HAPPY BIRTHDAY NASH!!

I wanted to give a birthday shout out to my nephew Nash today! He turned 3 today (march 31st...I know my blog is still set to Italian time so a day ahead) Thispic was taken on his first trip to Hawaii on the Big Island where he dined on sand and played with my cats' toys. That doesn't seem like it was that long ago and now he is 3 and talking up a storm. We love you TONS Nash and think the world of you. Hope you had a great birthday!

Finally...

What up what up!! We're back! Yes it has been forever and I have been so busy having fun at the beach with my awesome kids. I have really been wanting to blog but I am too tired by the time I am kid free at night. But things have been great here. Troy is 4 months old today!

He is so much fun to be around. Always smiling...always. Such a happy little guy. He is happiest on his tummy and I always find him rolled onto his belly propped up on his elbows looking around when I get him from a nap or in the a.m. He is doing well but getting very hungry I must say. I have had to supplement him with a bottle b/c I am just not filling him up anymore. Today he started screaming an hour after he nursed b/c he was starving!! He has never done that before and I think he is just a hungry little boy. Just a month ago he was only nursing every 4 hours. Last week I wasn't sure if I was going to keep nursing b/c he seemed to not be enjoying but now I am just going with the flow cause he was doing ok...but he sleeps great at night...wakes at about 4 or 5 then goes right back to sleep. Nice Troy!

His eyes are still blue and I am waiting for them to change! When we are outside the color looks ao beautiful. I am intrigued by them...just stare at them. I need to take some shots outside.

Big plane! Big plane! Melia has this game where we hide when we see a big plane just for fun. Also she has a pretend big meow meow that usually hangs out on our garage rooftop and we have to hide when he is near too. The other day he even followed us to the beach! So Melia was going through this phase where anytime she fell or stubbed a toe she would cry and get all dramatic so I started to just say she had a Big Boom so now when she takes a tumble she will look up and say "Big Boom!" even if noone is around..

Melia came to us one night and said she had to poo poo. So we put her on the toilet and she actually went poo poo! We would ask her if she was all done and she would do the sign for "more" and say More poo poo. So cute. So when she was all done it was time to get off and she was so sad!! She started crying "My more poo poo" over and over. So the hard part about potty training which I am not really doing right now is to get her off the toilet...not on!

My happy little man

Yep...you know what came next...off came the diaper. Don't you like all her bowls filled with water?

Troy's fav position to be in. Yeah so we have been going to the beach a lot lately. Troy is great at the beach. When he gets tired he just rolls over on his side on the towel and goes to sleep. I have been going with my friend so we take turns with Melia in the water and Troy on the grass in the shade. Such good beach babies I have.

I lvoe this...looks like Melia has pink lip gloss on.

Another thing Melia is way into is putting on tons of clothes especially pajamas. She even has her swim coverup on in this one. When I was little I had to wear the same tights and leotards every single day under my regular clothes so I know where she gets it from! We have done some fun stuff and I have had some great laughs and I can't remember anything right now ha ha I will post some beach pics soon...I hope!! Oh Happy Birthday to my awesome bro in law Mike who is...older than he was yesterday! Love ya!

Yummy fingers..

It is Thursday morning and I am home while Dan took Melia to gymnastics. I am kinda bummed I couldn't take her but while I was out on my run Troy wasn't put down for a nap so I had to so couldn't get ready in time. But Melia will have fun with Daddy for sure. So this past week was so fun. I don't have nay pics right now of Nana and Granddad's visit but hopefully they will email me some. Troy had a beautiful blessing and looked so adorable in his little blessing outfit. Melia is still Granddad's little girl! She loves him!! So this post is just pics of my sweet boy. He has started to suck on his fingers and/or thumb. I think it is so adorable.

Playing peek a boo with Mommy! I love this picture!! I had been putting him down for his naps in his swing that was in his room but last week he started rolling over from his back to tummy so after going in there and finding him almost flipped out of his swing I started putting him in his crib. He now sleeps in his crib for naps and at night. He had been in our room in his bassinet. I think he actually sleeps better in his room now since he doesn't have to listen to Dan snoring!

He is so squirmy now...rolling back to front and front to back. Sometimes when I am nursing him he just starts rolling over and I have to flip him back. He is taking after his sister and that is kinda scary! ha ha

Lynne brought a picture of Dan at 4 months and it looks just like Troy!! I will have to post it next to a pic of Troy b/c it is crazy how identical they look except Dan was a little meatier I think. I am pretty behind on blogging so hopefully this week end I can put some more pictures I have up. Oh Melia got a new bed for her birthday from Nana and Granddad...thank you! She LOVES it. She gets on it and says "My big bed!" The first night she had it I think it might have overwhelmed her as she didn't want to be in there alone so Granddad went in and cuddled with her. We were all watching on the video monitor and it was pretty funny. Melia at one point propped her legs up on his stomach and out her hands behind her head. Dan had to finally go in and tell Granddad to leave b/c we could tell she was too excited to fall asleep with him in there! It was cute. Oh how could I forget this?? Target opened here yesterday!! The 1st Target on the island and it is only about 10 minutes from my house!! We were so there yesterday and it was pretty packed but I am so happy it is finally here! Well off to take a shower while Troy is still napping...

Happy Birthday!!

Love this picture! Ok..once again I posted all out of order. I don't know what my deal is but I posted a bunch of pictures so be sure to scroll and scroll down to see them all...these are all of Melia's 2nd birthday

Having fun with some cake

Blowing out her candles...

She was using her new Thomas fork but then decided her hands would get the cake in hermouth faster!

Presents..

We got Melia a Cinderella tea set. She loves to pretend to feed me and make drinks for me so I thought it was time for her to have one. She was bringing a cup of tea to me..

Nash and Aunt Kiki sent Melia some cool trains!! She LOVES them! She got a thomas spoon and fork and a few trains and Madagascar 2...which she also loves.

Thanks Nash!!! I LOVE my toothbrush!

She was so happy...she kept saying "Thank you Kiki thank you Na!"

Melia coming downstairs after her nap seeing all the balloons and her presents..

I think the balloons were the best part for her. She loves to pop them and say "Oh pop!" I hate when balloons pop!! It always makes me jump!

Opening some gifts...

Oh can't forget about the pinata I got!! That's right!

Birthday!!

This past Tuesday was Melia's 2nd birthday. I still can't believe she is 2. We decided to just do something low key so we decorated the house while she was napping and set all of her presents out. That morning I took her to gymnastics and she had so much fun. Her coaches sang happy birthday to her and she would tell them "I two!" Melia is such an amazing little girl. She is strong in so many ways...strong minded and willed and she is a pretty strong little thing too!! I think the absolute world of her and she is so sweet. I hope your birthday was a special one Melia!! Mommy loves you so much! Thanks for the cookie cake Nana and Granddad!!

Happenings...

This past week was pretty good. Melia took 2 4 hour naps and I am so happy about that!! I wish she would do that everyday. I walked in her room after her nap and I found her like this. She had started her nap fully dressed and with a diaper. She is always trying to be so helpful. She will say "Pee pee mine" or "poo poo mine" when she goes. It is so cute b/c she dose that with her booboos. "boo boo mine" instead of the other way around. Anyway...there was only one morning I walked in and I heard Poo poo mine and the diaper was off and she had tried wiping herself with her bath towel. Not fun for me.

Melia loves to make Troy smile. She will say "I show Baby!" and then do something funny for him. She was putting on a headband in this pic and wanted to show T, as she calls him, how cool it looked. He obviously was getting a kick out of her!

Getting ready to do a workout...

My sweetness!! He is doing awesome I must say. He slept from 8:30 pm last night to 6:15 this morning. I have been swaddling him at night still but I think that will end as he gets out of it and seems frustrated when the blanket gets up around his face. He loves to roll from his belly to back and is almost rolling the other way. He rolls from his back to his side and then just gets kinda stuck. Oh the bow and dragonfly are there on the swing purely for Troy's entertainment and he loves to talk to them.

I got caught!! One thing she does if she gets caught doing something like pulling all her wipes out she will say I show GaGa (yes Dan is still gaga but sometimes she will call him daddy) and she will run and show him. She thinks she is fooling me so she won't get in trouble or I won't take them away. Silly thing

Loving his dragonfly..

This was last Sunday before church...he needed a little snooze.

My cool double stroller. Luckily Melia loves it. She was not liking being in her stroller for awhile but she loves this one and so does Troy. Troy has his 3 month checkup this Fri and Melia has her 2 year checkup..not sure why I made it at the same time. But I am so excited for Melia's 2nd birthday this Tuesday!!! We went to Toys R Us last night and picked up a few cool things for her. Nana and Granddad come in at the end of the week so we will be excited to see them. Granddad is blessing Troy next Sunday so that will be a special day. Hope everyone has had a good weekend!

LOOK!!

Ok hi everyone! I want you all to check out my sis's blog...Karyn Mike and Nash. She posted a ton of awesome pics of their trip here. I tried but all the pics turned out like postage stamps so you couldn't even see them! You can leave comments here or better yet leave them on her blog. She LOVES comments! But after you think you have seen them all there is a break with a Valentine's Day post then some more. Seriously there are some cute ones of the kids. I still have a bunch from my mom but not having any luck with saving them as a folder as there are 252 of them so we'll see when I can get those up. Anyway hope all is great with everybody. I will post other pics later this week...I hope!

Little update...

Ok well I have no pics of my last week with my family but I will post them when Karyn and Mom send me some. But I thought I would post some while I am waiting for those. But I will say that I had the best time with everyone. I loved watching Nash and Melia play together. They were so awesome together!!! I really miss my sweet Nash, too. And Melia misses her Kiki, Mike and Grandma too! So will write all about the trip when I post the pics...but here is my Troy...happiest little baby!! When he isn't sleeping or eating he is smiling and cooing!

Melia had a boo boo on her mouth...no not really but she LOVES band aids. She loves them all over her and all over her stuffed animals, too. We got a lock for the outside of her door and it has done wonders! Seriously the night she first had it on she slept all night and never tried to get out. She naps again and goes right down at night. Thank goodness for that lock.

Getting ready for her first luau...she is saying sentences now, too. She ran in the house and told me "I saw big meow meow." She is saying Thank you and Sorry...she is just saying more words everyday.

I can't believe he is almost 3 months old and Melia is going to be 2 in a few weeks!!

So happy playing with Daddy!!