Tale turned 3!

Wow, my boy is three! He is getting so big and so bossy! :) He has a cousin (Irie) that is 10 hours younger then him and this year they got to celebrate their birthdays together. We celebrated with the family a little early because this weekend Imari is getting married and there was just too much going on to celebrate on their actual birthday.

My mom sent them some cute aloha shirts to wear for their party and they sure were cute in them. Kira (Irie's mom) made them each their own spiderman cake. Tale loves it when people sign happy birthday to him and he was so excited to have a spiderman cake. I just love this face. After he blew out the candles he thought he could just dive right into his cake but I took it away and this was the face I got. ha!
They got lots of presents from their cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents.
Leila was so happy to get some of Tale's cake.
After our small party it was time for dance practice. The kids are doing a number for Uncle Imari's wedding. Leila was so cute trying to learn the dance.
Here she is again, trying to learn the boy's haka. I was so surprised my little Tale got out there and took his shirt off and was dancing along. He was so cute! Leila was trying to take her shirt off but instead got her pants off. ha!
For Tale's actual birthday the 19th, we took him to Red Robin.

Here he is getting his cake and all the waiters are singing to him. He was in heaven, he pretty much ate this whole thing by himself, and quick too. I was helping Leila with her shake and when I went to get some cake it was like all gone!!!
Ty got a taste of the milkshake. ha! She liked it. :)
What can I say about my Tale boi. He loves to cuddle with his mommy and with Tylana. He still loves Spiderman and wants to watch it all the time. Still very picky with what he eats and only really likes a hand full of things. He is very opinionated, is getting very good at talking and he understands sooo much. I seriously can't believe some of the things he understands! He also has a very good memory, he hardly ever lets us forget something. He has a good sense of direction. Like one time I took him out for some one on one time with me, and we stopped to get donuts and then to the park. We drove into the shopping center like a week after that and he was like we going to get donuts? I couldn't believe he remembered where it was. He tries to negotiate everything! He is such a sweet little boy, I just love him to pieces and just wish that I could devote more time to him. He can be so patient with me and is so forgiving of all my shortcomings.

Happy Birthday my dear boy! We love you so much.

Happy Holidays!

I'm such a lagger I wasnt able to pull off family photos for cards this year, but we were thinking of all of you. :) Happy Holidays everyone. Hope it was a great one!

Motivation Tips

Okay so you know how I asked about how to stay motivated in my last post? Well I have a few tips, tips I'm sure you all know and do.

1. Get some new workout clothes. Has anyone ever been to a sears outlet? Well I went in there the other day and they had a sale going on. All women's apparel for $5, no matter what it was. So I found some really cute workout pants and a couple of tank tops. 2 workout pants and 3 tank tops for just under $20! The tank tops were only $2. So I was excited to get dressed and where my new outfits to the gym.

2. Download some new music. I have these 3 favorite songs that I get really pumped to. So I play them while I'm driving to the gym, and I get all excited, then my last like 6 - 8 mins on either the treadmill or stepper when I'm like ready to call it quits I play them and totally hypes me back up to go the distance and not only go the distance but go hard.

So still no weight loss boo! But still getting up in the morning to go get my sweat on. :) If anyone has more tips please share. Because I'm sure I'll need to figure out something else to motivate me next week. Especially if i'm still at the same weight!

6 years.........

Of eternal bliss. :) Tahri and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary on veterans day. Man we really are the Holiday family. Tahri's born on Christmas, me on valentine's day, Tale on presidents day, Leila (well she is special ha!), and Tylana on 9/11. Not really a holiday but a memorable day for sure.

Our little family that we have created in our 6 years of marriage. I love them all so much! Thanks uncle Jared for babysitting so we could have a peaceful dinner.

Baby Fat

It's never coming off. This third time around it seems so much harder. Maybe it's not breastfeeding this time around??? Who knows but I just spent like 2 weeks in the gym and I gained 2 pounds. Whats that about? So I ended up eating this all by myself. Seriously I did, well with the exception of two, one for Leila and one for Tale. I'm pathetic but it was oh so good. Well there probably goes another 2 pounds. :)How can I stay motivated to keep going to the gym when I get that outcome? I have like 20 pounds to drop. Any suggestions? (besides stay away from the brownies? hahaha)

Blessing Day

Today we blessed our Tylana girl. It was a perfect day! We got an extra hour of sleep, got to church 10 mins early (miracle!!), had our family and friends there, and of course the wonderful spirit was present. Thanks to everyone that participated and came out. I totally forgot about getting Tylana a blessing dress, so we went out on Saturday and pretty much picked out the first white dress that we could find in her size. I wasn't a fan of it, but I was desperate and it was on sale and in price range. But she made it pretty :) Aunty Sili made her a cute little Lei with a gold bow and it totally made the outfit. I wish I had a better picture of it but here is one. Here she is with Tahri's beautiful grandma.

Tahri gave a beautiful blessing and Tylana was good throughout the whole blessing and meeting. Tale wanted to go up and be in the circle too with everyone, but I bribed him with gummy bears. what a mom! :)

Potty Trained!

Okay so my Tale-boi is potty trained. And the best part? I didn't do anything! He trained himself. Just one day he started taking his diaper off and going to the bathroom. And has been doing that ever since. It has been about a month now and no accidents. Well except for one time Chanel's water was spilled by Leila and he thought it would be funny to pee in the water. But other than that, none. He is even sleeping without a diaper at night time. I was sooo dreading the potty training but he made it sooo easy on me!

And the other best part is that Leila is copying him and I bet she will be potty trained in the next few months too. Hopefully Tale trains her for me. ha!

Good Job Son!

I just thought this picture was so cute and funny. We were taking so many pictures and he was tired of saying cheese so he made this face. ha!