skillz!

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

happy and sad.

we've been having fun with imovie again.  here he is in a couple different moods.

if this next one doesn't make you smile, then, well, i don't know what.

yum in the tum!

just so everyone can see we are NOT kidding about how vocally kaimana eats...  here's a "taste" of how dinner goes every night : )

let's play catch up!

in the last month:

*kaimana has been sleeping through the night!  we're talking going to bed between 9 and 10 and waking up between 7 and 8.  mommy loves 2009 : )  of course there's the off night here and there, last night for example, but overall sleep sleep sleep!

*rolling has commenced.  he's rolling both from tummy to back and back to tummy, as well as slow-motion breakdancing where he rolls to his side and spins in a circle (his head remaining in the middle of the circle).  is there a name for this?  yesterday morning, we found him upside down in his crib.  happy as a clam.

*food!  we've added to our repertoire carrots, peas, and now sweet potatoes.  he gobbles up every bite happily.  next up:  avocados! 

*kaimana had his first official visit to the beach.  last weekend we made the trek up to san juan island on a beautiful, but chilly, sunday.  kaimana was a trooper during the 1.5 hour car ride to anacortes and the 1.5 hour ferry ride to san juan.  he didn't get fussy all day until we were about 20 minutes from home.  UNfortunately, we made it out of the house with everything BUT the camera, so this event is visually documented only in our memories.  but, that's okay, there will definitely be a next time!

cereal. dinner of champions.

thanksgiving brought us the beginning of baby rice cereal.  at the time, kaimana did not love it.  now, however, he gobbles it up happily (and vocally.... many "yummy" sounds issuing from his mouth).  the trick, i find, is to make the cereal nice and thick.  at first, we made it pretty runny, thinking this will be more like what he is used to.  but, no, he wanted something to munch on!  it also makes less of a mess as less of it runs out of his mouth.  the mess now comes when he decides to blow raspberries WITH a mouthful of his delicious cereal.  mommy got a faceful the other night : )  we are now trying to decide what next to add to his diet... we're thinking either carrots or sweet potatoes...

gobble gobble!

kaimana's first thanksgiving... and we're pretty sure he had a blast.  he didn't get to eat any turkey, but as long as he was hanging out with grammy, papa, and aunt sarah, he didn't seem to mind.  we made the drive east at night, during which he slept soundly, and arrived around 2 am, set up camp in the guest room, had a nighttime snack, and went back to sleep.  we had a great thanksgiving at great-grandpa's house, and a few more days to hang out with the family before heading west over the mountains towards home... during which he did NOT sleep soundly.  here are some photos from the trip...

snuggling with grammy

taking naps by the fire... with daddy!

playing piano with papa

just for fun!

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