Hanging Out With the Boys!

Here's Dad packing Zack up for his first hike at 3 months old.
We went to Hawai'i Nature Center with Nana and Pop.


There was a cool bridge and little stream...which meant a lot of mosquitoes! Poor Mom...
This canopy is probably an invasive weed...but it looks cool in the picture.

Zack is so squished in the carrier, he has no choice but to suck it!
Here are the happy hikers!
Mom and I ran all the way back down since she was eaten alive by mosquitoes (with about 20 bites in an hour's time) and so she wanted to keep moving!
We tried to catch some fish near the lo'i (taro patch).
Zack has been smiling a lot lately, and Mom finally captured it on camera.
Zack loves his mobiles above his changing table. That's usually what gets him all smiley.
I love trying to make him smile.
He's so cute!
It's been cold in January and very rainy and stormy. Dad's wearing his fleece onesie he got for Christmas!
And here's my fleece onesie...I decided to show Mom my glowing tummy!
I picked up Zack to show her his fleece onesie. Too bad, Mom doesn't have a fleece onesie.
I love being a big brother!
I had fun playing with Mom's calendar she brought home from school (now that she is no longer in the classroom with her new full-time job as an ELL Resource Teacher for Honolulu District). I put all the cards in and then said, "WELCOME to my elementary school!".
Dad loves reading books to us every night before bed. I go to bed at 7:30 pm and Zack usually goes to bed around 8:30 pm. He sleeps 5 -7 hours each night!
I always touch his cheek and go "Ticko, ticko" (tickle, tickle)....It makes him laugh.
Here he is giving me a little smile.
And, just for that, I give him a big hug!
Zack loves the lion mobile above his changing table! He can see himself in the mirror too! So he gets all excited, starts kicking, and starts talking to it.

Knock, Knock

Knock, Knock.

Applehead.

Applehead, Who?

Applehead, Mr. Potato Head.

Ha! Ha! Ha!

That has been Chase's favorite joke for the past couple of months.

Yeah, we don't get it either (and it's getting a bit old)....but he won't let us teach him any new "Knock, Knock" jokes.

Happy New Year!

We had dinner at the Otakes' house earlier in the night, at their annual New Year's Eve party/Sky's birthday party (She turned 5.). Turns out, 2010 was a productive year. Apparently, each family was told to bring a new baby to the party this year. Here are the new babies that arrived in 2010: (From L to R) a 9 month old, a 1 month old, a 6 month old, two 3 month olds, and a 2 month old.


And, here is the view of the fireworks at midnight, from our lanai. This is the last year of the big bangs, since a new law goes into effect tomorrow regarding fireworks. Fireworks have always been a huge deal here in Hawai'i, especially the illegal aerials. But, this year, all fireworks could be set off from 9 pm to 1 am. Permits had to be purchased in order to use of possess aerial fireworks. We got home in time to see the craziness ("the war zone" as I call it) below our house. Because of the new law, this year was supposed to be a crazy one, so we closed up all the windows and put the kids' A/C's on so that the smoke wouldn't fill the house (which also seemed to help with the noise and all the kabooms that shook the house). Just take a look at the video.



We were blessed in 2010 with a healthy, sweet little baby Zack. It will be fun to see him and Chase grow in 2011. Here are some of Daddy and Mommy's new year resolutions:

* To be a better husband and father
* To be a better wife and mother (she copied Daddy)
* To go to Bikram yoga 2-3 times a week
* To keep my blog up-to-date