Another little boy

Its a boy! Wow! My morning sickness had me convinced it was a girl because I felt much like when I was pregnant with Hinalei but low and behold it is another little fulla. Such the craziest experience at the ultrasound appointment. The tech is showing us babies feet which we are carefully looking at to make sure they do not show signs of club feet and there right in the middle for all the world to see is our new sons manhood. I couldn't help but have a little chuckle to myself as I watched him kick his legs around. More than anything I am just grateful to learn that baby is healthy and developing properly. Didn't get to see much of his profile so I am not sure at all who he will look like but already I have visions of two little boys running around together, playing rough, tackling each other, stealing each others clothes and toys and serving the sacrament together.

I am so grateful to be blessed with another priesthood holder in the home. What a blessing that will be and if everything works out Joe will leave on his mission and 18 months later his little  brother will follow. I feel for my princess but she is strong and wonderful girl that I know she will do fine. In fact from the very beginning she has told me I was having a boy and so she almost acted nonchalantly when the tech told us it was a boy. Like "uh duh I have been saying that all along." She carried the ultrasound pictures around with her for a while and showed anyone that would listen about the baby boy growing in her mums tummy. Its strange though because as I sat there watching her I had a very strong impression that we will one day receive another little daughter into our family. What an exciting time that will be for us.

 

Check out my little foot!

 I am a BOY!

Waving to us.

My boy

He hates getting dressed especially at bedtime. I love him in matching pjs. He is just so darn cute! We got given like 6 pairs of size 4 pj's from some friends and I was so discouraged because they were huge on him. Well I just decided to hem them and take them in a little here and a little there and viola he now has heaps of pj's to keep him warm this winter.

 This is him in my first pair of pants I sewed him. Found a simple and easy to follow pattern online and then cut up an old pair of pants that Joe wasn't wearing anymore. I never realized how similar in physique he is to his daddy.

 He loves loves loves the remote. Often times we will be watching something only to discover that he will change the channel on us or turn the TV off! Eating it is definitely his favorite activity though.

 More cut

 This is his caught out face. lol.

 He loves his dads ukulele so much. He is always pulling it down from the table or off the cabinet and trying to play it. He is actually pretty good with strumming away at the strings so there is a good chance he will be an avid player like his dad later on.

 He loves loves loves his bath time and he is the kind of kid who does not in any way get freaked out if you tip a bucket of water on his head. Totally just shakes it off and keeps playing. Hinalei tells me she always has to sit by the plug or he will pull it out

 Even though this picture is blurred I love it because I reckon boys have a built in thing about cars and toys and stuff. He watched one other kid have a go on this  bike and then he just hopped on and started scooting himself around. Crazy because Hinalei had one for like 2 years and barely ever touched it but son just hops on and knows exactly what to do

Time for a big boy cars eat. I was so not looking forward to shelling out for this car seat because I knew that in the states it costs like $54 dollars  but here it was well over $200. Argh! Thankfully through some careful researching and etc I managed to get it for less than that. He looks so much more comfortable but I know our little car is going to be way to small when #3 comes along.

Conversations with Hinalei - Age 3

I really think she won't believe me later on that we had these types of conversations at this age.

H: Mummy when I grow up I am going to marry my cousin Haare
M: Hinalei you can't marry your cousin
H: Mummy yes I can. I am going to be a princess and I can marry whoever I want!

H: Mummy I want a pink goldfish
M: Well you better say a prayer because I don't think Heavenly Father makes pink goldfish
H: Dear Heavenly Father, please bless me to get a pink goldfish in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
H: Its okay mummy I can have an orange goldfish

H:Mummy I need to go catch the bus to go to my princess work
M: Why do you need to go to work?
H: So I can buy stuff
M: What kind of stuff?
H: Jellybeans and snakes

D: Hinalei time to get into bed! Ok go to sleep
H: No daddy! You forgot to say prayers with me
D: :/ oops!

M: (bad bad morning sickness in the toilet)
H: Daddy!! Daddy! Come quick! mummy is coughing in the toilet. She is coughing lots!

H: Mummy why were you coughing in the toilet?
M: Well the baby in my belly doesn't seem to like some of the foods I eat
H: Oh, well my baby in my tummy likes all the food I eat.

The kids of late

We are just busy.... no other excuse really but we are. With the new house and all of things we get up to during the day and also still combating these terrible pregnancy symptoms we are just plain busy. I am putting up some pictures to remind me of this time. This post might be long and scattered but I want to remember this time because they are growing so quickly.

Since moving into the new home Hinalei has her own room and has done so well at adjusting to her own room. I will eventually take pictures but I haven't really done anything to make the rooms personal so hence the no pictures. She goes to preschool 3 times a week and I know that she loves it. I see little things that she has picked up at preschool coming out at home and it shocks me sometimes just how much she comprehends. She is right into a princess faze right now and loves to dress up, do rosey tea time, wear a princess crown, watch disney princess movies etc.

Our son turned 1 the past month and then within a week just picked up his walking ten fold. He is so cute, steadying himself with his little hands (he looks like he is trying to ride a motorbike while walking) and then will just flop back onto his butt and take off crawling. If you didn't know him a year ago you would never believe that he was born with club feet. I have come to appreciate so much the fact that it wasn't a serious disability or birth defect and that he now suffers no discomfort at all and I know he won't remember a thing. He is starting to identify words and people and one of his favorite might  be "don't touch" which sounds more like "don toh"!

Number #3 I am sorry most of the time gets forgotten and maybe that is why my morning sickness has gotten so bad of late, like terrible but when I think of little newborn onesies and babies that can't roll away from you and little newborn noises I get so excited. We should find out at the end of the month what we are having.