My How They Grow

Everytime I travel to O'ahu and I have time to stop in and see the mo'opuna (Ku included) they change. Ku decided he wanted to shave his head so, as he says, "I can look just like my daddy." And he said it like it was a good thing :-) and it is. Gotta enjoy those moments while they last because chances are...

And our little Lali-pop is growing by leaps and bounds. Now a full fledged four month old, she is getting a little chubs and has the giggles to go with it. Soon she will be eating rice cereal. Then crawling. Then walking. And running. And hopefully asking to go to Puna's house. And hopefully her mommy will let her as any good mommy would. Right?

Let's follow up that MASSIVE earthquake w/ some RAIN!

As if Sunday's event wasn't enough, it was followed up with a great lightning storm yesterday afternoon through this morning and lots of rain. rain. rain. This rain, apparently, was enough to give the earth that extra added nudge it needed to release itself. Quite a few mini landslides on my in to work but being that we were traveling at a high rate of speed (as high as Glen gets on the highway which is generally below the speedlimit) AND it was 4:30 am (we didnt have any electricity at home and since the road had a huge HOLE in it from the earthquake and a L O N G bypass was created that adds many more minutes to our already 60 minutes+ drive) the pictures do not quite tell the story...

Merry Maids, WHERE ARE YOU??????

Take a look at my mom's humble abode. You like? I learned two critical things while at my mom's trying to "pick up the pieces."

1. NEVER put your bed, head side, towards a book case, AND don't put glass bottles on the window ledge lengthwise of your bed lest you be knocked out left for you know what when an earthquake hits (but thank goodness my mom gets up with the worms every morning. She wasn't even at home at 7:07 am!)

2. I get my cookbook purchasing obsession from my mother. What was she saddest about? One of her bread cookbooks got destroyed in the kitchen when a bottle of some sort of 25 year old whiskey broke on it, along with flour (whisky bread, anyone?) and some other powdery substance. Bet THAT recipe wasn't in the book!

What's in YOUR bathroom cabinet?

And what do YOU have in your bathroom cabinet? I have an assortment of sweaters and sweatshirts that I am having a hard time parting with even though I haven't worn some things in there for over 15 years. I also have some lotions, feminine hygiene products, and lauhala products. Good news? Toilet stayed intact, unlike the toilet of my friend's parents...YUCK-O!

I SPY...

Thought this photo would make a great page in an "I SPY" book...
*I spy a bottle of Skye
*I spy five cans of Spam
*I spy an Ala Moana Hotel coffee cup someone borrowed :-)

Hulali, are you sleeping?

We were blessed to have Hulali with us for a brief 6 days and nights this past week. Here is what we learned:
*Hulali loves the outdoors. She can be screaming crying put me to sleep feed me change my diaper screaming but once you step outside it's all over. A miracle of sorts.

*Hulali sleeps during the day ONLY ON A LIVE HUMAN BEING. As evidenced by the pics. There was ONE time that she actually went in her crib and slept for an extended time during the day BUT ONLY ONCE! I REPEAT...ONLY ONCE. I had the magic touch. But apparently it was a one time magic touch thing. Each subsequent time was met with a scream only a mother could love.

*At night, once our Lali-pop falls asleep, you can change her clothes, put on a fresh diaper (complete with butt wipe with a cold cloth and A&D ointment), AND wave her arm to and fro because you're in such amazement that she isn't waking up, and SHE WILL NOT WAKE UP.

*She loves her tutu man:



And she loves, apparently, sleeping being held by her tutu man as is evidenced by the REAL smile on her sleeping face: