somersaults!

i haven't seen it myself, though i have seen him practicing his downward dog yoga pose, but zach reports that kaimana has been practicing somersaults on our bed.  it is my belief that this gymnastic endeavor is rooted in his new hobby of tossing himself about on our bed or on the couch (with supervision, of course.).  he likes to fall backward, roll and roll and roll around... basically act as though we have rented a bouncy-house.  this afternoon, he brought it to the next level.  hopefully he won't try it on the hard ground just yet.

a video or at least pictures will hopefully be coming soon.  of course, whenever we pull out the camera he stops whatever it is that he is doing in order to attack the camera.  but we'll do our best.

super snuggle.

i'll be the first to admit i get frustrated.  especially from 2:00-3:00 am when kaimana is having trouble sleeping and i pop out of bed every 10-15 minutes to replace his binky, rock him for a few moments and lay him back down.  this was my night last night.  

typically, if he wakes up at all, it is only once and all he needs is a few minutes in the rocking chair to settle back down.  not last night.  was it due to teething?  gas?  bad dreams?  bad dreams of teething and gas?  we'll never know.

what i can tell you is that after getting up about 3 times i was done.  on these rare occasions, kaimana gets to come and sleep in the big bed.  that is, he sleeps on my chest for a minute, and then i roll him off into the middle of the bed.  ahhhhhhh... then he slept.  

he started stirring around 6:00 am, and i thought to myself, "oh man. i really don't want to get up yet."  half-asleep, he sat up, flung himself onto his back (as he likes to do whenever he is on a soft surface.  sometimes even when he's on a hard surface.), and laid upside-down for a minute.  then, still half-asleep, he sat up, crawled up toward me, laid his head down on my shoulder and fell back asleep.  

until 7:15.

that's what i call a super snuggle.

may slideshow...

some great kaimana pics from may:

10 months and counting...

kaimana hits 10 months this weekend... we can't believe it!  well, honestly, we don't really have time to believe it, he keeps us on the go, go, go : )  what's new in his world you ask?  let me tell you:

•two bottom teeth have been showing for a while, and are now being joined by 4 top teeth.

•our expert crawler has gone from pulling up, to pulling up and letting go, to (just a couple days ago) getting to his feet without assistance.  in other words, crouch and stand :)

•our crouch and stander has TODAY started to try to take a couple steps.  yikes!

•he eats pretty much everything.  in fact, i thought that his menu might be becoming mundane, so i wrote out a list of everything he can eat.  it was extensive, and absolutely not mundane.  tonights dinner: meatloaf, yams, green beans and noodles... all finger food.

•he's figured out how to flush the toilet.

•he enjoys unrolling the toilet paper.  we keep the bathrooms doors closed now.

i'm sure there's more.  but you get the gist.