Milestones

MJ is off the training wheels, yay!! He feels such a big boy now that he told me not to pick him up from the bus stop anymore.




Naia's starting to eat solid food now that she's 6 moths old. At first she didn't like eating her cereal, she'd rather nibble on the pita bread. Then she started liking the rice cereal so I introduced carrots in her diet. Making sure that she gets to try her veggies first, I gave her sweet potatoes a couple of days ago. Our poor baby has been constipated since then. It so sad seeing her trying to squeeze one out but to no avail. So tomorrow it's gonna be apple sauce, hopefully that will help. As long as she's not trying to poop she's still as happy as can be. Here are some latest pictures of our baby at the start of Spring.











I've been learning a lot of fun stuff with Nyle. Thanks to Conn and Hal Iggulden's The Dangerous Book for Boys. I've made the world's best paper airplanes, boat and water bomb. I've also been transforming a lot of robots. Well this has been a milestone for me, I finally can transform a Transformer by myself from robot to vehicle and vice versa. Well they're the for 5-7 years, anything for 7 years and up I'm still trying to figure out. Here are some pictures of Tino boy in action:

Grand-Papa Ron was here!

Papa Ron save a bunch of money by switching to Geico :D, so he came to see us! Thank you, Geico!!

We haven't seen him since we left Hawaii


The boys enjoyed playing legos and hide and seek with Granpa

first time meeting baby Naia

We had great fun with Grandpa Ron and we look forward to him coming back.


Here are some new pictures I took of the boys and baby:













As you can see Naia is such a ham. Nyle loves his pictures taken but he can't keep still. MJ cooperates but tells me that he'd rather be behind the camera.

Spring is here, we're looking forward to soccer season and cherry blossoms.

Another Snow day

Excuse my lateness this was from a week ago but I only have time today to post. We had the biggest snow ever since we moved here. I had the opportunity to enjoy it with the boys since Mike still has to stay in the sidelines. We had so much fun. Even if we're looking forward for Spring we won't mind one more big snow.



Mommy with the kiddos


one, two, three.. Go!


This is so much fun, we didn't have this in the Philippines :)!


MJ and I were making snow angels, then Mike reminded us that a few feet away is where our neighbor's big dog dumps humongous poop.. ewww!


I tried to make a snowman only to disappoint my boys :(. Sorry kiddos, we don't make those where I come from.


Daddy and Naia our photographers


Here are some Naia pictures:

watching her brothers play in the backyard



pig tails.

Mike's foot

Three weeks ago after the surgery

The doctor said that playing Guitar Hero would make him heal faster


since daddy's been home, Naia enjoys taking short naps with him


She is now 5 mos old. She is starting to crawl and tries to sit on her own. She knows what she wants and makes sure that she's heard.


Since Mike's surgery Nyle has been helping me a lot. His favorite chore is sweeping the floor. He calls it his JOB.


MJ can tie his own shoes now. I don't know but for some reason this milestone made me all teary-eyed. I realize that he is growing up fast, no longer our little MJ.


No snow, so the boys found out that going down the hill on their trike is just as fun.

Look at that face!


MJ hates it when Nyle tries to race him and blocks his way when it's his turn to go down the hill


Just another picture of our baby. She loves her bumbo chair.

Mike went back to school last Tuesday. He has to walk with his "robot" shoes on plus his crutches. I have a list of things to do already when he returns back to normal. Here it goes:1)sleep 2)chill 3)sleep some more 4)really chill.....

Ohana Updates

Finally we got some "real"snow! Mike and the boys had tons of fun sledding in our backyard.








That night it rained so the next day the snow turned to ice. This is what Mike did first thing that morning.





then the boys went sledding on our icy backyard. Nyle has the face to prove how much fun he had.


He can't wait to go sledding again. He talks about it everyday.


As for our baby Naia, she rolls over now and loves doing it. In her 4th month check-up she weighed almost 15 lbs and 25" long.


Here are some pictures I took of the kids.
Feet> MJ's, Naia's and Nyle's





more stuff>
-Mike and I watched Twilight. I had to beg him to watch it with me. No surprise, I screamed and giggled like a Tweener. This entertained Mike more than the movie. He just thought that it's quite funny how LDS-ish was the vampire family.

-Mike will undergo a foot surgery this week. Basically the doctors are going to reset his left foot, scrape some bones and then put a screw. Mom Suzi will be here to help us for a few days. So don't be surprise if you see him on crutches, he will be using them for a few weeks.

I know my blog is all over the place but I'm doing this in top speed since Naia only takes short naps. I just wanted to include one of MJ's drawing this week. It's not his best but I just thought it was funny.
This is his drawing of the Hales. For those who doesn't know them. Shelly is not bald, she has long beautiful hair. Tyler and Logan don't wear lipsticks. I love how he tried to spell the words and their names too.

After the Holidays....

Welcome 2009!

I rediscovered my LOVE for Abba songs. That explains MY playlist. Mike got me "Mama Mia" on blu-ray and Abba's Greatest Hits for Christmas. I remember those Abba long-playing albums that we used to have when I was a little girl and how I loved to sing along and dance to their tunes.


This is 4 year old Naika. I'm dancing here with my uncle, Tatay Junior. Judging on our moves I would say it's "Super Trouper" blasting in the background from our old stereo.


Mike turned 34. Yay!!! and this is Mike 30 years ago


Isn't he sooooo cute?!


Mama went back home to the Philippines soooo... I'm back to doing laundry, the dishes and everything, FUN!! But hey check this out:


MJ is one great helper. He vacuums the floor and helps me with the laundry too. Note to Abby, Haley and all of MJ's girlfriends: I'm molding him to be a great husband someday, just like his dad ;)!


Here are some recent pix..






Sorry no pix of our Tino Boy because he is always on the move.