boys and their toys...

apple, cars and trucks.

i love my trucks, ah-goo!

day out with uncle perry

thank you for visiting!

what's inception, ah-goo?

snack while waiting with mama

see my big cheeks?

late night play time

not that late, but a bit passed his bedtime. well worth it, though. he had a lot of fun showing and sharing his toys.

disappearing food

wanna see a trick?

see my breakfast?

it goes in my mouth...

and now it's gone!

"yogurt, yogurt!"

we went to pick up some yogurt and he saw the yogurt drink. he pointed at it and said, "yogurt". he loves that yogurt from drinking it in the toddler room at HOPE. ha, ha, he recognized the packaging, how funny! baba was nice enough to buy him a package. the next morning, he was asking for it already.

too many toys!

balancing trucks

i can reach it!

playing guitar is fun

"open, open..."

how does it look?

you put it on, mama

first meal in a booster seat!

you're pretty...

hold my hand?

whatcha doin'? can i see?

thanks, i'll go back to studying the menu.

too much food & excitement at church today!

i've been sick the last two sundays, so it was really nice to be back at HOPE. we thought we were a few minutes late, but we found out that we were 45 minutes late! why didn't anyone tell us that church was at 10:00 am today instead of 10:30?! yikes. well we were told that nj was helpful in the toddler room, helping to put everything away. ha, ha, yes, that's my boy! he got to see some old faces and friends... uncle jeff, uncle tom, auntie rae, judah, emiah, gideon, auntie katiana, gabby... he also ate quite a bit from the snack table too. must've been hungry like mama was. talking and catching up with everyone, i ended up crying a lot. once i started, i couldn't stop! it was one thing after another. haven't cried that much since last week in the hospital as an emotional wreck. funny how life happens and how God works. so much reality and raw emotions happening all at the same time.

Christmas breakfast

I made some french toast with hawaiian bread and some fresh blueberries. yum. it was nice to wake up, make breakfast, and eat together. Nj had the serious giggles going on. he giggled his way through breakfast. he had us laughing and then he'd laugh harder. silly boy. :)

wooooaw, trucks!

thank you, uncle perry and auntie karen! i played with them all day long!

after breakfast, we let nj open some gifts before we had to leave.

lunch at great-grandma's

i saw my ah-ma and gong-gong and lots of my other aunties and uncles!

guitar!

we had a nice, quiet, and relaxed dinner with nj's guh-guh and parents. then we let him open a couple more gifts. we also watched a Christmas veggie tales dvd. what a special Christmas that we could spend it with family and friends! we're so blessed. :)

for me?

thomas the train bubble blower. he blew a few bubbles out with a big smile! and says, "bubble".

what's in the bear's pouch? he says, "money".

he helped himself to a snack pack of dried pears while baba sweat to some x-box kinects!

he loved the doggies, especially cous-cous with his santa outfit on! so cute. nj liked his licking and would open his mouth sometimes! eeew. we had to keep wiping his mouth, but he does that with dot-dot too, so nothing new.

thank you, aunite janell for all the goodies for our nj, he's so loved!

thank you, auntie ellen!!

nj loves these snacks. as i start to put it away, he starts getting teary eyed and whining! really? just for putting them away? clearly he thought he was having more than one, but he thought wrong! i had to tell him not to cry, he's eating one already and he could have another one later. he even let dot take a bite out of it and then put it back in his mouth, yuck. i tried to grab it, but it was too late. ugh. might as well let him finish eating it.

good morning?

what's this strange light? (it's the sun, finally!)

banana! not for you, dot-dot, sorry.

no crying! you can't go outside, it's still wet out. you could slip and fall!