Saku's First Kiss

Saku was lucky to be one of many babies born last year around the late spring and summer time. One of these beautiful babies was Lyla Rose. She was born about two months before Saku. She has become Saku's special friend and won a special spot in Troy and my heart.

Both of these kids are spunky and full of life. They were not the ideal sleepers, so it was wonderful to know that Camry understood the small victories and defeats of sleeping or not sleeping.

These pictures are from February when Camry watched Saku while I had to work during the day. I'm not sure what we would have done without her willingness to watch Saku and take such a good care of him. I never felt like she was baby sitting for me. I felt like she was genuinely taking care of Saku the way she takes care of Lyla, which was so comforting, because she is a loving and fun mom.

Saku planted a nice big kiss on Lyla's mouth two weeks ago. I asked him if he would give Lyla a kiss and the boy quickly ran over to her and gave a nice big sloppy kiss. Don't worry, I will not be encouraging kissing girls for too long, but right now it is just way too cute not to encourage!

And the best part about this friendship is the fact that Camry and my next babies will be 20 days apart (according to due dates), so we get to experience the wild ride of having two kids together.

Little Moments and Things that Make Happiness Happen

The last few weeks have been very good. I feel like I am back to living my life and enjoying it. For few months, I was just enduring it and that's not a way to live.

The nausea is gone. I am still tired, but not to the extent that I was when I worked three nights. I have been getting 9 hours of sleep on most nights when I'm at home. I use Saku as my alarm clock and this morning I woke up at 9 am!! And Saku hadn't even cried yet...we missed our movers-n-shakers class, but I dare to say that it was worth it.

We spent five days in San Diego and loved it. It was a much needed break to get away from the heat.

Saku had no fear when it came to the ocean. We would run towards the waves and try to chase seagulls that chilled on the beach.

One of Troy's best friends and his wife drove down from Huntington Beach to spend a day with us. Troy is a social guy, but usually my company is enough for him. However, I could just tell how much he loved spending a day with Matt. They did little surfing, talked boy stuff and enjoyed time with their wives and sons.

Happiness.

My cute boys chilling on a surf board.

Saku and Westin getting a bath to wash off all the sand that they had collected from the beach.

This is from 4th of July Weekend.It was my first Saturday off for months and we got to go and swim at Brian and Alia's. It felt magical to just relax and hang out on a Saturday. Yes, simple joys of life. Saku and Cameron were captured by Baby Einstein's magic for a while.

Since the nausea is gone, I've started to cook again. This will sound so 50s homemaker-ish, but I love the fact that after Monday and Tuesday's dinner, Troy said "this was amazing". I love doing new recipes that turn out delicious. There is a degree of satisfaction to know that your cooking is delicious.

I still have not figured out how to keep my house clean all the time. On Monday, I cleaned it and it looked so good and last night, I felt like a bomb had gone off. Anyone else have this issue?Fortunately, it's not a big enough issue for me and I'm not losing sleep because of it:) But I would like to have a clean house 99% of the time.

Also I have worked out few times this week and it has made me feel so much better. It is kind of difficult to get motivated to exercise when you know you will just get bigger as the pregnancy goes on, but at least, it should be easier for me to bounce back once this baby is here.

Lastly, few people have made comments about the fact that our kids will be so close together. "Are you sure that you are ready for that?" or "Are you sure you can handle it?" Of course, I'm not sure, but it's little late for that now and I would never make a comment to someone who decided to space their kids far apart. I'm not offended by the comments or mad, just amused that people just have to give their opinions about things. I believe I can a good mom even if it will require more work than if we waited another year.

Anyways, what have you been up to last few weeks?