.*＊SNOW DAY＊*.

It finally snowed! I cannot express to you how excited I was to be able to bring Noa out and have him enjoy the snow....doing winter things I enjoyed as a child.

By the end of the day, Noa was exhausted.

{A special thanks to my amazing sister, Yoko, for taking these photos}

Such a fun snow day for our family.

Our Christmas in photos.

the beach + a shark + a babe

= the cutest photos ever!

Kai Kai's 6 month photos are up on the photoblog. to see more adorableness, click here.

An Update on my SIX month old!

It's been 6 months already?! seriously, where did all the time go. 

I feel like I just had a newborn, like yesterday...

but now, weighing in at 14lbs 11oz, Kaiyu is doing all sorts of non-newborn-like stuff.

Let's take a look, shall we?

He spends a good part of his day on the floor.

exploring,

reaching,

scooting,

and crawling.

here's a little out-take.

I like when he tips over. it's my favorite.

He can also sit by himself for a good while, with no support.

He has started to eat solids.

his first taste of real, human food...

Okinawan sweet potato.

Hence, the purple mess.

 Kai Kai also loves applesauce (he can eat a whole container in one sitting) and rice porridge.

He loves playing with his big brother. 

copying his screams, kicking with excitement, and laughing...lots and lots of laughing....

I just love watching these two.

He has brought such joy and love into our home, and has melted our hearts completely.

We love you little Kai Kai.

Happy 6 month birthday.

xoxo

rolling...

this was just a little experiment....

*Click on the image*

something a little different.

PS did you know Kai can already crawl now....he totally does the army crawl!

video and pics to come.

Halloween

Happy Halloween!!

This year the kids were a couple of game characters... ^0^ ...I know, so Asian, right?

Well, I am pretty proud of my heritage, and I embrace it 110%.....

which is apparently a bit less than my other half. 

{here he is, controlling our kids}

The costumes were composed of hand-made hats, thrifted clothes, and other bits and pieces lying around our house.

I will post how I made the hats later. But first, aren't they just the cutest?!

We went to our ward's "trunk-or-treat"/Halloween party on Friday.

{end of the night, with faded mustaches and all}

Noa enjoyed every sugary second of it.

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our not so "jack-o-lantern" >>>> not a pumpkin, and not a lantern <<<<

with the recall on pumpkins, we had to improvise.
This is what we came up with.

Have a spookilicious Halloween everyone!

xoxo

Happy feet.

Our baby Kai Kai turned 4 months last week.

Kai has grown so much in the last month.

Not only has he mastered the art of rolling over...

but he is has started to wiggle and scooch little by little.

He reacts to facial expressions.

He loves peekaboo. especially when big bro Noa does it.

He has become quite the screech{scream}er.

Otherwise, he is the happiest, smiliest little peanut.

After discovering his hands, he has now found his feet.

It's just so adorable to watch him grab his feet and roll around.

We all love him sooo so very much.