Oh happy Sunday

Kono was happy to get his first CTR ring today at church.

Of course Kono is squeezing his brother but it doesn't even phase Kaipo.

• We have new callings. I'm a primary teacher, which means I get to teach/watch over Kono. And Granite is Sunday school president and youth Sunday school teacher.
• I finally made a post on my blog again

Half a Year

This little guy turned 6 months on Christmas day. At times it seems like it went by so fast. And other times I feel like it went slow only because this boy is what we call "high maintenance". What do I mean by that? Well, just as I have said in earlier posts all along. He really is something else when it comes to wanting attention and affection. He will do all he can to make you focus your entire day on him and only get the bare minimum done. I am still looking forward to the day when he can crawl around and entertain himself for more than 5 minutes at a time. He is definitely different from Kono. Kono was a baby who would stay entertained by himself longer and I could do more. Nevertheless, he is such a "sweetheart" who brings great joy, smiles and laughter with his cute personality and his plastered smile. He is so funny, he'll squeal with delight often throughout the day, it is the cutest sound to hear. He gets so excited about different things like taking baths and "playing" with his brother. I can tell he already looks up to his brother. He gets in these moods sporadically where anything will make him crack up and he'll just laugh and laugh. He still loves his baths and splashes really hard in there, getting me all wet and his face wet but he doesn't cry or care. When he sees me getting the water ready, he'll pump his arms and legs really fast. He is so funny. He wakes me up in the morning by pinching my arm (literally) or pumping his arms and legs and making noises. I never have the energy to put him back in his crib after a feeding so he just sleeps by us. He is a good sitter but he hasn't mastered it fully. I am worried that he doesn't like tummy time very much since this is the beginning of crawling. He loves my phone and will choose that over many toys that surround him. And gets really upset when I take it from him or don't give it to him. He doesn't like it when you text and hold him at the same time. He will hit the phone out of your hand. He holds both legs sometimes when he is getting his diaper changed. He can also suck his toes. Both of which are cute sights to see. He likes to say "Da da da da". Granite is surely pleased with that.

Christmas 2009

Before we left to spend Christmas with my mom and family, we had a little Christmas for the boys so that we wouldn't have to haul gifts around. Actually it was mainly just Kono's Christmas since Kaipo can't open gifts and all he needed was diapers and clothes . We told Kono to take some pictures by the tree before opening the gifts (he was so excited as you can see).

So Kono got to hunt for the all the gifts and he loved it. The riddles would say something like: Where does mommy put the dirty laundry? And Kono would run to the clothes hamper to find the present.
Kono's main gift was a Vtech Vsmile Vmotion game sytem with some games to go with it. We figured that it was an educational gift and that's how we justified "spoiling" him this Christmas. And in case you wonder how it is, it's pretty cool, Kono loves it and seems to be learning from it however, online PBS games are just as good.

He loves to laugh with his hand in his mouth. I love that shy looking laugh.

Kaipo and Grandma Delphine are both looking very nice for church. If you look closely, my mom is wearing earrings and a pendant that is a picture of my late Grandma Agatha on it (have you ever seen picture jewelry?). My brother Jeremiah and his girlfriend Maranda gave my mom, sisters and I these cool earrings. I thought it was very neat and such a special gift.

With that said, we had a wonderful Christmas with my family. I really enjoy being with my loved ones and reflecting upon the true meaning of Christmas. I am truly and completely grateful for the birth of our Savior and his Atoning sacrifice so that we as families can enjoy the being together forever. And just as a side note, for our branch Christmas party, we were appointed to play the parts of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. :)

A new haircut for the new year :)

If you read my earlier post, I wanted a new haircut and I asked for suggestions without really thinking that anyone would suggest something. Well, I did get one suggestion over the phone from Pebbles and I looked on the web to see if I could find a picture that matched her description. I found this picture and thought it looked really nice. Pebbles said "Yes, that's exactly it". So I got my hair done in Flagstaff at the Redken 115 Salon as part of my Christmas gift from Granite. Well, I don't look nearly as beautiful as this woman (Kim Kardashian) and my hair isn't EXACTLY like hers but I'm happy with my new do.




This is my stylist, Shawna, she did a great job. She's such a fun person to talk to.

Christmas is coming

Our white Christmas tree is decorated in gold and red ornaments and is so much more beautiful when you see it in person. Isn't it fun to see decorated trees and lights year after year?

(We don't have a star or a tree skirt yet)

I have my own little Santa to hug everyday. :)

Kono made this cute rice krispie treat snowman with Grandma Tano. If only I had time to do things like this with him. Literally my only free time is when I shower or blog (and once in a great while exercise).
Oh, the other day Kono said "Mom, what do you want for Christmas? Tell me the truth!!" It was so funny! :)

Phone Boy

While we were having dinner one evening, I told Granite that he needs to not text during dinner because it was a bad example and Kono would think it's okay to do that. Granite put his phone away and said "Yeah Kono, we shouldn't text during dinner, right?" Kono replied in a serious tone "But I have to text my friends and my Grandma!" :) The next day as we were telling the story to one of Granite's students, Kono said something like "Mommy is going to get me a phone...for Christmas!"

I have no idea where that came from! I don't even think that he really comprehends that texting is sending and receiving messages and let alone, he's never really been that interested in phones and neither has he ever mentioned that he wanted one. It was so funny! He's so cute, oftentimes he'll hand me my phone whenever I leave it in one room and go to the next. He's my little phone guardian I guess. :)

And most of the time when our home phone rings (which is not that often), he will answer it and start talking into the ear part of the phone and not even really listen to what the other person is saying but instead he'll ramble on about random things like how chubby and cute Kaipo is or what we are doing. He is hilarious!

New Haircut for Russell (Kaipo)

I had it with Kaipo's patchy hair and so I decided it was time for a hair cut. Poor thing, I don't like this awkward phase when the hair starts falling out (I can totally relate, my hair comes out like crazy a couple months postpartum.) Kono had really patchy hair and we didn't cut his hair until he was like 7 months. We laugh when we see pics of him during that stage of his life. Anyway, so last night, I got brave enough to break out the clippers and do it myself! Though it's not the best, (due to his hair falling out in areas more than others, him crying because he was so scared of the buzzing sound and me not being an expert at it) it will do and I think he looks cute!! He also looks a bit older.
I've been wanting to make this post for a while now. Don't you think he looks a little like Russell from the movie UP? I love that boy by the way, he makes me laugh.