Kai Kai happenings and Mama at 32 weeks

This is Oceanbaby at 32 weeks. 

I've been feeling alright. Kickboxer started training at his new job last week, so he is now gone all during the week and comes home on Fridays for the weekend. This last week was doable but when I think about the next 4 months being like this, I admit it's hard on me. Especially my heart. And especially as I get closer and closer to our baby's due date it feels more real that even after the baby arrives Kickboxer will still have two months of training. He will only be able to be home with us for about a week. Makes us sad just thinking about it.  But we'll take it a week at a time and everything will work out. This is a really good thing for our family and we're very blessed to have this opportunity. 

On to happier events. Lilybuggie went to the dentist for the first time and she did amazing! I was so proud of her! This is a big thing for me because I'm terrified of the dentist and I'm probably the worst patient to deal with. Lily was so excited to go and had so much fun with it. And no sugar buggies(that's cavities in our language)!!! 

Kai started her swim classes this Saturday and we already know she's a mermaid like mama so she loved it! It was really hard to get good pictures because for some lame reason they have the parents wait outside the pool room on the other side of the glass. This is the best one I could get. Bubba will start in a couple weeks. Kai doesn't start hula until September but she super pumped about that coming up too. Oh, I wish summer would never end.

 Blowing out the candles on her actual birthday.

Showing off her muscles and her birthday mermaid dress.

Mimi and Papa celebrating Lily's 4th birthday with us.

Opening gifts.

Papa putting her birthday necklace on. So cute.

Mermaid birthday cake!

Wow, our baby girl is 4 years old. I know we say this all the time but gosh does time go fast. I'm starting a tradition for my little ones. Each time they have a birthday I write a letter to them. I started with Lily's birthday this year. When they get old enough and move out of the house I'll give them all of their letters.We feel so blessed to have Kai Lily as our daughter. I couldn't imagine any other baby girl being more perfect than her. She makes me feel so loved and I couldn't think of a better gift than that.

The beginning of Summer

It's starting to feel a lot like Summer around here with the temps getting around 105 so we've been taking advantage of our hot weather with some water time. Our little Danny is a little water baby just like our others. He could not stop laughing or smiling while he was in the water.

Lily working on her floating.

Brandon got new goggles and spent his whole time in the pool trying them out.

We took a drive to Wrightwood last Saturday to do some family hiking. It was such a beautiful day. Driving through town I almost felt like I was in Mammoth for a second. Nothing is better than getting outdoors and taking in that fresh mountain air. 

If you look closely at the right rim of Bubba's hat you can see a butterfly.

Lily giving her sissy some love. We can count this as my 30 week photo too.

We saw some pretty cool wildlife out there. Lots of lizards, butterflys and a beautiful deer.

My little outdoors girl. The whole hike she kept saying "I love this place." And when we left she cried and said she wanted to go back to the mountains. Just like mama.

Mud fights and worms

One of the ways that we pass the time 'round here is to get down and dirty with the good ol' outdoors, right in our backyard. We've been having some good mud fights lately. Unfortunatley, I didn't get good pictures because I was too preoccupied with the art of fighting with the mud.

This was the start of the mud fight.

Here they are trying to peg me with mud as I'm taking photos.

Getting rinsed off and playing with water.

Our kids haven't had a lot of opportunties to find worms but one morning we came home from the gym to find a couple of worms hanging out in the front yard. What's funny is Bubba and Lily had no interest holding them and acted kinda of intimidated by them. So I said " I bet Danny will hold one." And sure enough he did.  I love that boy. Anyway, that gave them more than enough motivation. 

Daddy putting together the swing set with Bubbs.

                                                    The babies enjoying their new swing set.

Look at my lil island boy playing outside barefoot. I love it!

On Mother's Day with my gifts from heaven. This is what I live for...my sweet babies.

26 weeks

Tomorrow I'll be 26 weeks. Another week and I'll be in my third trimester. Yikes! This is going fast! Feeling good and enjoying my beautiful belly!

I've been making my favorite green juice a lot more lately. Kale, ginger, cucumber, celery, lemon and green apple. Yum. Lily loves it and always wants a cup of her own when I make it. Brandon is another story. He drinks it but has this reaction with every sip.

Placerita Canyon Park

It seems like I'm constantly begging to use our Saturdays to go to the beach or the mountains but last Saturday I got my wish. Kickboxer would love to take me everyday if we had the means to. We took a short drive to Placerita Canyon Park and had a great time going on a family hike. I had a trail in mind that I've been wanting to do that would have been a 6+ mile trek but Kickboxer talked me out of it because we had all three babies and we also weren't too sure if the new sunscreen we got was working well on the kiddos. Regardless, it was a rad day! The trail traverses the creek bed at several spots but unfortunately we didn't get enough rainfall this year and it was dried up. Still a beautiful hike though. I gotta say the best part of our hike was the two beautiful horses that came up behind us. We moved out of their way and sat on a bench so we could take in their beauty. The owner was so friendly and allowed us to pet them and say hello. Their names were Rocky and Willow. They were so sweet! Bubba immediately became buds with Rocky. Before our hike we went to the live animal presentation they held in the Nature Center. We got to see a lot of beautiful animals. One was a barn owl and she was quite special because unlike most owls she kept hinging back her head so she was looking upside down. After our hike we made a stop one of my favorite markets, Whole Foods. My only disappointment was that they didn't have my favorite coconuts ready to go with a straw :( Maybe next time. We did get to have some crazy good lunch and I found one of my favorite desserts on earth. Coconut and mango sorbet!!! I only wish I got enough to stock my freezer with but again till next time. Dan Dan seemed to love it too after the initial shock.

This next video is Kai and Bubba's hiking happy dance.

Daddy's Birthday

My love is another year older and I don't know how he does it, but he each year that passes he gets even more handsome. Kickboxer's good buddy Weldon and his girlfriend Helen came up for his birthday and we all went out for dinner at Gino's. Lilybug gave her first talk in Primary and she did so good! The Primary presidency is constantly telling me how much of a joy she is to have in Primary. And she gets so upset if we can't make it to church. It's easy to see why. She has a group of wonderful leaders in Primary. I love that she loves Primary! Overall, I think Daddy had a good birthday this year. I know that all he really cares about at the end of the day is these little keikis.