The 2nd day of Second Grade

Today is the 2nd day of Second Grade for my Gordon boy. All I can say is WOW, has he grown up fast.

It really doesn't seem that long ago to me that he looked like this and and was my baby boy.

He still loves school! Yeah! I'm crossing my fingers and praying he continues to love school in the years to come. He has one of his favorite friends in his class and is enjoying taking a lunch to school in his Transformer lunch box. Last year I was pregnant so we did school lunch. He really wanted a lunch box and really wanted to bring lunch from home so I promised him we would do it more this year. He's an old pro at riding the bus and is excited to help his sister get to her class each day when she starts Kindergarten next week!

Well it only took us about 3 months but we finally got our sweet baby girl blessed. And it was worth the wait because both sets of grandparents were able to be there (Keni's parents from Samoa and mine from AZ) for the happy occasion. Another special thing about Kalia's blessing is that she was blessed at the same time as her cousin Mataio, who also shares her birthday. Lori (who is my cousin and is married to Keni's cousin) and I had our babies on the same day about 5 hours apart. Too bad we were at different hospitals. Anyway since our families are mostly the same on both sides we decided to bless our babies together. After the blessings we had a party at Lori's parents house and what a party it was. It was so awesome to be surrounded by our famlies. Kalia and Mataio are so lucky. They already have hundreds of people who love them and would do anything for them. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us on this special day.

Here is Kalia in her blessing dress. Ella wore this dress also.



This is Kalia in my blessing dress.

Lori & Mataio and Kathy & Kalia

Mataio and Kalia.

Summer Song

What is your song for the summer of 2009? The song that when you hear it years from now it will remind you of this summer; of cruising in the car with your kids on the way to swim lessons, of laying on a hammock reading, of the places you went and the people you were with this summer. My summer song for 2009 is My Time With You by David Choi and Kina Grannis. You can download it for free here.

Please tell me what your summer song is. I would like to make a summer playlist with the summer songs of my family and friends.

Peonies

are my favorite flowers. What are yours?

Obsessed

I cant' stop taking her picture. Plus, I got a fancy new camera for my birthday which makes it even more fun.

2 months

Disclaimer: Kalia does have onesies that fit. I am taking her pic each month in a 12 month onesie to show how much she grows her first year. Kalia's grandma saw her one month pics and thought she didn't have any onesies that fit. We now have more than enough thanks to grammy.

She's two months old today.
She's a happy baby.
She ALWAYS has a stuffy nose. (Going to ask the Dr. about it)
She likes to be held to fall asleep.
She loves to be all bundled up tight.
She smells delicious. (Well, most of the time)
She awakes up once in the night to eat and usually ends up sleeping the rest of the night in my arms.
She slept all through the night once.
She WON'T take a Binky.
She has started smiling and talking to us.
Her cheeks are getting chubby.
She's perfect.
We can't imagine life without her.

She's a dancing girl!

Tuesday, Ella had her first dance recital. She started taking dance in January and she LOVES it. She did a great job and looked gorgeous (even though her mean mother wouldn't let her wear makeup at the performance like some of the other girls).
Here she is on stage.

Ella's cousins Jaidyn and Irelynn go to the same dance studio. It was so fun to watch them dance too.
It was a special treat to have Grandma Reid there.