He Smiles

Baby True is a smiling happy boy. As you can see from the picture he recognizes mom and dad with big smiles. He is ridiculously cute. He had a well child visit today and is now 9 pounds 2 ounces and is in the 25th percentile for growth, which according to the Dr. is great considering he was 3 weeks early. He got his Hep B shot and cried for about 15 seconds and then fell asleep immediately! That's an Echohawk trait - if stressed, sleep.

Thanksgiving was great. We had around 20 people over. I ended up roasting and smoking the turkey. Matt had to take my cousin, Danger to the ER, he has this nasty flu and had gotten dehydrated. So I smoked, cleaned, fed baby and mashed 5 pounds of potatoes (which by the way were pretty good, I was thinking about doing something fancy like adding garlic, parsley or cheeses but decided to stick to 2 sticks of butter and about a cup of heavy whipping cream.) Both Turkeys were proclaimed delicious but I think the roasted turkey was a little better. Because of my poor smoking skills the smoked turkey was a little dry.

I forgot to take pictures while everyone was at the house. I did take a pic of the table before the hoards descended. Marisa and Galen set and decorated the table,
i thought it turned out really pretty.

Colleen

Camoflauge Baby on the eve of T day

Auntie Lala bought this way cute outfit. Baby True loves it. We took Baby to the doctor today and he weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces. We were a little worried that he wasn't getting enough to eat. According to the Dr. his growth is excellent and we have nothing to worry about.

Tommorow is Thanksgiving and we are having around 16 people to the house. matt and I are having a competition on who's turkey will be best. I will do the Martha Stewart roasted turkey with herb infusion/whitewine butter bastings. Matt will put his smoker to good use. Last year mine was the best but Matt has smoked some EXCELLENT chicken recently. Our friend Ammie can't get enough of it. We will report on the turkey cook off in a future post.

Baby True takes a bath

AUNTIES are cool!

Baby True is very blessed to have a wonderful assortment of gorgeous aunties. Here are some pictures of Auntie Lala, Lis and Courteny. Enjoy!

Grandma and Grandpa Glen + Uncle Timmy and Auntie Tina

The Hawaii grandparents just left to Canada to see Everett. We all got a nasty cold's but otherwise had an AMAZING visit. Baby True loves all the attention and Mom and Dad enjoyed all the help around the house. Grandma organized all the baby clothes and Grandpa Glen did acres and acres of laundry.

We were also blessed to get to spend time with Matt's brother and fiancee (Congratulations!) Tim and Tina. We had so much fun just hanging out. Josh and Charity also came down and hung out for a couple of days. It was fun and we wish we could see more of them.

Auntie Nancy also was here from California and brought Obachan to here new home.

Here are a few pictures.

new pictures

Aunt Suzie and Uncle Merle

Aunt Suzie and Uncle Merle came to visit the new baby (and the favorite nieces). Baby True was excited to receive more important visitors especially when they brought him presents. Baby can't wait to get big enough to fit into the super cute denim overalls. Until then he will make do with this outfit!

Pictures!

Gotta keep the grandparents happy.

Miguel's Birthday - 6 years old!

Auntie Lis and Uncle Eddie flew in from Scotland to suprise us. We are having a great time with them and had a fun birthday party at Chris and Abi's new house. Enjoy the
pictures.

Cousins

Baby True has already gotten to hang with his cousins. They have been very gentle with the baby.

More Pictures

Baby True - pictures

Finally, some pictures. Hiroshi Truth Echohawk-Hayashi was born on Oct. 13. We will chronicle the birth in a future post. Until then enjoy the pictures. These pictures were taken while still in the operating room - minutes old!