.california love.

Kaiya went on her first trip to California in October. She's been on a long plane trip before, we took her to New Mexico and Vegas for Easter.  But...she was only 6 months old back then.  This time it was a little different since she was 1 going on 12, not to mention walking and talking.  But we survived.  She slept for an hour here and there, but in between she watched movies with daddy, walked up and down the aisle with mommy, and luckily there was a little girl who was sitting in front of us that continually tried to entertain her.  What a life saver she was.  Turns out they were going to Disneyland, too...and she informed us that they would be at the Princess Breakfast the next morning if we wanted to meet up.  LOL!!!  She was about 6 or 7...going on 21.  Haha.

When we finally landed at LAX, we looked around and finally found Grandma Barb who was meeting up with us from New Mexico.  The rest of that day was kind of wasted with traveling to the hotel in Anaheim and picking up things, like diapers, from Target (GREAT excuse to go shopping right away.)  


The second day we took a trip up to Rancho Cucamonga (sp?) to do some shopping.  It was rainy and cold, and of course we didn't bring any rain or cold gear, so we had to buy some things to at least keep the kids warm the next day at Disneyland.  


As Disneyland day finally approached...it was pouring!  But it turned out to be in our favor because there were NO LINES and we got to ride pretty much all of the rides that we wanted before early afternoon!  Plus, a little rain doesn't hurt anyone...at least that's what mommy learned from going to college in Oregon.  We were so lucky that Uncle Bill, Aunty Kimi, Wyland, Kiyomi, Aunty Angela, Nicole and Drew all met us at Disneyland!  And it turned out to be a beautiful day once the sun came out by late afternoon.  Kaiya came down with a pretty high fever, 104, but luckily we came prepared and doped her up with Tylenol and Ibuprofen to keep the fever under control.  We kept having to take her jacket and blankets on and off, take her temperature, put socks on and off...but she was a trooper through it all.

DISNEYLAND!!!

First Rides...no wait time!

Daddy was WAY excited for this!

...to be continued...

.3rd of july.

Daddy's regular days off have been Friday and Saturday, which is good because then mommy and daddy can spend a full day together.  This past weekend was 4th of July weekend.  We knew that Aunty Dawn and Uncle Wes were going to take Kaytin and Yasu to Kekaha beach where the Taba's and Burkman's were camping out.  So we planned to venture on down there, especially since Kaiya loves the beach.  Although it's pretty rough over there, we came prepared and brought along a Rubbermaid container that we borrowed from Aunty Ruthie.  Kaytin calls them the 'fairy ponds' because Aunty Ruthie mentioned to her that the fairies come at night and take a bath in them.  Hahahah!!!

We got there a little after lunch.  It was sunny off and on, with a little sprinkle here and there.  But overall, it was a fantastic day to spend the 3rd of July.  Daddy even got to fish a little.  And Kaiya even let Aunty Shannon put her to sleep.  And when she woke up, she had a banana snack, some rice, apple sauce, and who knows what else.  This girl can EAT!  Apparently, next time we're going to camp.  I think it sounds fun...I haven't camped since college...and even then, we slept in the car.  And when we used to go 'camping' in high school, we never set up tents we just slept on the beach.  The Taba's go all out...so I think I can handle it.

And I apologize, this is going to be long because there's lots of photos.  I need to learn how to make collages...

.she's heeeeeerrrreee.

Little miss Kaiya Johanna arrived on September 14, 2009 at 12:24 p.m. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 0.1 oz. and was 19 inches long.

She came 3 weeks early by emergency c-section….after 36 hours of labor and 45 minutes of pushing. Mommy spiked a 102 degree fever and both mommy and kaiya’s heartrate were high…so we decided to not put baby under anymore stress and opted for a c-section.  Mommy was glad to have Dr. Chatkupt do a c-section as long as it meant Kaiya was going to be okay…and that she would get another dose of pain meds.  :)

Everyone is doing fabulous and mommy and daddy are loving every minute of baby kaiya. Breastfeeding was a bit of a challenge at first but gets easier by the day. 

daddy cutting the umbilical cord.

.mommy's first look.

.little miss kaiya johanna.

.daddy and kaiya (with her iv, poor baby).

.mommy and kaiya.

.grandma barbara and papa harry with kaiya.

.aunty dawn and kaiya.

.kaytin and uncle wes and kaiya.