.miss kaiya hearts the o-ball and sttn.

we’ve been trying to get kaiya to play with toys…eventhough she would much rather watch tv.  so on our trip to oahu this past weekend, we picked up a pink o-ball with some $$ papa harry gave her.  we’re not quite sure that she gets it, but when she finds it in her hands she doesn’t let go and shakes it so the little balls rattle.  here’s a few pictures of her figuring it out/playing with it/examining it.

sttn=sleeping through the night.  i better knock on wood. *knock knock knock* for the past few weeks she’s only been waking up once…anywhere from 3-6 a.m.  she usually eats for 15-20 minutes and is right back asleep.  but there are times where i’ll put her back down and she smiles and smiles like it’s play time.  so i’ll feed her a little more and rock her in the chair (from great-grandpa yarnell) until she falls back asleep.

naps on the other hand….totally different story.  she’ll take a nap…but only if someone is carrying her or if she’s in the ergo carrier.  the ergo carrier is a life saver!!!  we’ve tried out about three different types (sleepy wrap, baby hawk mei tai carrier, and ergo carrier) and she only likes this one.  hopefully as she gets older she’ll like the other ones.  if not, maybe the next baby will like them…or we can hand me down to someone who’s baby does.

she’s pretty good at holding up her head, but we need to work on tummy time.  she usually gets frustrated after a couple minutes.  maybe i’ll post about that tomorrow…

.lil miss kaiya's first trip.

our first trip as a family was to honolulu.  it was kaiya's first time on an airplane, and daddy's first time to oahu...other than the airport.  kaiya was such a good girl on the plane ride to and from...after all, it is only a 25 minute flight. 

we stayed at the ala moana hotel, for convenience and location.  it is located a parking lot away from the ala moana shopping center.  we went to do some christmas shopping, so it worked out perfectly.  here are some views from the hotel room.

kaiya also got to meet uncle mikey and his girlfriend aunty sherry.  they picked all of us up and we headed over to the light parade in downtown honolulu.  kaiya slept for the beginning of the parade, but when the fire engines rolled by they sounded their horns and woke her up.

kaiya also got to meet aunty rhea, uncle trey, minor and aunty taryn.  we all met up at genki sushi.  we had such a great trip, we all can't wait until the spring when we travel to new mexico to see daddy's side of the family.

.week 24.

everyone except eric went on a trip to oahu.  we stayed at the ala moana hotel.  bonus: katie was home for a visit with herb.  obviously i couldn't go out drinking and partying, but we met up outside of mai tai bar.  also got to see a couple old kauai high/oregon state friends, james and kaku.