Saturday, February 21, 2009

6 in one, half a dozen in the other

months, that is.

yesterday kaimana reached 6 months!  we can't believe how quickly those months have passed and how much our lives have changed.  we now have little one who:  
*rolls all over the place, including belly, back, and side spins.  he really wants to be a b-boy.  
*eats baby oatmeal with bananas every night with a side of avocado, yams, carrots, peas, or sweet potatoes.  gobbles up every bite.
*gobbles it up with his 2 little teeth!  and along with the teeth come niagra amounts of drool.
*sleeps through the night.  we still can't believe our luck with this fact.
*sits up on his own.  most of the time.  with a boppy around him just in case : )
*he really wants to move!  on his tummy he pushes up on his hands, way up, then lays down and pulls his knees under him and pushes his legs.  just can't quite do both at the same time.  after a few goes at this he gets pretty frustrated that it isn't working.

we go to the dr. on wednesday for his 6 month well-baby check-up and we'll find out then how much he has grown!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

let's go!

monday marked kaimana's first trip to the ocean, and we all had a blast!  we headed out to westport and found the weather to be gorgeous, the wind a bit chilly and the surf so-so.  we enjoyed every moment... kaimana and mommy even napped a bit in the sun while daddy surfed and practiced his kite.  we realized that we need to make this kind of day happen much more often!  here's a slideshow of our day at the beach : )


Tuesday, February 17, 2009

i heart valentine's.

our new little valentine got a special valentine from his grammy.  see how much he loved it!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

in case you're wondering.

just in case anyone out there is reading this and wondering...  
so far, zach has only posted once on this blog.  right after we started it.  since then it has been all me, cristen, possibly because i have nothing else i'm interested in doing on the computer but play spider and share pictures of our son.  or, possibly because when zach is on the computer he is usually investigating some boat or another.  if only there existed the perfect boat for a reasonable price.  well, let's face it, a better-than-reasonable price : )  we're doing our best to put together a plan of business for a family-run sailing charter to get an idea of whether or not it is something that we can make work here in seattle/puget sound area.  (this would help with the price aspect, but then you need coast guard passenger certifications, blah, blah, blah...)  what i'm trying to say is, until a lot of this gets going, i'm not sure when z will write here again, but i shall encourage him to do so!!

snuggles.

tonight, kaimana slept on my chest for a while before i put him to bed.  he hasn't done this very often in the past few months, and reminded me of how we would nap together after we came home from the hospital.  so snuggly!  not that i want to rush through the stage that he is in now, but i can't help but be excited for the time when he'll know what it means to snuggle.  but for now, i'll enjoy it for the both of us.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

hooray for books!

as part of his bedtime routine, kaimana loves to read books.  one of his new favorites:  Hooray for Fish!  here he is reading with daddy...

skillz!

kaimana is "this close" to getting his toes to the place where everything else he grabs goes...  into his mouth : )