one week and a day

Tale is so sweet to his sister. When she cries he stops everything he is doing and runs to check on her. Then comes and pulls me to her to see whats wrong. He is so cute.

He loves to give her kisses too. Here she is at one week and a day old. I think she looks more like her daddy.

Night and Day...........

That is what this delivery was like compared to Tale's. Of course my doctors did say that you can't really compare your first delivery to your second. But my goodness this was a breeze compared to Tale's. I think I only pushed for like 15 mins, and so far recovery is so much faster! I did the epidural this time with Leila and hardly felt a thing. I'm not sure I liked the whole not being able to feel my legs thing, but hardly feeling the contractions was AWESOME! So Leila was born on June 30th around 3:40pm, weighing 7 lbs 3 oz and was 19 inches long.

Here are some pictures from the birth, they are out of order but I don't feel like rearranging them right now. :)

Leila and her Papa, she is only a few minutes old here.

Here she is with gigi on going home day.

All dressed up to go home.

Tale wasn't really sure about here at first but he is starting to warm up to her. He is going to be such a good big brother! Here he is rubbing her while she is sleeping. Oh I sure did miss this boy while I was in the hospital. I couldn't wait to get home to him.

Daddy and Leila right after she got her first bath at the hospital.

Here is Tale bringing balloons and flowers for mommy and sister.

Family of 4..............

She made it!

Leila finally got here. She and mom are doing good. Will post pictures when we get home. We are so happy that she is finally here with us. S

Waiting.....

We are still waiting for our little girl to join us. This pregnancy has gone by so fast until the last 3 days! My parents came about a week ago and my mom went to work. Now that everything is organized I'm so ready for her to come! My mom is amazing, she has been taking such good care of all of us, entertaining Tale so that I can sleep, taking him on walks, to the park, cooking every night, cleaning, organizing, and my dad has been walking Chanel too, oh what am I going to do when they leave? I'm like on vacation right now. :)

Okay baby girl, we are all waiting for you!!!! Please come, mommy is ready for you.

Ithaca is Gorges

When we first got here, that phrase was on t-shirts, cups, bumper stickers, everywhere, I didn't fully understand it until now. Man Ithaca has some really awesome places. We have really been enjoying getting out together and exploring this place a little more. We went to two different parks and did the hike. The hikes weren't too bad but I would have enjoyed them a lot more if I wasn't 9 months pregnant. It seemed so much harder than it really was.

These pictures are from Buttermilk Falls. The falls were so pretty, we were a little bummed we couldn't get in the water though.

These pictures are a little out of order, this is the start of our hike, there were some really steep parts in the trail that weren't very fun. We finally got to level ground and Tale had a blast running around. I was grateful for a break. :)At the end of our hike there was a really nice park that we took Tale to. He had a blast with his daddy. He took his shoes off and was able to walk up the slide, he was so proud of himself, but instead of going back down, he walked down the stairs and then crawled back up the slide. I don't know what he was thinking. :) Oh well it kept him busy. :) At the front of this picture there is a little spinning thing, he loved that! It was so funny to watch him try to walk after spinning him around and around. He couldn't get enough of it. His daddy was spinning him so fast on it too, I thought he was going to get sick, but he kept begging for more. It was a big day for Tale, as soon as he got into the car he was out! Robert Treman Park was beautiful too, we had a lot of fun here. I think we really liked the fact that you could go swimming just about anywhere. The water was a little too cold for Tale, but he still loved being in the shallow areas splashing around.

The hike wasn't too bad, there were a lot of steps and we didn't go too far because I was getting tired. Probably not the best for someone that is nearly 38 weeks pregnant. ha! So this isn't the best picture but you can see one of the waterfalls, and get a side profile of my big belly.

How pretty is that view? It reminded us a little of the narrows at Zion Park.

The summer so far has been a lot of fun! We love having daddy home with us. Tahri starts working tomorrow so i'm a little bummed, but hopefully we can get to a few more hikes before baby comes. I can't believe how many spots there are here. Ithaca sure is beautiful.

This is going to be a big post because I'm so bad at updating. The earlier post start at the bottom.

Our trip back to New York was HORRIBLE! We got delayed in Dulles AGAIN but this time we were stuck on a small airplane for nearly 4 hours because of weather. It was horrible. Tale did good for most of it, he did have a little outburst there but who could blame him. We got on the plan at 10pm and didn't leave until almost 2 in the morning. My poor baby. We finally got home at like 5 in the morning on Friday. We laid around most of Friday trying to recover. Then on Saturday we finally had some energy so we took Tale to Taughannock Falls. He loved it! He loved splashing in the water and finding rocks and throwing them. It was the cutest thing to watch.

Okay time to take the t-shirt off and get a little tan. Tale loved climbing up all the rocks and putting his hands under the water as it streamed down the rocks.

And here he is after. He looks like such a big boy now. He has a little mullet going on because Tahri only cut the front and left the back long. I'm not a big fan of it, but he is still the most handsome boy!!!!While we were in Idaho, Tahri decided to cut Tales hair. Here are some pictures of him with his long hair that mommy didn't want to lose. :(

My sister in laws threw a baby shower for me. They are the best! I got a lot of really cute things and it was so nice to catch up with some of my friends there. I can't believe that I'm going to be a mommy of two pretty soon.

After finals we went to Idaho to visit our family there. The trip there wasn't the best. We had a layover in Washington and wasted a whole day of our vacation. Here is a tip, always carry and extra set of clothes and at least a toothbrush in your carryon. It was a nightmare having a layover and not having your luggage. Tale did really good on the flights though. Once we got there he had so much fun with all of his cousins. We all got together and took some pictures, Tale wasn't the best during them, all he wanted to do was play with all the cool toys that his cousins had, so he was mad we took him away from it. But how cute is everyone in the polynesian outfit?

We went to a Cornell Lacross game. The game was pretty intense, but Tale just wanted to climb the stairs most of the time.

Tale was having a blast playing at the playground with his daddy. He was getting so brave, hanging from the bar as you can see here. And then going down the slide by himself.

We met the Booths at the park for some pizza and to let the kids play at the park. I can't believe they are leaving already, I feel like we all just got here. We sure are going to miss them.

After lunch we went to Barnes and Noble so the kids could play. They were the only ones there that day and had a blast playing with all the toys and the books. Tale is going to miss his friends. The last lunch! It was so sad, Julie and Tucker were leaving for Washington for their internship so we all got together for one last lunch together. I can't believe everyone is leaving already! But at least they will be back after the summer. As for Tiffany and Taylor, they are graduating so they won't be coming back. We sure are going to miss everyone. This isn't the best picture, the lady I asked to take the picture kept putting her finger in front of the camera so finally I just said thanks and here is what he got.

Enjoying the sun

This is kind of a random post. We haven't been doing a ton but playing outside a lot, the weather has been so nice. Tahri is almost done with the semester and we are looking forward to having him to ourselves for a bit. :)

One of Tale's best buds is Tucker. They will be leaving soon for the summer and we sure are going to miss him and his mommy. Here are a few pictures of the two cute guys.

Tahri's program had an end of the semester dinner that we attended. Tale is trying to go outside and Tucker ran over to give him a hug. How cute is he???

We went over to Tucker's house for some yummy carne asada tacos, it was so hot that day, so the two guys hopped in the bath.

Tahri and Sam play in a softball league together so the boys went to watch the last game of the season. They had a ton of fun playing together. Tahri was gathering all the equipment and Tale was crawling all over him, I couldn't resist taking a picture of them, it kind of turned out like a little league picture. ha!My little island boy, he loves to run around with no shoes on, and mommy hates him doing it. Here he is running without any shoes on. I had to bribe him with a popsicle to put shoes on. Sleepy boy, oh he is so precious, I can't stand how much I love this little guy...........

And here I am at 33 weeks pregnant. I haven't taken very many pictures and this one is that great either but I've been asked to post one so here it is. I can't believe I'm going to have another baby next month!!! ahhhh, this pregnancy has gone by so fast!