True speaks his mind

"Moma, your da best mom I ever did saw"

What a kid!

Pig, poo and a penis - a few things I don't want to forget.

When my mom was here a couple of weeks ago, she was asking True what his favorite animal is at the zoo (my mom and dad buy us a family pass every year - thanks). He yelled, "the pig, the pig is my favorite." She asked him why and he looked at her slyly and said, "because they make poo." Apparently, the last time Matt took him to the zoo the pig took a huge dump, it made a big impression on him and he still talks about it all the time.

Today, he was coloring a picture of a horse and he looked over at me and said, "I am going to draw a big penis on this horse."

He's not allowed to talk to anyone when we go to the grocery store.

Zoey's first photo shoot

Yesterday, Zoey had a photo shoot with MeRa Koh photography. MeRa recently got a book deal with Random House. I think it's a book on how to take photographs of your kids. Not entirely sure but I am thrilled to have such an amazing opportunity to get some professional photos taken of Zoey. We should get the disk in a few weeks and the book comes out next year. Can't wait to see the pictures! Zoey was amazing the whole time, a little solemn for her (she is usually all smiles) but I think they are going to be great.

True is thankful for......

Today in the car, Matt asked True what he was thankful for. Here is his list.

Me is thankful for
my toys
my Cohen's
my Lola's
my Auntie Abi's
my Miguel's
my Noni's
my Bayla's
my Judah's
my Zoey's
ummm
my W's
my T's
my B's
ummm
me thankful for all my ABC's
that's all

My kids are so great.

sleeping

Recently our sleep has been constantly interrupted. We are working on the "no cry" sleep training for Zoey and True is still dealing with his yegs cramping at night. We are really, really tired.

damn

Thank God they are really cute and during the day I just can't get enough of them. But at night I want someone to come and take them away and let me get a two hours of uninterrupted sleep. I think that if we could get two hours without someone waking up I could change the spacey, tired feeling I constantly experience.

damn

did I mention they are cute. I just checked on true (who has been laying in his bed for over and hour and a half) he hugged me really tight and said "I am so thankful for my friends!"

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My yegs, my yegs

Poor True-Blue has become the victim to painful leg cramps which the Dr. classifies as growing pains. They are really a nightmare for all of us. He wakes up yelling, "My yegs, my yegs, my yegs. Ouchie, Ouch, help me Mom, DAAAAAD, my yegs, my yegs." Matt usually gets up and starts to massage his legs and comfort him that it will be over soon. I try to sleep (since Zoey will usually wake up right after he gets back to sleep) but after about 10 minutes of non-stop crying we decide he needs baby ibuprofen and then I get up and get it. It is so sad. The Dr. said to pump him up with lots of potassium in avocado, orange juice and vitamins. Also, dehydration and a really active day can aggravate his little legs. The vitamins seem to help the most. We really see a difference when we has had his gummie vitamins. I am hoping soon that someday we will have a night where we all sleep soundly for more than four hours at a time. But, I am not holding my breath.

Big Chicken

My nick-names for the kids are always evolving and recently I started to call Zoey my chicken and True my monkey. Today he came over to me, gave me a little squeeze and said, "Mommy, you are my big chicken!" So freaking cute and absolutely hilarious.

True is also in the stage where he loves to run around naked. He takes off his clothes and says, "Naked boy, naked boy" he proceeds to dance and "shake his bootie". Another favorite is to powwow dance with a scarf or a towel. Yesterday he was naked and getting ready to dance with my mom's scarf. Miguel (oldest cousin) who is eight and very dignified saw what True was about to do and told me, "Auntie Colleen, True is naked and about to dance with that scarf, It's going to be horrible." Poor Miguel.

Sorry about that!

True is learning new phrases and it is so cute. Today he was drawing on his doodle pad and I heard say, "Oh I only made one eye, sorry about that." I like him a lot!

We had a good day today at Davids house at Angle Lake. True is very comfortable in the water; he wears a life vest and floats around and enjoys "swimming" out to the dock. The weather has been so great this summer and he is a brown, brown boy.

Gentleman and Yadies

Today, True spent a lot of time pretending to be dancing on stage. He wears my my nursing cover like a cape and then announces himself.

Gentleman and Yadies, announcing True-Blue Echohawk - Hayashi. I am powwow dancing - BOY!

He then proceeds to dance and entertain himself and anyone else who is watching.

We yove him.

Zoey is a GIANTESS!

Zoey had her 4 month well child check up on August 3rd. When they put her on the scale Matt and I cracked up because she looked so big on it. She weighed in at an impressive 17.2 pounds! For her weight and head size she is in the 97th percentile, her length is 78th percentile - She is officially a pretty, little MONSTER!

Princess True-Blue

Todays conversation between Matt and True-Blue

Matt: True-Blue, why are you wearing mommy's necklaces?
True: I yike them.
Matt: Are you a pirate?
True: Nope
Matt: Are you a rapper?
True: Nope, I am a princess.

DooDoo

Warning! This post is my conversation with True about his poop. Graphic details to follow.

Setting - True is sitting on the toilet , I am sitting on the side of the tub waiting for him to finish his business.

Me: True are you almost pau?
True: Almost, Mommy (He peers between his legs looking at his doodoo)
True: Look, my doodoo, Mommy.
Me: Are you finished?
True: Dere (there) my Daddy doodoo and a baby doodoo AND ANODER DADDY DOODOO.
Me: Shhh, don't yell (trying not to laugh).
True: AND THERE IS THAT BOY DOODOO.

At that point I couldn't really talk and he grinned at me, very happy with himself.

Babies who love each other is a wonderful thing.

Last week True got into bed with Zoey and I. He put his arm around her and gave her a little squeeze and told me. "I love her!" I was so happy, he is incredibly gentle and sweet to his little sister.

Later that day, I told him to go to time out because he was acting very naughty, which did not make him happy. When I was putting him to bed he was having trouble with not freaking out when I tried to leave the room. He grabbed me by the neck and said, " need you, I need you." I told him again that he could sleep by himself and I had to go bathe Zoey. This totally pushed him over the edge and he collapsed into sobs, "You are so naughty mommy, stop being NAUGHTY!"

He is doing fabulous on his ABC's. He talks about them all the time.

Me: What are you doing?
True: Say my ABC's.
Me: What is your favorite letter?
True: W - W say's wah, wah. Where my E go? I want that E. (singing) A, B, C, D, E 12345 L, M, N, O , P.

We repeat that conversation many times throughout the day.

Zoey is the sweetest little baby. She makes everyone smile. She is huge and almost as big as Jones who is two months older. We go to the Dr. on August 3 for her 4 month appointment and shots. True is a little behind on his shots so we will get his done at the same time.

Enjoy a couple of pictures from our trip to Hawaii in June.

Dum and Dick

True Blue has been obsessed recently with a little Native hand drum and stick (Noni made it at Daybreak Star pre-school). The first night he had it he went to sleep with it and I took out of his bed when I went to sleep. The next morning he woke up and said, "where my dum and my dick?" Later that day Matt took it away for a while because we were going a little crazy and then he accused matt of "hiding his dick."

We laughed and laughed.

Zoey - Two months old

Zoey had her two month appointment this week. Dr. Haas declared her perfect and in wonderfully good health. She is growing like crazy and weighs 11 pounds 4 ounces. Her height is 23 inches which confused the Dr. a little because when she was first measured at the hospital they didn't do it right and it her official birth height is 22 inches. When she was measured on her second day she was 19 inches. Dr. Haas seemed a little worried that she had not grown enough but I reminded her what happened and from the way she is quickly outgrowing her clothes it is obvious that she is much taller. She is in the 75th percentile for weight head growth and 50 percentile for length. She has an ugly, raised, red birth mark on her back which the Dr. assured will be gone by her second birthday. I was also a little concerned because she has had a cold almost constantly since she was two weeks old. Dr. Haas didn't seem to concerned as she is growing so quickly and is otherwise very healthy. It's hard being the second baby, she gets every cold that True gets. Zoey is sleeping very well, she spend the first part of the night in the bassinet and then I move her to are bed to nurse and snuggle with Mom and Dad. She sleeps better when she is close to us and we like it too!

Zoey

Zoey

It has been almost two months since Zoey Lael has been with us!

She was born March 24th via a C-section around 8:30pm. Her due date was March 19th and we decided to go for a C-Section when their was some concern that I could have some possible tearing of the old C-section scar. I was having a really weird sharp pain and Dr. Deimer advised the C-Section. We made the decision at 12pm and spent the rest of the day in the hospital room, resting and watching TV. We were in the operating room around 8:10 and twenty mintues later Zoey arrived.

She came out crying very loudly. In fact she has a really loud cry for a newborn. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 22 inches long. Zoey was perfectly healthy and took to nursing like a champ. We spent two nights in the hospital and she came home on her third day. Big brother loves her but seemed a little confused to see her every morning. True is experiencing a normal regression, refusing to used the toilet, sucking on his hand and a little whiney when we can't hold him while taking care of Zoey.
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Zoey started to smile around three weeks and is a peaceful, lovely girl. She sleeps well through the night only waking to nurse and go to sleep. She is easy to console and is beginning to enjoy a binky. Big brother also likes the binky and regularly tries to steal it. The past couple of days she has been able to really see what he is doing and she follows him around the room with her big brown eyes staring at his wild antics.

We were very blessed to have much help during the first few months of Zoey's life. Matt's mom was here before Zoey arrived with the hopes of being at the birth. Zoey decided to be very late and she missed her birth but while she was here she was a TREMENDOUS help and blessing to us. My mom arrived a day after Matt's mom went back to Hawaii, she stayed until the day before Easter so she could get back and preach! Lis (my sis from Hawaii) arrived a couple of days after mom left and it was so awesome to have the help. I recovered really well but it is tough to wrangle a two year old while nursing a baby.

We are very blessed and are looking forward to the months and years to come with our Zoey Girl.

getting back to blogging!

Yes, facebook has been my main online amusement and way to keep up to date with friends and family. But with the new baby about to make an appearance I want to get back into the groove of updating my blog. It is a great way for me to remember what my first year was like with True-Blue and I want to have the same thing for Zoey Lael.

I am now 33 weeks pregnant and we found out she was a girl at the 20 week ultra-sound. We really wanted a girl and are very excited about having both a girl and a boy. Matt has liked the name Zoey since he was in 7th grade and I Lael is after my sister! We have had no discussion of her name, with True it was really hard for us to decide but Zoey's name was an easy decision for us to come to. This pregnancy has been different from True-Blue's, I was nauseous for 4 months but during the 5th month I started to feel really great! Now that I am 8 months I have started to feel tired and a little achey but other wise I feel good.

True is ready for the new baby. He talks about the baby often and we are hoping for a good adjustment!

Watch for new blog posts!