Monday, February 20, 2012

Sad day

I suffered a personal tragedy today.

This is how it all went down.

6.30am - I hear Vili moving around.  A little early for him, but hey, he's cute, what can I do?
6.40am - I hear Vili climbing down from his bed and his little footsteps down the hall (running, always running, I dont know if I've ever seen him walk), and I get ready for my daily morning snuggles.
6.41am - I see Vili run PAST my room
6.42am - I hear "Hi ba-ya (brother)", giggles, laughs, hugs etc.
6.43am - My heart proceeds to break

Every morning for the last 20months I've been the first thing Vili wants. 
Every morning.
Without fail.
Until today.

I have officially lost the spot as #1 in Vili's life.
Malachi takes the lead.
Ouch.
I shouldn't be surprised.  Malachi is a REALLY good brother.
But still...
:(

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Chinese Lantern Festival

As part of the Chinese new year celebrations in Hamilton, they had a lantern festival.  Chinese music, dancers, singers, food, so good.  Malachi was really into it; he has a couple of little buddies at his preschool who are Chinese, and his favourite teacher at school is Chinese, so he gets books from the library all the time about China.  He told me he wants to be Chinese. Lol.   The boys loved the music so much, dancing their little hearts out.  Everyone got given little lanterns to hold, and at dusk they lit up the giant hanging lanterns.  Such a fun night.  Sad Tui had to work and couldn't be there, but hey, someone has to work to fund our activities. :)

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Munching away.

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Getting their chinese groove on.

Vili got confused, thought it was  Japanese Festival, and busted out his sumo moves.
(Notice the lady behind him laughing?  She was one of many.)

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Happy Chinese New Year!!

Belly

One of us is 6 1/2 months pregnant.

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Can you guess who?
:)

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Devil balls and hairy dogs

I'm not usually a food poster, but these two things are important.

First.
Devil Balls.
I used to call them Heaven balls, then I realised I was being decieved by the devil because they're actually super evil.
But every woman needs to
a-know these exist,
and b-know how to make them.

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Take one pack of oreos.  Crush em. Add some cream cheese. Cover them in melted chocolate.
That's it.
Super quick and easy, are perfect if you need to take something somewhere and don't want to spend more then 5 minutes making it.
And my word are they deliciously evil.

The second is for Mums. 
Hairy dogs.
I saw this on facebook and tried it yesterday.  By far the coolest thing I've ever made for dinner.  My boys loved it more then making their own mini pizzas.
And again, super duper easy.

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Take some sausages, shove some spaghetti pasta through them, boil them, and you're done.

And the proof is always in the pudding....or in this case, the hairy dog.

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Hope that makes life a little sweeter and more interesting for you. :)

Birthday Wishes

Today is my birthday.
And look what I got.

 
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Yeah, I'm pretty much the luckiest birthday girl around.
I couldn't have wished for anything more.

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oxo

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Almost 30

Tui's so old.
Lol.
He was working the day of his actual birthday so we surprised him the day before.  I love that he's so easy to surprise.  He never suspects anything.  Malachi made him a "rainbow cake".  I cooked shrimp and crab and all sorts of other nasty things that I know he loves.  He bought him a "man drill" and some clothes.  It was fun.  He almost spoiled the whole thing though by coming home from work 2 hours early.  I had to send him off on a wild goose chase to get something that doesn't actually exist just to cover myself.  And we finished it off with the birthday boy giving me a foot massage - the way everyone's birthdays should end!!

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My little kitchen helper, cutting up the crabmeat.

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The rainbow cake.

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Vili helping.........himself to the lollies.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN!!!!

3 Amigos

Malachi has these two besties at preschool, Isabella and Zaria.  The three of them are inseperable.  They play with other kids, but always come back to each other.  Malachi tells me he's going to marry Isabella (he also thinks he's going to marry his cousins Hannah and Chloe, but I'd say the non-relative is a safer option).  Last week Malachi got invited to Isabella's birthday party.  He was over the moon.  They're such cute friends.  It makes me think about his little friends in Hawaii, the ones who were such a huge part of his everyday life, that now he can't even remember.  I'm glad for him to have little people to play with.  Even if they are all girls. :)

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Isabella's on the left.  Zaria on the right is also half Tongan.  If my baby girl comes out looking like her, I'll take 4 of them!!!

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Round 3

So I haven't written anything about pregnancy # 3, except that it's happening, and that it's a girl.  Time has literally flown (even though the pregnancy seems like its dragging on, go figure), and so I better write something now before I can't remember anything anymore.

- First let me say that this was not a planned baby. In fact it went completely against the plans.  So it's really been hard to come to terms with being pregnant and figuring out how this baby will fit in.  And because of this it's taken me a while to get excited about it all.  Unlike the other two, I can go a week without thinking once about being pregnant, I just totally forget.  With the boys I was thinking about it every minute I was awake.  It's so strange.  Granted I am really busy so don't have time to sit and dream about a fetus.  But the increasing belly has meant it's become alot more real to me.

- Morning sickness this time was  a mix of the last 2 pregnancies.  I would have a week like with Malachi where I just felt fine, a little queezey if I didn't eat.  And then I'd have a week of Vili where everything that went in came straight back out again and I couldn't get out of bed.  Lasted about 17ish weeks.  Not cool. 

- I have heart burn this time, which I've never had before which was not a very pleasant experience.  And why they call it heart burn I have no idea. It's more like throat burn.

- Kicking with this girl is none existent.  The first time I felt her move was at 20 weeks.  And it's not kicking, more just a gentle roll.  The one and only time she's actually kicked was when Tui has his hand on her, trying to feel her move.  She put on a real show for him.  My boys, on the other hand, had perfected 4 different kinds of kung fu before 20 weeks.  So different.

- Food wise it's been really good.  The same likes/dislikes as the last 2 times, hate dairy and sugar, love salt and fish - both completely out of character for me normally.  No real cravings.  Although, I have developed food obsession.  If I so much as hear the name of a food, like "hot chocolate" I can not be satisfied with anything else, and I just HAVE to have one.  Even if its blazing hot outside.  I get really insane about it actually.  Luckily that hasn't happened much.  Again like always I had to eat every hour for the first 4 months, otherwise I'd be sick, which has meant some serious weight gain. I hate it. I had just gotten back to pre-vili weight, on my way to pre-malachi and hello. 

- Emotionally it's been so much better then the other times.  With Malachi I was a mess, but this time, you couldn't tell from my moods that I was pregnant (check with Tui, I'm not making it up!).  Which is a relief.  Life with 2 toddlers and a husband who works 20hr shifts is so up and down any way, without any hormones thrown in.  Hopefully it's a sign that she won't be an emotional rollercoaster of a child......

- Now the whole 'its a girl' thing.  It's no secret I wanted 6 boys, no girls.  And I truly have struggled with my feelings of disappointment (for lack of a better word) that it wasn't a boy.  All I could think about when I heard the word 'girl' was cattiness, grudges, emotions, drama.  Of course I know that's stereotyping and irrational, but that's what I thought.  I have 4 brothers, I relate to boys so much better, I'm all for the whole punch-you-in-the-face-then-we're-over-it aspect of boys.  But a month or so ago one of Malachi's teachers had a baby girl and brought her into school and when I saw her I thought how sweet and innocent and precious she was.  And I cried. Right in front of everyone.  And right then I felt like having this little girl truly was a blessing.  Although I still can't bring myself to buy any clothes for her.  I think pink is the most horrid color ever, closely followed by (DONT READ THIS LEEYEN) lilac.  So I hope she likes blue....

- Daily naps and being in bed by 9pm are a must.  Thank goodness for children who still take naps, at the same time, who allow this to happen.  My iron has been super super low this time so that hasn't helped, and mentally I've had so much going on, with our trips, our move, family stuff.  I've felt pretty drained.  But again, I'm blessed with 2 of the cruiseist kids ever, who really take care of themselves.  They're awesome.

It's a bit daunting to think that in 3 months we will have another baby.  That we will no longer be able to take a kid each.  I'm sure that life with 3 kids will be a big adjustment.  But Malachi and Tui are so excited about this little girl coming that it's hard to think much about that side of it.  Malachi talks about his "sister baby" multiple times every day, asking if she's big enough to come out yet, when is she coming out, can we go to the hospital now so she can be born, can he hold her when she comes out, can he change her nappy.  And Vili now enjoys lifting my top up to show people his "bubba".  I don't doubt that they're going to be great big brothers for her, and that she'll be loved so much by them she may drown in it. 

But here's hoping for a speedy, natural birth with no complication, no interventions, and a healthy, beautiful little baby girl (with green eyes and black curly hair.....). :)