mo, pho, toes

so this guy is about 4 or 5 days old now and here's what i've learned about him: eat, nap, cry. i know that that's what babies do, but usually there's space/time between the three that a baby will just cruise. they're not hungry, but not tired enough to sleep so they'll just look around. not this guy. i think he's mastered the art of sleepcrying. he'll show us his eyeballs for about 45 seconds a day total. interesting. especially at bedtime when mommy and daddy wanna go nai-nai.

queasy? don't scroll down!

so we had another baby at home. 12 hours of labor - kammy was a champ! baby zack wouldn't be birthed without his right hand so it took a little long. but when he did, he slid out right into my arms. we had an awesome team... cathy leonardi the assistant, pastor/doula mari stewart, and midwife dr. lori kimata. what an experience!

before

after

ever seen a placenta?

baby zachary

bradas

male mail

i asked seth how old jed was...

look, no cavities!

cuzzin heejin

finally met up with cousin heejin. breakfast at likelike was actually our second get together... we had dinner at cpk before his wife angela left, but we were so involved in conversation and the excitement that we both forgot to take pictures! such a serendipitous story - the guy is the most coolestest, loving guy and will be moving to hawaii later this year, which is pretty awesome. what a crazy story.

state of the states

our country is making me sad...

i read a news article today that reported that "swindlers" were taking advantage of the people in the tornado damaged midwest. looting of homes, id theft, car theft etc. japanese workers head straight into chernobyl-like radiation in the wake of the tsunami devastation while in america, people rip off those who've just lost everything.

then i watched j lo perform her new song with pitbull on american idol. huh? they said i was #1 in like 18 countries. huh? the contrast in singing talent between her and the "idols" was whopping. i felt bad for her if that makes sense.

then we caught a show called repo games. very very sad.

happy boys day!

set up the mini boys day koi infront of our humble apartment (thanks shirokiya!). dad used to have he huge legit koi back in the day... hilo folks know how to celebrate! honoluluans, not so much.