SERENITY

Kainoah at 3 months

Well, no matter how good my intentions are, I just cannot seem to find time to blog more than once every couple of months. And by then, so much has happened, that it takes me hours to finish blogging. It would probably be easier with fewer children, but I always have to make sure no one is left out, except for Kamri who begs and pleads with me to leave her out. So these are some pictures of baby Kainoah in his new Aloha wear, compliments of our dear NC friends, the Hubands. Thank you Huband family!!

This is the face baby Kainoah makes when he is trying hard to "talk."

He is a very very happy and content baby. Even though I'm nursing, he sleeps from 5 to 7 hrs. every night, our first baby to do so. This is a very good thing considering that Joelle and Ellanne usually wake up in the middle of the night. One night, Joelle got up five times and Ellanne got up two times, but baby Kainoah slept on and on, through all the commotion. He is living up to his name of "angel of rest." He will also sleep in his swing for 4 or 5 hrs. a couple times a day. When he is awake, though, he likes attention. He likes to be in the thick of things, not playing by himself in a corner. If we put him on the floor, he will crane is neck back as far as he can, trying to catch a glimpse of someone. And then the second he makes eye contact, his face lights up in a beautiful toothless smile. He loves to smile.

This is Kainoah the jail bird.

Lana's Family Home Evening Musical Numbers

Lana wanted to be the musical number for FHE. In the first clip, you might recognize her singing "O Christmas Tree."


In the second clip, you might recognize "ABCD" and "Old McDonald" and "Book of Mormon Stories."

I can sleep anywhere

Lana is at the awkward age when if she has a nap, she won't go to sleep at a normal bedtime and if she doesn't have a nap, she falls asleep at dinner. Lately, she has been waking up every night, often screaming that the "pink cat is coming" and is going to get her. I have no idea where this comes from as I hate cats of any color and chase away all cats that come near our house.

I have tried not giving her a nap, hoping that she'll be so tired she will sleep soundly at night. But it always backfires. Either she wakes up at midnight after having a "nap" from about 9:00pm on, or she falls asleep very early in strange places because she can't keep her eyes open. It's a lose--lose situation for me. Good thing she is so cute :-)!

Two months old

Baby Kainoah....... playing, gooing, smiling, sleeping, crying, swinging, wide-eyed and wondering......

And already two months old!!

Kainoah the Koala

Kainoah loves to sleep snuggled on our chests, just like a little Koala bear.

Tea Parties and other girlie stuff

One.....Two......Three....... Time for Tea!
Joelle and Lana found all of the Japanese dress up hair pieces. Using every single piece, these are their beautiful hair creations.