Guess who is two months old?

I can't believe Lily is already 2 months old.    She is a great baby.  She is calm, eats and sleeps well, and is smiling and starting to 'talk' which is so so cute.

 

I've been amazed at how nicely she has just slipped into our family without too much upheaval.  The kids love her and always want to try and make her smile.  One of our favorite games is hide-and-go-seek with Lily.  I go and hide Lily somewhere in the house and then the kids go find her.  They think it is hilarious!

She had her 2-month appointment today and she weighs 14 lbs & 2.5 oz.  and is 24.5 inches long.  She is off the chart in weight.  Her doctor said he can get away with calling her chubby for another 6 months and then he'll try and be more 'PC' about it.  I don't care, I LOVE how rolly-poly she is.  She just started big and is such a good eater.  She had 3 shots though and didn't really appreciate them, poor thing.

Happy 2-month birthday to my little Lilyana Kai!

Look who is starting to smile.....

Good Gifts

Here's a photo of my two favorite presents this year:

The one on the right arrived 4 weeks before Christmas and weighed a whoppin' 9 lbs and 14 ounces.  We took a while to name her but finally settled on Lilyana Kai Randall.  She is such a good baby and we already can't believe we were ever without her. 

As for the present on the left, I have wanted a Vitamix for quite some time and finally I got one!  I'm so excited to get to know and use it on a daily basis.  If anyone has advice or recipes to share, please pass it along!

Haircuts, etc.

This summer we finally broke down and cut Oliver's hair.  It happened while we were in Utah and I was a bit worried about how he would do.  Luckily, he seemed to be ok, he was nervous but he sat in the fun car and watched something.  I was also nervous cutting off his beautiful curls but thankfully his hair still had some curl.  

 

 

 

Fast forward 3-4 months and as you can see his hair was getting unruly again:

So I found a place here on Oahu and took him in.  The tears started even before we walked through the front door.  Then when it was his turn, he just wailed.  I put him in the little airplane and fastened the seat belt.  He struggled and strained against that thing the whole haircut while he cried-and NOT quietly.  We were 'those' people.  None too soon, the haircut was over and we got to leave.   It might be a while before we try that again!

 Now when people comment on his hair and ask him about his haircut.  He says "I cried and I screamed."  At least he owns up to his actions, right?


And just so people don't think I've only got one child, here's a photo of Penelope who has to put on her chef hat and apron every time she helps me make something in the kitchen.

This is Parker at the pumpkin patch.  He was in charge of babysitting Kohola, the pet whale for his preschool that weekend so we took him to the pumpkin patch with us!

And here are the kidlets in one of our favorite hangout spots........Target!  They LOVE all the Halloween stuff at the store.  And I love it because the cart has plenty of room for the kids and anything we might buy.

Some news

I've been kind of waiting for a picture to post to make our little announcement but since I'm always the the photographer, its never gonna happen.  So we are expecting baby #4, a little girl.  I'm due the last week of November so right around Thanksgiving.  We'll have lots to be grateful for this year!

The first half of pregnancy is not so pleasant for me to put it mildly so my kids have been doing too much of this:

Luckily I'm feeling much better now (just in time to gain lots of weight!) so we are more active and busy with life.

Penelope is enjoying the growth of my belly and thinks it really cool that I now have an 'outie' belly button.  She wants to name the baby 'Butterfly'  Parker and Oliver don't really notice/care that I am pregnant but when I asked Parker if he thought I was having a boy or a girl baby, he said it was going to be a fireman baby (he's really in to fireman and policeman!).  Both Oliver and Penelope thought the baby was a girl and when I had my level II ultrasound we found out they were right.  We are really excited to have another girl.  It evens us out (2 boys and 2 girls) and more importantly Penelope will have a sister.  I really wanted Penelope to have a sister and it looks as if that is going to happen!

First day of preschool (the 4-year old class)

Parker and Penelope started their 2nd year of preschool today.  It was so nice going back the school they had already been to.  They knew the drill and weren't afraid, frankly it was easier for me, knowing how the school works.  They were both excited to wear their new shoes, in fact Parker's first comment to his new teacher was "look at my new shoes!!"  Penelope was really excited about her new outfit.  Her pants were a little big so I had to pin them.  They knew a few of their classmates and seemed to enjoy their first day.  Parker was that kid who kept telling his new teacher that "that's not how Miss Sharon does it"  Hopefully he'll get over that soon!!  Here they are waiting to go in:

Man, I love this kid

 Even when I find him like this after going upstairs for only a couple minutes.