Mother's Day

No there is not green grass as thick as this in Tuba (if only, if only). I took these adorable pictures of Kono when we were in Orem. I thought it would make great pictures to give to Kono's grandmas today. Anyway, I had a great Mother's Day. I was happy, glad, and fortunate that my Mom came to visit this weekend. I am eternally grateful to have her as my Mother. There is much to say about her but what I will say is that she has never failed in the slightest degree to show her great love and kindness to her children and grandchildren. I am also so lucky and grateful for my mother-in-law, Sarah as well. She, like my Mom is always doing things for other people, she is such a great exemplar of service. I could not wish for a better mother-in-law or mother. They are such great woman and such great examples.

Before Mother's Day came, I thought about how truly lucky I am to be a mother myself. It has brought unmeasurable joy !! I have also become stronger, realized more things, had my patience tested numerous times, and have become even more grateful for the things that my mother has gone through for me. I loooove being a mother to Kono and am really looking forward to being a mother to our next son really soon here.

Happy Mother's Day to all or should I say belated Mother's Day since my post is written so late at night. Hope you all had a great day and realize that you are a great mother too!
Here is a picture of my beautiful Mom and I. I don't mean to be negative but I really cannot stand this picture of me. I just wanted to post a picture of the two of us for remembrance sake.

Kono Singing the Alphabet

Here is Kono singing his ABC's. He has been singing it for a while now, but I've finally recorded it. He sings it better, but he was acting silly on this video. He is such a character! The toy he is singing with is a train station learning thing from Vtech and he calls it "train spation". He knows the alphabet pretty well except that he strings along his "L, M, N, O, P" so he never really says that part clear. When I try to correct him, he gets upset. And for the letter "V" he says "B" again, he can't say "V" I guess. The funny thing is that he really emphasises the "G" and the "S" but usually just the "S". It's sooo funny the way he does it. He also says "Now my ABC's" instead of "Now I know my ABC's. And the cuuuute thing is that he always sings this song to his brother. He puts his ear to my belly ( rather than his mouth) and sing. The baby kicks most of the time when he sings. It's cute!

Fun, fun, fun!

Kono looooves playgrounds and being outdoors, but what kid doesn't? Here he is with Nahoa, they're trying to be cool in their shades. :)
On this rather big slide, Kono went down sooooo fast in his slippery gym shorts that he went straight on to his bum on the ground. It was soooo funny, and unexpected, it's a good thing he was okay. That's never happened before!
Kono is so happy about his new toy the Iron Man. He recently added two heroes to his obsession, Iron Man and Spiderman. He has this Spiderman shirt that he HAS to wear on a regular basis, if it were his choice, he'd wear it everyday.
At the playground again. Here he is on the swing, and below are his three cousins that he loves to play with - the Reyes boys.

Here is the Spiderman shirt he loves. He is always dressed as Batman every time he visits his cousins at their home.
And here he is having the time of his life on this three wheeler with Daddy and Nahoa. He really enjoyed riding this at a family friend's Ranch. He also rode a horse and flew a kite that day and boy did he have fun!

UVU Grads

Last Friday, my two brothers graduated with their BS degrees in Technology Management. Uwe's emphasis was in Construction Management and Jeremiah's was in Lineman Technology. We are all so proud of them!! It gave us a good excuse for my whole family to get together including my Aunt Lynn from California. We had a grand time even though the weather was a bit cold and cloudy but the yummy steak cookout was sooo yummy and the cousins had so much fun together. :) Congrats you two!

8 Weeks Left

My sister Michele who is an amazing photographer, took some pregnancy pictures of me while I was up for in UT for my two brothers' graduation from UVU. Since I wasn't certain that I'd be back up there before I have the baby she did them for me ( I think she usually takes maternity pictures when it is very near to the end). She and others rave about how beautiful I look, but really, I just think I look normal and a little camera shy. I "stole" this picture off her photography blog, but figured that she'd let me so that I can make this post for my eight week countdown. Sorry Michele, I hope you don't mind. I didn't even know you posted some pictures on your blog until I received a new comment. On another note, I am sooooo proud of Kono, today marks the first day he didn't use a diaper or have an accident for one full day! Horray!!! There is hope for this boy and hope for me that I'll only have to buy and change diapers for one child when our baby arrives.

30 Down, 10 To Go!

So this is how I look at a little less than 10 weeks to go. This blouse imp articular makes me look smaller than I really am. Especially because it's black.

And this is how my belly really looks! Eeeeek! And it's only going to get bigger. I am at that stage where I just want the baby out without the big belly and uncomfortableness. However, I still have much preparation to do. Most people (even people I don't know) tell me I'm small for how far along I am but I really think otherwise. I definitely feel the pounds packing on, especially in the lower half of my body (thanks to my White side). I'm not gaining as much weight as with my first pregnancy but it's not over yet, hopefully I won't gain as much or more.

Easter

I told Kono to smile and this is the pose he made. That silly boy!
Cute picture but that wet spot on his vest ruins it. He just so happened to spill his drink on himself right before pictures. Too bad I don't have photo shop. I also didn't have a tie for him and his pants were wrinkled, too long, and his shirt not properly tucked in. Oh well, there's always a next time and besides, his adorable face and smile makes everything better.
I am so lucky to be so adored by my son and to have him as my own.
Me and my two boys :)
Kono loves to take pictures with his Daddy. I think he looks cute the way he is looking at Granite.
Kono and Granite in their Sunday best.
This is the face they both made when I told them to look up and smile. Isn't it funny that it's the same?
Nahoa and Kono were sooo excited to start hunting for the eggs.
Last year, Kono really didn't hunt that well. He would get distracted and be slow about it. This year, he knew exactly what to do and was so quick about it.
Kono and his shy smile (he bites his bottom lip). The boys are all done hunting.
Kono was so pleased with all the eggs he found.
Not a good picture of me, but here is my growing belly. I even think it's huge. More pics to come soon.
The boys kept wanting to get into the cake. Pebbles made this cute cake. She was going to make it into a basket (with a Red Vine handle and a basket decoration) but decided that the taste was more important than the looks, since most of us aren't frosting fans. It was a yummy chocolate strawberry cake.
Kono getting ready to eat Jello eggs.
It's alot more fun to eat Jello when you can hold it!
Kono loves to make things for his Daddy.
This year was Kono's first time decorating eggs since he is old enough. He thought it was so cool.
We made it through with a couple of spills. I hadn't dyed eggs in the longest time, it was fun for me too.
All done! Kono applauding himself. :)

We had a great Easter. Granite and I both spoke in sacrament meeting on Easter. Preparing for the talk and speaking really made me ponder upon all the blessings that we are given because of Jesus Christ. I really tried to ephasize that though we are all going to be given the free gift of resurrection where everyone's spirits will be reunited with their physical bodies in perfect form, we will not have a "perfect" spirit if we don't use the Atonement properly in our lives and follow Christ throughout our lives. I am deeply grateful for what I consider are the two greatest things within the gospel- the Atonement and the gift of the Resurrection.