sleepywrap time.

mommy is a HUGE advocate for babywearing. and all i gotta say is, you guys don't know what you're missing out on!

 

here i am, hanging out in my sleepywrap

look at those little asian eyes and that sweet smile!

as usual, within five minutes, i was conked out for a long afternoon nap.

i love kisses and who wouldn't when you have such big, kissable, "angelina jolie" lips?!

my first trip to the pool.

this past weekend, mommy said the weather was too good to pass up. so she broke out her bikini, got me all lathered up in sunscreen, put my bathing suit on and told daddy, let's go, we're going to the pool.

here i am, definitely NOT excited and fighting going to the pool:

finally, i gave in...

 there was no use fighting it anymore. we never do what i wanna do ;)

chillin by the pool

hmmmm...this is a lot bigger than my bathtub

here's daddy, taking me around. 

mommy says i'm so lucky to have a daddy who is so good at teaching swimming.

when are we going home daddy? i'm bored

practicing my back float

by the end, i decided it wasn't too bad

but boy, did it poop me out!

the end.

the impasse

well, where do i start?

we (or moreso, I) have come to a bit of an impasse. 

while i love updating and sharing our family stories and pictures, i can't help but wonder about this sick world and the crazy people living in it. i have had numerous encounters in just the past week that have made me question the people around me and the safety of myself and baby and i can't help but wonder if it's possible that it's all apart of a bigger sign/message for me to pay attention to. i mean, who exactly happens to stumble upon our blog? i have an idea, but we all know the internet is full of lurkers.

so the impasse...do we keep our blog open to the public? while i would love to keep it public, i'm not sure i see this happening. do we make it private? well we tried this before, we soon realized that rss feeders weren't updated regularly with our blog so our readers could easily read the blog and those that the blog was intended for, didn't even sign-up to read it. (not that those of you that read it regularly aren't important) do we cancel our blog? this seems like the best situation, however, is it what i want? not really. so, again...the impasse. we'll let you all know!

my first easter.

this past weekend was jam-packed. first on friday, i turned 100 days old. i thought for sure mommy would cry, but instead she surprised daddy and i and didn't shed a tear. it started out as a girl's day out with my gma, mommy and i shopping and going lunch, and then daddy came home early and we spent the night cruising around. the biggest milestone of the day was that i got to eat rice for the very first time. mommy has plenty video of it, but i'll give you the gist of it.

mommy put it in my mouth. i made a funny face like, what is that in my mouth? hid it in my cheeks. mommy and daddy thought i liked it, so they gave me more. repeat the funny face. and then i spit it all out and screamed. turned out, i prefer my mommy's milk and that's what calmed me down. mommy says sometimes i can be so funny and uptight. but hey, i know what i like!

on saturday, we woke up nice and early (for me anyways) and got ready to go visit the Easter Bunny. my mommy had a pretty pink ensemble all picked out and my gma had fun snapping away the pictures. 

i wasn't so keen on the idea of the easter bunny so i put up a good fight and tried to sleep through it. but i wasn't so lucky. i ended up waking up just in time to see the Easter bunny. you can see my grumpy face.

so off we went to meet the easter bunny. and in all honesty, i don't know what the big deal about him was. he was nice and warm and furry. i think daddy was more freaked out by him than i was because he kept saying the bunny looked possessed. all i know is i don't know what the big deal is...he was comfy!

ok, so maybe he was a LITTLE scary. but in all honesty, i didn't even know what was going on. we'll see next year!

later that evening, we met up with my uncle nyles, auntie jennifer and two cousins toshio and madilynn from hawaii. my cousin toshio and i have the same birthday. how cool is that? i'm a bit smaller than the two of them now, but by the time i see them again at the end of the year, i should be ready to play. 

here we are:

i know, not the best picture of me. i was busy looking at my mommy on the right. she was busy laughing at how white i am compared to my cousins. like she has room to talk...she forgets i get it from her!

after that, we headed up to my gma and papa's house to spend the night. my gma woke me up and took me early and let my mommy and daddy sleep in. she's so thoughtful. finally mommy and daddy woke up and got me ready. 

here i am in my easter get-up...everybody thought i looked adorable but i'll be honest, i'm a onesie kinda girl.

here i am with my easter basket. the easter bunny sure was good to me this year!

then i decided it looked too yummy to resist, so i went for the kill:but mommy said no:

let's just say, i wasn't too happy about that.

overall we had a good weekend. life is good. :)

flower power.

my mommy is so silly. she found this hat and just HAD to have it. and of course, it doesn't fit her head so who has to wear it? certainly not daddy.  

here i am again:

look mommy, i found my thumb!

and then i rolled over!

i'm officially mobile!

other than dress-up, this weekend should be interesting. tomorrow i turn 100 days old. and since mommy celebrated the japanese tradition of eating rice when she was 100 days old, i get to eat some tomorrow too. hopefully i won't gag like my mommy did. on saturday, mommy and daddy are going to take me to see and take pictures with the easter bunny. from what i hear, i'll either love it or hate it. we'll see how the picture turns out. and after that, i get to meet my older cousins from hawaii, toshio and madilynn for dinner. then sunday is easter...which mommy already has lots of outfits for. as you can already tell, mommy likes to play dress-up with me. if it were up to daddy, i'd only be in jeans and a t-shirt. :)

happy easter everybody!

sumo baby

my papa loves sumo. so a few weeks ago when he went to japan for sumo, he brought bac

sophie, rolly polly and other family news.

mini me got a sweet little box last week from my old bosses and coworkers at DLS in honolulu with the most adorable hawaiian dresses and bright toys to keep her busy. among them was princess sophie

and i don't know what it is about sophie, but little b LOVES her. we think it has to do with bright colors and the crinkly noise that her skirt makes, but that's besides the point. anytime we put sophie in front of her we get big, big smiles and laughs. i love it.

 here she is being introduced to sophie:

totally, totally cute.

in other baby news, mini B rolled over today! i had her on the floor and i watched as she rolled from her back to her tummy! i've been telling the husband that it's only a matter of time before she's on the go, since she's been pulling up her legs and rolling on her side and sure enough, today she flipped over, looked up at me and gave me the cutest, most naughtiest smile! as though she were telling me, haha there's no stopping me now!

things have been stressful in the house as we plan ahead and try and get every fine detail worked out in our 1-2 year plan. i just got into MT school and am juggling that with mommyhood. and pretty soon, I'll be starting a part-time job. that's right, i'm headed back into the workforce! as hard as it will be for me to be away from the baby, it'll be such a relief for us as it will take some of the pressure off of the hubby and hopefully (we're keeping our fingers crossed) give us the opportunity to buy a house if not by the end of this year, hopefully the next! YAY!

we're praying that things continue to work out the way they are meant to and feel so fortunate for all those that are helping us out along the way. we love you all!

poor baby.

my poor little one just hasn't been herself lately. early last week, i came on with a sore throat, body aches, the works and i'm sure it passed on to her. it was so heartwrenching watching her fight it. doctor said there wasn't much to do about it, seeing as how she didn't have any water in her ears or a solid 102+ degree temperature. :( all i could think about was how horrible i felt being sick and how horrible her little body must have been feeling.

then the past few days, we've noticed she's been incredibly fussy, sometimes screaming until we can finally rock her to sleep, chomping on her little hands until they are bright red, running a low grade fever off and on and drooling like there is never ending saliva in her mouth. could little pearly whites be on the way? only time will tell. when i put my finger (or anything for that matter!) in her mouth to feel her gums she chomps down on it like someone who hasn't eaten in days, so i definitely think there's some irritation in her lower gums.  in the meantime, i feel horrible and want to cry right along with her. my poor baby!

here's a picture of her after she screamed herself to sleep in the car. through all her little problems right now, she still manages to get in some great toothless little grins.