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.  

mommy's helper.

after i'm done helping empty this drawer, i will help you eat all that delicious cantaloupe.

book of faces.

that's right.  we've given in to forces bigger than ourselves.  we've joined facebook.

home again, home again, jiggidy jig

we did go to the farmers' market, but we actually saw the pig at a farm.  

what an awesome time we had in california.  wednesday morning we flew to san francisco, took the BART to downtown and walked to hotel, checked in and proceeded to walk some more.  we checked out the marina district and ate some crepes, walked down to the waterfront and watched some sailboats, walked to swensen's on russian hill for ice cream, and called it a night.  

the next morning zach grabbed our rental car and after a quick breakfast, we headed across the golden gate bridge into the marin headlands.  we hiked down to the black sand beach and hung out for a bit so kaimana could play in the sand.  we drove through sausalito, then headed to stanford to visit our friends kyle, ann, and their son daniel.

friday we hop, skip, and jumped down to capitola for more beach time!  we drove north through santa cruz and then stopped off at a few more beaches to hang out, watch some kiteboarders do their thing, and eat some food. 

saturday and sunday we had a blast hanging out with the hendricksons... we visited a farm where kaimana got to see his first sheep, pigs, and chickens.  we think he liked it.  thanks to the hendoos for accommodating us and showing us such a great time!

here's a little slideshow of our san fran adventure: