sharing is caring

have i told you how much cousin taylor LOVES baby Luke?! its sooo cute! everytime we come over she says things like, "I love him," "he's so cute"

anyhow, lately when we hang out with them we go in my sisters car and lukes car seat is right next to taylors carseat so that she is sitting right next to him... she is so caring and loving

when he cries she tries to console him and she says things like "it's ok, don't cry"

we have also been teaching her how to give him his paci if he cries, so in the car she'll ask for his paci or she'll take her arms out of her carseat and try super hard to reach for his paci and put it in his mouth. sometimes she's successful other times not so much.

the other day Luke was crying in the car and she couldn't reach his paci so her mama told her to hold his hand and she did and then she started singing to him- two songs-to soothe and console him and then luke was quiet and then so was taylor- she sang them both to sleep!

also, taylor doesnt like to share much and if she does- she usually wants it back. yesterday she got some cool new little toys and when luke was crying she shared her toys with him:

and this morning she asked her mama to call me because she remembered that luke had her toys. i asked her if luke could hav them and she said yes =)

we love cousin taylor!

beach bum

so last friday we were supposed to go to the beach with some of the girls but it didnt quite work out so instead we had lunch with reen and sarah at taco surf (one of our favorite places), but before that we had a little bit of time at the beach-only like an hour or so-- it sure takes a loooong time to pack up a baby for the beach!

cousin taylors toys
poor Luke had to stay in his car seat- he was sleeping anyway
ok-- i know weird pix of me but i had just finished feeding him so the nursing cover is wrapped around my neck but dont mind me- look at Luke! holding out his hand for the camera!

happy daddy's day!

On Father's Day Luke celebrated his 1 month bday! We also made it out to church for the first time! That was interesting... at least we were only 20 minutes late! ha! He did well in the nursery- he slept most of the time. Everyone was excited to meet him for the first time. Grandma was very proud and excited too and showed him off to her friends! After church we went home for a little nap and then celebfated Father's Day at Grandpa Dean & Mama Mia'a for a family bbq. The pictures above were on cards that luke made for Daddy and Grandpa.

bath time fun!

Saturday was Luke's official first bath. I had been giving him sponge baths up till then!

look the pelican is gonna eat him!
i think he liked the bath... but he did pee TWICE all over the place!

me and mommy

happy happy days!

happy birthday samantha!
happy birthday tamara!
congrats michelle & scott!

me and my daddy

some pix of luke luke

early Fathers Day dinner at my parents:

grandpa & grandma & cousin taylor
Uncle jino & auntie rossy & cousin taylor
cousin taylor and me
here we are again! she loves me!

stinky poo

so yesterday we had an early Fathers Day dinner at my parents house with all the siblings. Luke was there of course... sleeping. We were all outside in the patio chit-chatting and having dinner. I decided to go in and check on Luke because he needed to be awoken for his next feeding- my mom and taylor came with me- mind you, ever since we got there they had been trying to get Luke up so that they could play with him, esp taylor! so i get Luke out of his car seat and of course he needs a diaper change. so i put him on the couch and taylor asks if she can see. she keeps asking and i kinda just look at her and then my mom and then say "ok but he's a boy and he has boy parts, he's not a girl... he has boy parts." now of course, taylor didnt understand, but i guess a part of me was hoping she did. whenever she comes over she always wants to watch as i change lukes diaper but she can never really see because luke is usually on a changing table. anyhow, taylor says, "does he have stinky poo?" and she's watching as the diaper comes off and i say "no, just pee pee," and she insists and says "he has stinky poo," and i say "no he doesnt" and she's like " he has poo poo." and then my mom and i get it-and we start busting up! because she has never seen boy parts she assumes that what she does see is poo-poo!

2 weeks and 5 days

luke is 2 wks and 5 days old today.... we went to his dr for a check up and he's doing great! he has gained about 2 lbs and has grown 2 inches! the doctor also suggested we start letting him sleep longer through the night... right now he can sleep about 4 hours till he wakes up on his own after his last feeding at about 1030 or so..... so, i think we're gonna try and push for the 5 hours for a week or two then build to 6hours like she suggested with his last feeding earlier- like at 10 and hopefully we'll get that last feeding even earlier than that... eventually... =) yay!

a couple other things....
my siblings blessed us with a new camera. our digital broke i think a few days after we brought luke home. =( so my brother brought us a new one... only problem is-- we still havent gotten a memory card for it.... too many things to do and to get!

iris and matt had their baby boy kekoa yesterday!

thats all for now!