Luke Thomas

My water broke (in the car) at 8:45 p.m. Sunday night and 4 hours later Luke was born Monday morning at 12:33 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. My labor was so fast that it was all natural...not by choice I was begging for drugs but was not granted my wish. We came home yesterday and are all happy and well. Lei is adjusting good so far. She asks to hold him a few times a day and has gotten upset only once when he was crying.

Shayla for a week

So last week Shayla came and spent it with us! Lei and her had soo much fun. I felt like I had a nanny for the week. We went to the zoo, farmer's market, got pedicures, and lots more. At night Jord and I went and painted and cleaned one of the apartments that had moved...totally not planned her being here that same week but I don't know what we would have done with out her at night. We would have had to gone over to the apt. in shifts and it would have taken so much longer. It ended being the apt. from hell. I truly think it was cursed and everything that could have gone wrong did. Saturday it was finished and we thought we would have a break...but something else broke. A pipe in the foundation of another apt. so we were up all night with plumbers...then another apt. moved out early and it is so disgusting!! We don't have to paint this one but we do have to clean it, and seriously how to people live in such filth! This is coming from a messy person too. I think it will take us 20 hours to clean it. Anyway that is all my venting. I think our lives are going to be like this for another 6 weeks...but then I guess we will be adding another one to our family so maybe it will be busy/hectic for longer.

Baby update

Went to the Dr. today. Nothing to exciting. I am 34 weeks along now, have gained 33 pounds, and have had thankfully a pretty uneventful boring pregnancy. Lei loves to go to the baby Dr. they always let her hold the heart monitor thing and she puts in on my belly to hear the heart rate. Plus every room has a drawer of toys that she plays with. Anyway, there is my boring update.

Yesterday's "Meet the Parents" moment

Okay, I really don't like the movie Meet the Parents, the one with I think it's with Ben Stiller. Anyway, I don't like it because things just keep happening and your like yeah right never in real life. Well yesterday morning I am getting ready in the bathroom and Lei comes in and tells me, "there you go mom, I shut the door." I am thinking okay and I tell her thank you for shutting my bedroom door. So I finish in the bathroom and head for the bedroom to get dressed. (I am just in a towel) And my door is locked. I feel like a deer in headlights at this point. Lei has done this before and Jord got the door unlocked with a credit card. So I grab a card and try to wiggle it free...and can't. At this point I am starting to panic. It is 11:15 am and I am supposed to meet the maintenance guy at 11:30 to go over some stuff with him, and am only in a towel. So I think I will call Jord and he can help me over the phone...the phone?...it is in the bedroom too. So I am locked out, naked, had just cleaned so there were no clothes outside of the bedroom, the phone is in the bedroom, someone is coming over in a few minutes, and I have no idea what to do. Ahh...but then I realize Jord's tools are in the spare bedroom and I take a screwdriver and get in the bedroom door open after a few minutes. I felt like I was in a really lame comedy movie.

4th OF JULY

We went to Valley Glen Drive for it's annual block party this year. We had a really fun time. Started the day off swimming, then Grandma helped Lei decorate the wagon for the bike parade. We then set everything up (tables and chairs) to enjoy a fun night with all the neighbors. Everyone brings their own meat to BBQ, a side dish to share, and there is a desert contest. Congrats to Noah and his homemade cheesecake! After dark the fireworks show begins and the men all take turns lighting their fireworks for a fun time.

BIG day of firsts!

So, Lei had a big day full of firsts. We went to the movies and saw Kung Fu Panda. She did really well, she sat thru the entire movie with very few words. The only thing was she wanted to sit in my lap and the child never holds still! She swayed back and forth on my knee for most of the film. Then her "big girl bed" came in the mail yesterday and she slept on that last night for the first time. I thought for sure I would have to go upstairs a million times and tell her to lay back down...but I didn't have to once! I am sure in the future I will have to but it was nice for last night. Jord kept checking on her and kept moving her to the middle of her little bed, cuz arms and legs were ending up hanging off. The bed is like 5 inches of the floor so I wasn't too worried even if she rolled off.

our fixer-upper house

This doll house was on the side of the street for free. So we pulled over and picked it up. It is in pretty good condition just needs some cosmetic fixes. Lei loves it though. I brought all these little people to her to put in it and was informed that it was a ducky house and the people had to go. However, as you can see a few other animals made the cut and were allowed in the house. I'll post a pic of the "after" when I go get some fun stuff for it. The carpet and wallpaper have to go...I am thinking hardwood floors with some rugs...LOL

Just some cute pics

ADVICE NEEDED

OKAY, SO WE WERE SET ON THE NAME LUKE FOR THIS BABY AND IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION IT MAY SOUND TOO SIMILAR TO STAR WARS...KALEIA AND LUKE...SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER NAME AND WE JUST CAN'T AGREE ON ONE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE FAKE SMILING IF/WHEN PEOPLE SAY OH LIKE STAR WARS. DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK STAR WARS? PLEASE NOTE WE ARE HAVING ONE MORE KID SO IT WON'T JUST BE THE TWO; THERE WILL BE ONE MORE KID.

What she does alone

When I went up to check on Lei who was playing in her room she was playing dress-up with some sparkle shoes and daddy's hat.