13 going on 30.

the scale i ordered from amazon arrived today, and it seemed much more fun to weigh my boys than to just weigh myself. kanoa weighs 13 lbs today... meaning he's added about 3 lbs in 5 weeks. kaimana is still 30 lbs, which has been his weight for several months. i swear he's bigger though, at least he's wearing bigger clothes than he was! here is a picture zach snapped of him while at a rest stop outside of vantage...

5 weeks.

4 weeks.

number two.

my boys are having an interesting time with their number two's. kanoa has only been going once a week, causing my doc to suggest i give up dairy to see if that helps clear his system. bummer. i love me some dairy :)

on the other hand, as of this morning, kaimana has now twice run down the hallway shouting 'i need to go poop!' in the last 24 hours. and, he has! i'm not going to get ahead of myself and say that he's ready for potty training, but an exciting development nonetheless.

for those of you reading this who aren't parents, sorry. for those of you who are, well, you know how exciting number two's can be...

3 weeks.

big brother

we've been concerned about how kaimana would be as a big brother. our 2.5 year-old is quite rambunctious and energetic. favorite pastime? using everything in the house as a jungle-gym. he climbs over and jumps off the couch, runs up and down the hall leaping over obstacles he has purposely put in his way, etc, etc. our concern was that it would be difficult to reign him in once there was a baby around to be careful of. but, it actually hasn't been to bad. we definitely need to remind him often to be careful around the baby, and are setting rules like: no climbing and jumping on the couch when kanoa is on it. i've managed to be able to make it through a couple of kanoa feedings (which are close to an hour long at this point) by myself with kaimana... he sits next to me to read books, or watches thomas the train, or gets himself set-up with play-doh at the table. kaimana is starting to be a little more curious about kanoa as well. his questions are pretty fun. our second day home, he came out of his bedroom with his soccer ball and announced "i am going to play catch with my brother." earlier today he asked me "can my brother drink orange juice?" yes, i think that being the mommy of two little boys is going to be equally nerve-racking and wonderful :)

jinxed?

after bragging to several folks about how much easier everything has seemed this time around, including the fact that wednesday night after an 11 o'clock feeding, kanoa only woke up once to be fed in the middle of the night... last night he only allowed me to sleep a grand total of 4 hours. and though today i'm exhausted, i can't seem to settle down and nap :(

i have to remind myself that he's only a week old and that things should only become more and more routine as more weeks pass.