wanna be a gangsta

kaimana is getting around... he's starting to go in circles in fact.  from the living room to the dining room to the kitchen to the hall to the living room, etc.  and he does so with his signature crawl, which i have dubbed the "gangsta crawl".  on one side he crawls on his knee, on the other his foot... so very gangsta.  see for yourself : )

time to play!

yesterday we enjoyed a quick visit with our cousins tiana and jon and their daughters eva and maia.  kaimana and the girls had a great time playing together while the grown-ups played catch-up ; )

eva (2.5 yrs) helps the babies find their binkies...

thanks eva!

maia (1 yr) snuggles down to rest.

blast from the past.

okay, i just posted 3 in a row with no pictures.  so before going to bed here's a little something.  only 7 months ago was he really that little? 

 (referring to kaimana.)  

thanks to ann for the picture!

and can i just say.

what a great feeling it is to have put kaimana to bed, to be sitting in the rocking chair that is a hand-me-down from my grandparents (the glider kind with a gliding ottoman in country blue) with the laptop on my lap, listening to the random car drive by and the hum of the refrigerator, waiting for zach to come home, and being happy.  it's just one of those moments where nothing special has happened, nothing special is expected to happen, and any second those discontented feelings could arise, but it doesn't matter.  i feel good.  i have great friends, a great family, and slowly but surely i WILL pay off the great balance on my credit card ; )  

what rock have we been hiding under?

baby rock.  it's crazy how a baby turns your world inside-out... as in, the inside of my brain hardly knows what is happening outside in the world.  yesterday, due to a posting by a friend, i just realized the next harry potter film is coming out in july.  anyone interested in babysitting?  not a big deal, but the rest of the world has probably known this for some time.  today, due to some long-overdue myspacing, i realized that some friends may have moved to the mainland from our much-missed island home.  anything else that i've missed?

gotta move part 3!

in this case it is the adults who are doing the moving.  next week, april 1st, zach and i are becoming the managers of our apartment building.  which also means we are going to be moving to yet another unit in our building.  luckily, my parents are going to come and give us a hand.  luckily, i'm not 8.5 months pregnant this time ; )  luckily, the apartment we're moving into should be in much better shape than the one we're in now.  or maybe that one's unlucky, since we'll be in charge of fixing this one up and renting it out!  hmmmmmm...  

gotta move part 2!

he's determined to figure it out.  he's also determined to make his way to anything besides his toys.  tv cords, computer cords, coffee cups, etc.  

i like to eat eat eat...

eeples and baneeneez.  

we tried to find a cracker for kaimana that didn't include sugar in its ingredients.  we were unsuccessful.  these, though, only have 4 ingredients:  rice flour, sugar, salt, and milk powder.  and he loves them!  

say cheese!

gotta move!

kaimana REALLY wants to crawl.  he gets up on his hands and knees, but can't quite figure out what to do after that.  yet.  we don't think it will take him much longer though! 

what do i do now?

take a break!

mommy wow!

he is a big boy now ; )

kaimana had a visit with his doctor today... normal 6 month check-up and vaccinations.  3 shots this time!  he was quite a trooper.  he now weighs 17lb 5oz and is about 28inches long.  that's about the 40th percentile in weight and the 90th in height.