6 weeks to go!

It's actually getting near! My goal starting tomorrow is to get ready for the baby to come. I need to wash his clothes, the infant car seat and swing and things like that. I think I may have this baby a little bit early with all the work and lifting I do around the house. I get so exhausted but I'm just trying to get things organized in our house and garage so I can feel a lot better. I mostly only wear stretchy shirts and shorts rather than my maternity clothes- it's what I'm most comfortable and besides, I just stay home most of the time.

Kono's Bright Personality

Kono is officially 3 1/2 (since the 12th).

• He is one talkative boy! This is what happened today: We were standing at the doorway of our house when he saw his two cousins with his grandma across the street.

Kono: "Hi Nahoa! I'm awake now. Wait Grandma, I'm going to put my clothes on". (He was still in his pj's or actually his underwear and a shirt)
Nahoa: "Hi Kono!" (In his cute little voice)
Kono: "Don't hi to me!" (Don't say hi to me was what he meant)
Grandma: "We'll wait for you, go put on your clothes".
Kono: "I have my Superman costume, and my Batman, my Joker and my Spiderman, my Iron Man......." (and then he keeps babbling on for about another two minutes even when I bring him inside, he's talking through the screen door). I finally get him to go his room to get dressed. We then go back to the door after he's dressed and he sees them waiting by the door. Kono then says "Hey! What are you guys doing here!??" He says this in a different tone of voice, trying to make it seem like he doesn't agree with the idea of them being at his house. This boy is soooo hilarious!!


Lately, Kono has been doing these kinds of poses/making these kinds of faces when I am going to take a picture of him. Other than that, he'll just roll his eyes when he you are trying to talk to him, it's his way of saying "Oh brother!" He really has a personality!

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.