B-DAY!

He's finally here and we're so excited! We had our newest addition on Tues. Dec 1st at 1:47 pm.  He weighed 8 lbs 8 ounces and was 19 1/4 in.  We named him Sesi Latanoa 'i Honaunau.  Sesi (pronounced seh-see) is Jesse in tongan.  I wanted to name him after Jesse but didn't want to reuse his middle name, Brett, since it's leva's first name. I switched it up and used the tongan translation of Jesse instead. My dad gave him his middle name.  The way he explained it to me was that from the time we first moved to the island we've always lived in or around this part of town, which is Honaunau.  Theres something about it that made him never want to leave and he's grown to love it so much.  As he was talking it over with my mom she suggested that they give Sesi a name that would remind them of our time here and the love they have for this place.  Latanoa 'i Honaunau is the name he gave.  Latanoa, meaning to be drawn to or reluctant to leave.  Jesse and I have alot of memories that we've made here as well, getting married here is a big one.. not only does it remind me of my parents and childhood, but the beginning of our lives together.     It's really special to me.I'm excited to tell him the story and meaning of his name.  He's such a handsome little boy and we're so happy to have him in our lives! These pics are of Sesi right out of the hospital to a wk old. We checked out of the hospital EXACTLY 24 hrs after we checked in... but I'll save that story for another day..lol  The pic of me above is right before we checked in.  My D-day was originally the 4th but the doc gave the ok to be induced on the first.  Leva is always the gentle giant.  He LOVES babies and we can tell he's so happy to have another baby in the fam.  He loves to cuddle, give hugs and kisses..lay and fake sleep with the baby.  He's always excited to help when he can, especially with feedings and getting things I need for the baby.  I can tell he's going to be a good big bro.

Ke'alas just as excited to have another baby in the house, but that girl just cannot be trusted.  She will slap a baby in the face.. or anyone else for that matter.  It's all fun and games to her.  She can't get close to Sesi without being too rough, so thats why there are no pics of her with the baby.. yet. ;)  She has to be supervised at ALL times.

We've already had Sesi's 1st wk follow up appointment last wk.  He's 9lbs 5ounces and 22 inches.  He has his 2nd wk appointment on Wed. and I'm sure he's gained another pound or so. 

On a sunday afternoon..

Have you ever felt like you've been stuck indoors all day and you just needed to get out?  Well that's what our sunday afternoon was like today.  Leva had a low fever going on after sacrament so we came home and put him to bed, along with Ke'ala.  She's had a cough and small runny nose for the past 2 days so we wanted to try and nip it in the butt before it gets worse. But by the time the late afternoon came along we all were kind of restless. on a whim we decided to go for a drive down south towards Ocean View.   We threw the kids in the car as they were.. (thats why they're only in a shirt and diapers).  On the way there we saw buffalo, a zebra, donkey and a texas longhorn?- on the side of the road so we pulled over and let the kids out to see them. Leva got excited and started waving and saying hi to the "buk-a-lo-lo" = buffalo and "zepta"= zebra.  Ke'ala just had a death grip on jesse and kept breathing heavy.  She's such a drama queen! Needless to say it was a nice drive and it was even nicer to get out of the house and get some fresh air.  I love sunday's like these!

Turkey Day

On Thanksgiving morning Jesse and I decided to take the kids to the park. It was such a nice morning, I'm glad we took them. It's always nice to get out, as far along as I am in this pregnancy, I hate to admit that I've been really uncomfortable and haven't been feeling like doing much.The kids had fun, I wish that we'd all been able to go together with my whole family, but hey, someone had to stay home and cook right?.. lol.. It was really nice to go as a little family.  Seeing the kids interact more with each other is just so funny and you dont realize how fast time goes by.

We had a really good day, alot of good food to eat thanks to my sis Lusi.. I think I only made 2 sides and she basically did the rest of the meal.. mmm it was good.. oh ya.. can't leave ela out, she helped peel the potatoes for my mashed potatoes.. lol. and made a scrumptious dessert.

I wish I would've taken more pics of the family thru out the day but by the time we were done at the park my battery was dead so it spent the rest of the day on the charger. BOO!

It's times like these that I wish the whole shebang were together for the holidays.  Even though it's a hundred times louder and crazier and there are kids running around like theres no tomorrow.. when it's all gone, you miss it terribly... HOW IS THAT?.. lol

This is a picture of my dad taking the grandkids for a ride on the lawn mower around the house.  They love it, especially Leva.  The first thing he asks either at the beginning of the day or the last before he goes to bed is, " Go Grampa ride tactor?" This kid is definitely all about big trucks and cars.

I got bored one day and painted Ala's toe nails. For such a big girl, she's got tiny toe nails..

Trick or Treat!

This yr for halloween I wanted to make the kids costumes.. we were really busy and had a tight budget so i went for simplicity and it was actually fun to find and put it all together. The kids were crayola crayons, super simple and cheap. The only thing I couldn't find which they were out of pretty much on the whole island ( or at least our side ) was face paint. Ke'alas felt started to peel off at the beginning of the evening because she was all over the place crawling. It was the hardest to try and get a good picture of the two of them together, Leva was so distracted by all the kids.

We definitely couldve done a better job on it, but with the short amount of time we had i think we did ok. It was definitely fun to do together as a family and I'm looking forward to next year and what we can do then.
I'm glad we went for simple and cheap this yr because the kids were more into playing than anything else. They wore their hats for just this picture we took and pretty much got wet and wouldve ruined their costumes had it been anything more extravagent. Now I just have to make a mental note to myself for the future, easy comfy costumes for ages 1-3 or 4.. maybe until they're old enough to understand halloween and are actually into the costumes and candy. For now, I'm pretty much collecting candy for myself.. lol.

Happy September Birthdays!

We've had a few birthdays this month. My niece had a birthday on the 3rd, 2 of my sis had their bdays on the 8th and the 23rd and my nephew Longani thats here with us turned one yr old on the 24th of this month. Not to mention my brand new baby nephew, Lincoln, who will now add to the bdays in september. To celebrate Longani's bday Lusi wanted to go to the beach. Longani wasn't afraid of the sand this time around as you can see, but I think it's going to take a few more tries to get him used to the water. It was so cute to see him crawling around the beach with a huge smile on his face. We tried to get Leva to try out his boogie board but it was pretty rough out for the kids so he wasn't too into it. He was more into the girls that were playing in the sand, little flirt! He kept running back and forth in the middle of their group and finally plopped himself down and started playing with them. I don't know if its because he's used to being around me and my sisters all the time but the girls thought it was cute. Latu decided to try out leva's board and had a good time with it himself. We buried the kids in the sand.. after a little while Ala was the only one who was still enjoying herself. I took a picture of all the kids in the sand, some girl thought it was cute and wanted to take a pic next to them.. it had to be a tourist.. but she got in my pic.. it was kind of weird..
This is just a short video of Ke'ala and the way she is at the beach...

Birthday Love

We got some birthday love from Gigi and Papa. They sent a card for the kids birthdays, Leva's was in August and Ke'alas isn't for another 2wks, so we went out and got the kids some toys and clothes. The last time we were at the beach Leva kept trying to take someones boogie board and run off with it. I really wanted to get him one so we went to pick one out. Sure enough, as soon as he saw it he started to get crazy and would not let it go. He kept holding it right up to his face and wouldn't stop staring at it like he was afraid it was going to disappear. He dragged that thing around for the longest time when we got home. We haven't taken him to the beach since we got it but I'm looking forward to it. The little princess basically got clothes since she plays with all her brothers toys. She's wearing 18 mo clothes in this pic. I thought she'd have room to grow in them but I thought wrong. They fit her perfectly, the little heifer. I took them to the dr for a check up last wk and the little one's 22 pounds and Leva's 28 pounds. Besides a little runny nose they're in great shape.

Lincoln Friberg

This is a pic of the newest addition to my family. My sis Lusi had her son last wk thursday. They named him Lincoln.. I'm not sure about his middle name.. but I'm happy to report that he's a healthy, beautiful baby boy!

Pumpkin

The lighting sucks on this pic, but I couldn't stop cracking up at her new teeth. She looks so funny with just one of her front teeth and a side tooth. Jesse says I should just paint her face orange for halloween and make her go as a jack-o-lantern.
no matter what she does, whenever she's done doing it this girl crosses her feet after everything.
.. and of course more pics of her at the beach.. my little beach bum!

Kua Bay

I love that our kids love the beach. I'm surprised Ke'ala reacted this way because she usually shows no emotion. But everytime we go to the beach she starts kicking, smiling and babbles. It's the cutest!
After a few minutes of being in the water this girl knocks out. I don't know how she does it, even in the waves.. but i guess its nice to hold her and still be in the water knowing that she won't wake up.
Leva definitely loves the water. He's usually in from the moment we get there until we leave, which is a long time. These are just a few pics of Jesse, Leva and my nephew playing at the beach.
It's soo nice to let the kids out and enjoy the outdoors. I don't know if they even know whats going on or if they'll even remember it but it makes me happy to see them enjoy themselves and do things that they werent able to do in Vegas..

Bubbles

These are a few pics I took a wk or 2 after we got here. It's been a little crazy getting the kids used to the time change while trying to get used to it myself. I wish I were'nt so tired most of the time because the kids are getting to the stage where they're starting to play with each other. I love it, it only lasts a short while, usually until the little misses starts crying cause Leva gets over excited and starts to play rough because she's actually starting to respond to him. My little cousin had some bubbles the kids found and once I showed Leva how to blow in it he got excited and kept trying to do it himself. I let him go and watched him from the side and Ke'ala crawled over to him to see what he was doing. To my surprise he held the wand to her mouth and said "bow tita bow".. (blow sister blow) she of course tried to eat it, but I was just happy that they were content with that little thing for almost an hour.
Before we left florida Leva tripped and hit his head on the concrete. That white dot in the middle of his forehead is just the remainder of what was left of his injury.