playing 10 year olds. they lost that game but won the other two. on sunday, they played up again... 10 year olds. they lost but they held their own. they gave that team a run for their money. so proud of them.

kymora was happy to see an old friend, jadyn. the loss didn't even bother the team. they had a blast! we hung out at the beach after the last game. it was a great weekend.

friday

it's friday.. kymora has no school, we don't have work ;) i love mornings like this...

woke up to pancakes and oatmeal (for me and muelu.. ugh). just a nice morning before our busy weekend.

happy friday and have a great long weekend.

oh, and as much as they fight, i love seeing moments like this.

healthy addiction

lately these 3 have been biker buddies. if kymora has a couple of hours to spare, she'll beg her dad to bike ride. she had some trouble getting used to the bike, but now she's got it down pat.

i'm sure when kava is older, we'll be cool enough to join their biker gang ;)

2.5 weeks old

kava is getting big :) i wasn't sure how kyks and kainoa would react with a new baby in the house, but i'm proud to say they just love him- for now. i know this will change when he starts to bug them. they won't think he's so cute.

kainoa cracks me up. he greets the baby by saying, 'helloooo brooother' or 'hellooooooo kava cakes.. you're soo soft. you're sooo cute'.

kymora just wants to hold him. she loves being the big sister.

they can't help but smother him. it's nice to see them so loving!

my special K's :)

meet kava...

kava- i'm sure you'll hear this story a million times, but while it's fresh in my head i'm sure this is the most accurate version.

may 6th 330 am, i felt unusual contractions. i waited an hour thinking they would go away, but they got stronger. we called your lolo and lola to come and take care of the your ate and kuya, then drove to lb memorial. by this time it was close to 6 am. the nurses didn't want to admit me because i was only dilated 3.5 cms. i guess the policy is 4 cms. one really cool nurse came in and said, 'ahh, let's just say you're 4 cms. i don't want to send you home'. i was elated. so was your dad. my due date was may 7th, and i just thought you would be born 2 weeks early. boy was i wrong. so, you can probably tell that we were just anxious to have you.

well, the not so fun part about not really being dilated 4cms was they had me walk the hospital for an hour. by this time it was maybe close to 8am. by 10 am i went from 4cms to 8cms. then another hour of painful contractions went by because i would not dilate to 9. mind you, i did not have an epidural. 11 am rolled around, nothing... this was probably the hardest part for me. the contractions were 3-4 mins apart. by noon, i had to push but the d*mn doctor hadn't arrived at the hospital. the nurses had to hold your head in until the doctor came. the doctor had just put on his last glove and you popped out. i couldn't wait anymore. i pushed you out by 12:15 pm.

you were 8.4 lbs, 21 inches. 10 fingers, 10 toes. you had small beautiful lips (totally different from your sister and brother), and your nose, was ... well... we will say, 'puffy' ;) you were lovely.

your first visitor was tita leah who thank god snapped these pictures w/her phone.

that's your story. i'm sure we will have many more on this blog, mr. kava cakes.