Bouncing Balls

Mommy and baby are visiting family on Moloka'i and everyone just loves baby Na'u. They don't get to see her as much as they'd like so everyone takes their turn carrying her especially when she gets tired. Na'ulei never really falls asleep without a little fussing but Mama Dino found a new way to soothe her. Exercise balls aren't just for exercising any more.

She has fallen asleep, all stretched out, bouncing on this ball.

What's so funny?

Na'u is always smiling and cooing but laughing doesn't come as often (not yet anyways). Mommy was talking to her and while holding her arms and tickling her, she started cracking up. We're so happy that we captured the moment. Enjoy!

The many faces of Na'ulei

As Na'ulei grows, her character is starting to show. We love taking pictures of her as she expresses her different emotions and actions. Most pictures obviously show what she is doing. For example....

here, she is laughing.

here, she's about to cry

and here she is sleeping.

But we were able to capture a picture of her doing....well, you tell us. What do you think she was doing?

Growing into clothes...

Lohi watched a baby episode on the Martha Stewart show. They had this great idea to take a picture of your infant every month for a year in the same outfit. Of course, you would dress baby in a "big" outfit and watch as she filled it in as the months went on. They showed the end product of the 12 pictures nicely framed, and it was so cute. Lohi was determined to do it. Here it is...

Na'ulei at 1 WEEK

Na'ulei at 2 MONTHS

That idea went out the window. It obviously didn't work!! This is a 6-12 month old outfit and she already filled it in! She is growing so fast. We should've known better...look at her mommy and daddy. A 24 month outfit would have been better, huh?!

Na'ulei with Great-grandma

Na'ulei is getting so big. Her great-grandma Julia describes her as "a bag of rice" (the big 25 lbs bag that is). Last week, grandma Julia put her to sleep while watching her korean soap operas. She fussed a little bit as grandma said with a smile, "good girl. exercise your lungs. you going be one singer." We weren't sure if grandma was going to be around when we would have our kids. Grandma is now 87 and Na'ulei is her 21st great-grand child. It is so neat to watch them together.

Na'ulei's Baby Blessing

A smirk for the camera

It's been a long time since we've all been together

On December 30, 2007 Na'ulei was blessed by her daddy. Family from Moloka'i, Maui, Utah, and even Washington D.C. came out to see the special ocasion. Her daddy was SUPER nervous to give the blessing, but the spirit guided him...and it came out perfect.

Christmas on Moloka'i

This was Na'ulei's first christmas, and she celebrated it on the island of Moloka'i. Of course, she spent most of her time sleeping. When awake, she usually screamed from a gassy stomach.

Doing what she does best...sleeping!!!

Paintballing up in Kalae

"This is how I put all you kids to sleep"..... The tradition continues

Baby arrived!

At 1:30 am, November 26th, Na'ulei was born. She was delievered at Kapiolani Hospital weighing 7.8 ounces and 20.5 inches long. It was such a blessing to bring her into this world.

Maternity pictures

Taking maternity pictures was something on our "to do" list while pregnant. It was expensive, but the pics came out nice.

Our First Blog!!!

Wow, this is definately something new for us! I think this is a great way to keep our friends and family up to date. We would like to thank those of you who encouraged us to start this blog. Hopefully we update our pictures constantly. For now, enjoy what we've posted. We're still learning how to work the site. Thanks guys!