New Pics

Last week when Inoke came back from San Diego he brought with him the cutest little outfit from Christine. I was itching all week to try and get Nadia in it for some photos. I had this grand epiphany that we would take her down by the beach and she would smile and laugh and have this awesome backdrop. Well Nadia is a mama's girl at heart; as I found out she really hates getting sand everywhere. I tried and tried to get some beach shots but she really wasn't having it; so defeated by my four month old, I settled for some rather cute shots outside on the grass in the yard. Maybe when she gets a little older she will like to frolic in the sand... Don't you just love those matching shoes and hair band?!!? Ahh. So a big thank you very much to Christine for the adorable outfit. I really LOVE it! Oh and those pictures where she is "blowing bubbles" that is her new favorite thing. This past week she can't get enough of making flubber noises and drooling down her chin. I had to capture the new skills for posterity sake.

Nadia's 4 month photos

Teething 101

Nadia turned four months this past Sunday. I can't believe how fast time is going. She keeps getting bigger and bigger; and her personality is just shining through. She makes us laugh everyday with her big smiles and babbling. She is eating and sleeping amazingly well and I feel so totally lucky to have such an "easy" baby (well that is what everyone keeps telling me). Then this week out of nowhere she changed. All of a sudden she is drooling all over everything and biting down on anything she can get her hands on (including her hands) and then out of the blue she started screaming. My little happy angel screamed her head off. I was wracking my brain what could be wrong. No the diaper is fresh, no she just ate plenty, no the passy is not doing it... oh wait *ding* the light went on all I had to do was rub her little gums and boom instant solution. Ohhh she is TEETHING. I know it is not rocket science and I should totally be able to figure out how to fix it. So we got some Infant Oragel and she seems to calm down with that. If any of you Super Moms out there have any tricks of the trade concerning teething I am all ears. Other than that here are the top two pics of the week and a little slide show of Baby Girl.

4 months old...

Valentine's Schmalentines...

OK so I don't really "do" Valentine's Day. As I have mentioned in the past; I don't really "do" any holidays. Valentine's is just a bunch of bad memories of the many years of watching everyone else get flowers and candy and fancy jewelry, while I focused on what I didn't receive. However, since I now have a little girl to think of I am working diligently on getting more festive with holidays. So in an attempt to participate in Valentine's festivities, I made a little card this year.

My sister posted on her blog a Valentine's Day or Single Awareness Day Challenge and as a supportive sister I am posting on my blog the challenge.

Here it goes:

You are supposed to make a post on your blog about Valentine's Day and instead of getting gifts you are supposed to give gifts. So the first three people who comment on the blog post and participate will receive something in the mail from me. I don't "do" crafts either... so I will send you something cool from the swap meet or some hawaiian snacks if you want. I know you are drooling with anticipation of the li hing mui mango slices right about now.

If I got it right, all you have to do is post on your blog something about Valentine's Day and then comment on mine about what you posted. Then you send 3 gifts out too. So I will not be offended if nobody comments, I know there are only about half dozen people who actually read my babbling anyways. :)

Same Old Same Old...

Nothing much new or exciting happening over here in the past week. Inoke is getting ready for his trip up to San Diego to watch the Rugby Sevens Tournament. He flys out on Thursday. Last year I went along with him and ended up tagging along with Monica and her family all weekend or hanging out at the hotel while Inoke went to the games. I had initially planned on going to some of the matches with him... but you know how it goes wives are a "hassle" at big manly rugby tournaments. So this year I decided to just hang out with Nadia at home for the weekend and leave the rugby to Inoke. Next year however, I have a plan. I think all the wives should come too and we can all get together with the kids and go to Sea World or hang out at the hotel, etc. So any of you wives who want to plan for next year... its on.

Other than that, here are my top three favorite pics of the little lady from this past week:

How many licks does it take 'til you get to the center?

Here is her "princess" dress from Aunty Annie. (That is what all the ladies at church kept calling it.


And this last one is my favorite. I just love how the shadows turned out in the morning sun...

Starting Early...

As I have metioned before, Inoke stays home with Nadia on Wednesday and Thursday. He has become quite the skilled babysitter these past few weeks. The other day I came home for lunch break and found him on the ground reading Nadia her favorite books. Nothing funny about that; except instead of the normal "Goodnight Moon" it was the Fijian version. He was translating the story into Fijian and I couldn't stop laughing. It just sounds so funny to hear the story in Fijian. Don't get me wrong I am really glad that he works very hard to speak only Fijian to her so she can learn both English and Fijian; it was just a funny sight.

Another of his favorite activities is Skype. Well if you can call Skype an activity. Can I just say that I love Skype?!?! It saves me so much money on $5 phone cards and you get to actually see the people! It is the best. You know it is Inoke's day off because the first thing he wants to do when Nadia wakes up in the morning (even before her bath, bottle, diaper change, etc.) is get on the laptop with her and talk to family. It is really cute watching her sit there and smile at Nei Talei on the other side of the world in England. Inoke loves to show off Nadia and Nadia loves to smile and babble on at the screen. It is pretty dang funny.

I got a couple pictures the other day: