An old update

Here I am at 34 weeks, this was taken about 2 weeks ago. I'm about 36 weeks now, getting closer and closer to the due date!!!! Everything is on track, baby is measuring as he is suppose to be, i'm gaining as i should be, and he is moving around a lot now. I can see the movements in my tummy now too. It has been getting really uncomfortable to sleep, walk, and move really. Even breathing is getting hard, but nothing is too unbearable just yet. Just getting really excited for the arrival.

Christmas

This Christmas we spent in Idaho. I really missed my family!!!! Last year my parents came up to spend it with us and it was one of my best, I loved having them all to myself. This year, with the baby on the way in January, they decided to spend it in Hawaii and see me in January. The countdown begins. But it was still a nice Christmas here with the Molifua's. To start us off on the holiday season, Kira and Rick set up a caroling gig for the family at a retirement home. The Molifua's go caroling every year, and instead of going house to house, we decided to go to a retirement home. I'm so glad we did because it was freezing outside. Next we had our sister in law gift exchange party. It was so nice to get together with the girls, and eat some yummy food. Lanayia planned it this year, and she made an awesome salad, she said it was like a salad from cafe rio. But whatever it was, my mouth has been watering for it ever since. At the exchange we all bring about 3 dozens of some kind of Christmas treat. It was hard to taste every dish after filling myself up with the salad, but luckily we all get to take home a good portion of the treats. it took me 3 days to eat them all but i did it. ha! Then we had a Christmas eve dinner at Mom Molifua's house. She made prime rib and ham, it was oh so delicious. We had the neighbors over too, and Chanel just loved Mrs. Johnson. She cuddled with her almost the entire night. She was such a good girl, I think she got way too much meat to eat that night, that is why she was so mellow. After dessert we did our gift exchange and then went on our way. Here are pictures Tilera took. I'm not very good at taking pictures even though I take my camera with me every where we go!

Chanel in her cute Christmas outfit getting rubs from Mrs. Johnson all night. And me with my big belly.

Lanayia and Maunayia

Imari and Matai

Chanel and Tahri. She can't wait to take her dress off.

Graduation

So it has been awhile since i've posted. December was definitely hectic. On the 12th of December Tahri graduated from BYU-Idaho. Yahoo!!!! We are all so proud of him, he has worked so hard these past few semesters to get his schooling done. He took 18 credits in the summer semester, signed up for 6 credits in the 6 week summer session and then finished off the Fall semester with 21 credits. Finally a break! He is soo anxious to get back to California and to start working again. He is also wanting to get into graduate school. So much ahead of us, I serisouly can't wait to see what the next phase of our lives will be like. Congratulations babe!!!!

Surprise Baby Shower

I have the best family in the world. They do so much for me. The Sunday before Thanksgiving, my aunties in Hawaii decided to throw a baby shower for me in Hawaii and surprised me with it. They worked it out with Tahri to set up a webcam so that we could see each other. I hated the surprise because I was not looking my best, and I hate being on camera when I looke like I just rolled out of bed. Anyways, my aunts gathered the family together at my Aunty Ronette's house, they decorated the place with baby stuff, cooked a feast, had party favors, and even played a couple of games. It was so wonderful to see everyone even if it was on a small screen. I wish I was closer to all of them during this time. They each opened the gift they brought for me and then my parents sent everything to me. I was sooo touched, and felt so loved by everyone. It was such a wonderful gesture and I can't express enough how grateful I am for them. Just the other day I received about 5 boxes from my mom with all of the stuff that everyone got me. I had so much fun opening the boxes and seeing everything first hand. This baby is definitely spoiled already!!!!

Thank you to my ohana in Hawaii. I love and miss you guys so much. Oh and congrats to my cousin Daniel on his new addition too, Baby Zaylee.........

8 things...

8 TV Shows I like to watch:

*Prison Break
*King of Queens
*Super Nanny
*American Idol - only last season and this season because my brother in law was on it.
*House
*Law & Order
*Reba
*The Hills

8 restaurants where I like to eat:

*todai's
*China Star
*L&L Drive in
*Cheescake Factory
*Texas Roadhouse
*Red Robin
*Soup Plantation
*Panda Express

8 things that happened today: well since the day just started maybe i should say what i did yesterday.

*Went to work
*Went grocery shopping for Thanksgiving
*Sat in the car while Tahri figured out our flat tire
*Watched twilight with the girls
*Played with Chanel
*Tried to get tickets to best of Acoustic cafe, Imari is playing in the show
*Put the groceries away when we got home
*Emailed

8 things I'm looking forward to:

*Thanksgiving break, no work for 2 days. yahoo!
*Not being pregnant anymore and meeting my son in January
*Seeing my mom again when she comes for baby's birth
*Tahri's graduation
*Christmas
*Warmer weather
*What lies ahead of us after baby comes and Tahri graduates
*Finally being settled somewhere

8 things on my wish list:

*A healthy baby
*Pick a name that I love for my son
*Winning the lottery
*A home of my own
*To live close to my family
*A new car
*Motivation to workout and get back into shape
*A happy home

Chanel Time

Just last weekend I decided that I wanted to take Chanel out. We have been so busy doing our own things, that I felt bad for leaving Chanel at home or at Grandma's everytime we went out do to something. And i hadn't been on a walk with her since forever since i'm really starting to move slowly now and everything hurts all the time. So I decided that after church on Sunday we would have a little family time with Chanel. We had never been to Mesa Falls but heard it was pretty and it is only a 45 min drive from our place, so we decided to go. I packed a small snack for us, and off we went. Chanel just loved running free through all the tress and just going exploring. I was so scared because she kept running off of the track and i was afraid that she was going to run down the rocks and fall. But Tahri insisted that I just let her roam free. Good thing there weren't very many people there that day. There are two different views, one from the lower part of the waterfall and one from the top of the waterfall.

Here is Chanel and I at the bottom of the waterfall. She is so cute, she is looking at me like, hello put me down I want to go run around. ha!

When we drove up to the top of the falls trail there were a lot more people there so we had to keep her on a leash and of course she hated it.

I took another picture with her at the top of the waterfall, then Tahri grabbed her and put her over the ledge, she was sooo scared he was going to throw her in the water, she hates the water. So as soon as he put her down, off she went. it was so hard to catch her after that. She kept her distance from us, and I was all nervous because there were a lot more people on the this trail, and she kept running off of the trail.

Tahri told me to stop worrying so I tried, here is a picture of just us at the falls. Right after this picture I went off to try to catch my puppy. Oh that girl, she just gets way too much freedom from Tahri. It was so fun being out with her and seeing a little more of Idaho.

Nursery

I am just way too excited for our little one to join us, I couldn't wait to get everything together. Tahri was really hoping that he wouldn't have to set things up more than once because he really wants move out of Idaho as soon as he graduates. Me, I want to stay here until baby is born and then figure out what we will do after. So I really wanted my nursery set up.

We got a few of our nursery items delivered to our house, and it sat in boxes for awhile, after a lot of nagging and wining Tahri finally set up the dresser for me. I wasn't too sure about the color cherry, it looked pretty dark in the pictures that I saw but Tahri kept telling me that cherry was red. So I kept begging him to put it together to see if I would like it. The other crib set that I ordered in espresso wasn't going to be delivered until January 20th, and that just would do for me, so I went with another set. Well he set up the dresser for me but then it sat in the living room for about 2 weeks.

Then on our anniversary, he cleared out a room and made it into our nursery. Oh he will be so mad when he has to pack it all up again when we move. hehe..............thanks babe for setting this up for us. :)