Happy Happy Birthday, Keaka dear!

Keaka turned 3 years old in November!  Such a big girl already!  David and I were so excited to make her birthday super special this year-- last one as an only child! haha.

David woke up early to pick up breakfast and 30 balloons from Zurcher's, which we scattered in our bedroom (where Keaka slept the night before).  When she woke up, she was surprised to be surrounded by tons of balloons, breakfast in bed, and a present waiting for her to open!

Keaka also received a birthday phone call from Princess Jasmine, at it was definitely one of highlights of her birthday!   She told EVERYONE about it!

After breakfast, Keaka got dressed in her birthday tutu and high heels (haha), and David & I took her to Toys 'R Us to spend the $3 gift card she got in the mail from Geoffrey the Giraffe-- She even got a birthday balloon & birthday crown from the workers there!  Keaka bought herself a Lalaloopsy toy, and happily handed over her "credit card" to pay for it.  Once in the car, she realized she didn't/couldn't get her card back from the cashier, which upset her for a good portion of the afternoon, LOL.

 David left for work after Toys 'R Us, and Keaka and I went to "Papa's house" to hang out, til we went to dinner at Chuck E. Cheese (David was able to take a half-day at work, and met us there shortly after we arrived)!  Keaka had a BLAST playing and earning tickets!  She especially enjoyed the rollercoaster simulators & horse racing ride!

 Opening a few presents...

 

 New bed set

Curtains 

 She had so much fun that she didn't eat much of her pizza dinner, nor her chocolate birthday cake! She loved opening her presents, which consisted of a Tinkerbell bedroom set (matching sheets, comforter, and curtains), her own Princess microphone & amp set, a Princess Tiana Barbie doll, a dry-erase alphabet workbook, and Hungry Hungry Hippo game.

Keaka, November 14, 2008-- just a few minutes old 

...and now she's THREE!

We can't believe our baby is THREE YEARS OLD!  Man, how time flies!  Seems like yesterday, David and I were at the doctor's office, and he shocked us by saying I was "still pregnant" with this little miracle.

Happy, Happy Birthday, baby girl!

A few weeks left in 2011....

So there's a few weeks left in 2011... I figure I can try and squeeze in a few more posts before the year is over! hahah!

My pregnancy has been going well-- a few weeks into the second trimester, my nausea disappeared for the most part.  I've been feeling really good, and I hope it continues as long as possible as I'm getting into the third trimester, LOL.

My cravings have been pretty simple-- MEXICAN and CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.  There was a point a few weeks ago where I was baking chocolate chip cookies every other night, if not EVERY night (which might explain why our oven broke... hmm, that just occurred to me! Boo!  It's a good thing I married a man who is great at fixing things, haha!)...  and I can totally eat Mexican every, single day (I don't, but I totally could!  It's amazing and WEIRD that I've only gained 7 pounds so far, LOL).  Poor David has made numerous late night runs to Betos to satisfy my Mexican food cravings, buying things like carnitas tacos, carne asada tacos, or, my personal fave, carne asada fries!!  He's such a good husband, isn't he?! lol.

We had our big ultrasound about a little over a month ago, and we did NOT find out the gender!!  WOOHOO!!  Going all traditional with this one! haha.  This baby has been pretty stubborn, as we've had to get a few extra ultrasounds due to it's noncooperation (not that we're complaining!)--hiding it's feet from the ultrasound techs, then it's spine, then it's head... haha.  But all in all, baby is growing very, very well and is healthy.  I can tell this one already has a different personality than Keaka.  It'll be interesting to see how much they differ after it is born!

Keaka has been absolutely positive from the beginning that this baby is a girl.  She has no doubt whatsoever LOL.  David and I have been trying to explain to her this past week that there is a possibility that the baby might be a boy, which really upset her LOL.  But we explained that "even though it might be a boy, we will still love the baby," and she agreed.  The day after we told her that, I brought it up again, to reiterate-- I asked her, "Is the baby a girl or a boy?"  She replied, "It's a girl." I told her, "but it's okay if it's a boy, right?"  to which she responded, "BUT it's okay if it's a girl!!" LOL.  She is too much... 

Happy News!

Seriously?!  It's been OVER A YEAR since our last blog update?!?!  That's messed up!  I guess nothing has been that exciting or "blog-worthy" maybe?  Oh goodness. I need to get on the ball.

I suppose I should make this a really good come-back post then, right?!  Well... you're in luck!  Because....


David and I are EXCITED to announce that we are expecting our second baby March 20th! 

Ultrasound picture, 12 weeks

Woohoo! :) That makes me a little over 12 weeks along.  I'm not really craving anything in particular yet, except for Hawaiian food (specifically laulau, lomi salmon, & poke) and sushi (We did go to Sushi Ya a few weekends ago, and best believe I ate any sushi that had crab and shrimp!)... Just wish I could eat the fish RAW, so I could satisfy my lomi salmon and poke cravings!  But it's all good... Baby is worth it. :)  I've been feeling ridiculously more sick this pregnancy than with my last, to the point where I've had to cancel hula a few times because of it.  It's been a little better this past week, and I'm really hoping I don't have to deal with morning sickness too much the next 6 months!  I must say, I'm loving the pills from my doctor for the nausea, though! They work like magic! haha!

Keaka has been amazing, and very understanding so far.  She is so excited and already protective of "her baby," making sure everyone steers clear of Mommy's stomach!  With the exception of slipping once in Nursery a few Sundays ago and blurting out "My mommy's having a baby!" (hahahah!!), she has done a fantastic job at keeping the baby a secret for the past few months. She can't wait to be a big sister!

I can't begin to describe how excited I am for this baby to arrive-- David and I cannot wait!  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that with all the birthdays and holidays coming up (starting in October), this pregnancy should fly by.  Let's just hope it really goes that way, haha!