I surely missed my
Kono boy when I was at the hospital. I've never been away from him before ever since he was born, can you believe that? Well, he has slept as his Grandma's before but she lives two houses down from us, and I would see him the very next morning. When I came home
Kono seemed
soooo big to me. Not just because I was used to holding a newborn but also because he really seems to have "grown up" just recently. He has been doing very well with potty training since May and it's very nice and even strange that I don't have to worry about changing him. His appetite has increased recently too so he has put on weight (he's still lean in the waist though). Granite has been "training" him with
plyometric exercises and things like that so he has also put on a little muscle, it's so cute. He has quads! It's amazing how time flies. It makes me sad that he's growing up but I'm also happy that I have another boy to watch him grow and go through all the fun phases of a baby and toddler. Along with
Kono growing up, he's also developed some attitude to go along with it. That makes me sigh in a sad way, knowing that he's no longer this
un-opinionated, completely innocent boy. He's still so cute and he can be so sweet though. When I came home, he kept calling me "
shweetie" (sweetie). Everything was "
Ok,
shweetie!" And he had to say it that certain way with the "h" sound in it. It was so cute and funny. He also often comes up to me and asks "How's Kaipo doing Mom?" He loves his little brother and loves to be a big helper for mommy. If someone else does a task/favor before him, he'll do it again for the satisfaction of helping. For example if someone got me the burp cloth before him, he'll run it back to where it was, and quickly run back and hand it to me. He does get a little jealous here and there, but he doesn't take it out on his brother he'll just be really mad at me even though I try my best to include him and explain things to him. I guess it's because I'm constantly nursing and caring for Kaipo. I can't believe how much Kaipo eats!! Most newborns have to be woken up to eat but this boy will wake up for every feeding and more!!!! Granite will say "Man, this boy can eat!!" And Kono will say with a really expressive scrunched up face "This
man can really eat!!"
Granite took
Kono out for a little "nature walk" (I guess you could call it that) the day after we came home. It was a miserably hot day. They both wore jeans to avoid the
mosquito's.
Kono found this disgusting dead frog. He really likes his new binoculars he got from a kids' meal. He even was looking at Kaipo with it. :)
I quickly took these pictures when I gave Kaipo his first bath given by me.
I love these two pictures of my Kaipo. I love his little "Surf Dude" beanie he is wearing. You can't really see it, but I also really love his blanket that my sister Michele and Mom made. I had bought the material for it in Hawaii long before we even had Kono.
Another sweet picture of my baby boy
Michele came with her three boys along with my other sister Celeste for a visit. It was so nice to have them here. Kono surely stayed entertained and finally was able to play with his cousins again. Ever since Nahoa moved, he's been so desperate to have a playmate. He was so desperate that he would often ask (and cry) for one of Granite's students to come over! Poor thing. There were so many great opportunities for some great pictures of Kono and his cousins but this is the only picture I took the time to take. I wished I had. Here they are practically inhaling half of a watermelon. They had just come back from the playground. It was a great thirst and hunger quencher. I was sad to see them leave and so was Kono. He went straight back to his Grandma Sarah's after they left because he was too sad.
So all in all, Kaipo is doing very well. I am still trying to recover, heal and adjust to being a new mommy again. It's only been five days, what am I saying?
Congrats if you read through this whole post.
I can tell Kaipo is growing and gaining weight already. In only a week a gained a pound. :) He discharged at 6 lbs 9 oz and now he is seven and a half pounds. He is always eating! Granite and I both think he really looks like me when he is asleep. But when he's awake, he has his own cute looks. He looks similar to Kono, but not quite alike. His hair is brownish but it's hard to tell in pictures.
Kono loves holding his little brother and he thinks it is a thrill to feed him. Notice the burp cloth. :)
Today was Kaipo's first time attending church. It was also Kono's first time that he bore his testimony. I thought he would be too shy to do it but he did it with Daddy's help and even wanted to do it a second time around. :) It was sooo cute. Kono is literally obsessed with Spiderman these days. He has a black and red costume that he wears on a daily basis pretty much. He even wanted to bring his costumes to church. This boy is really growing. He couldn't fit into his black church socks and shoes this morning. He fit it just recently! He was happy to wear his slippers.
Kaipo is such a smiley baby! He has been smiling since the day after he was born (but these smiles were just when he would be sleeping or just got done eating). Since about day five, he'll smile at you if he sees you smiling at him. These are real smiles that will melt your heart. Today he was smiling while looking at himself in the mirror. He has such a cuuuute smile. This is the only picture I have of him smiling. I never have my camera around when it happens. Michele was able to get a picture of him smiling, isn't he so cute?
Brotherly love- Kono has been saying since the first day Kaipo came home that Kaipo is his best friend :)
