Chugga-chugga-choo-choo

A visit to Berkeley over Memorial Day weekend included a fun visit to the wonderful Tilden Steam Trains.  Luckily the Parker clan could join us for this very popular attraction (parking..ugh)....

Our lucky charm is 2 months old

Koa, the little Koala Bear (Koko)

Koa can hold his head up pretty well now, and is interested in what is going on around him.  He got to go on his first  run with mommy in the jogging stroller today, slept the whole way.  Today was the first day that he was awake when I dropped the kids off at Pacheco.  It's fun having him more engaged in what is going on.  Anu and the girls are so good with him.  The best way to give him a bath is to put him in Mana's lap in the bath.  He never even makes a peep, he just kicks his legs and looks really mellow.

Koa's Baby Blessing

Robb blessed Koa at church on May 6, 2012.  We were so happy that so many family members could come visit. And that we could actually house them all!  The Teos from Utah, the Kois, the Tulafales, and the Palus all from Sacramento drove out. We had a good time at the beach, hanging out, using the pool, and having a party with ono Hawaiian food.  The kids were so happy to have so many cousins staying at their house.

All the ohana that came to Koa's blessing

The little guy in his new white outfit

Kekoa is growing - 6 week stats

Koa didn't have a 1 month check-up, he had a 6 week checkup. Here are his stats:

Weight: 13 lbs, 1 oz (96%)
Height: 22 3/4 in (74%)
Head size: 39 3/4 cm (70%)

So he has gained 5 lbs in 5 weeks, one pound a week.  Keep it up Koa, and I won't be able to carry you much longer!

Two napping boys snuggled together

What? you cut my boy's hair?

Anu's hair has been growing for 2.5 years.  The longer it gets, the harder it is to think of cutting it.  But it's also hard to manage, especially when we don't have time to make it in a braid.  So, Robb finally caved and let me trim it a bit the other day. I just felt like I needed to, even though that first snip of golden curl from the back of his head was painful to me.  I did it mostly because it was hard for me to hear strangers saying "you have 4 girls and one boy!" and I would have to explain that Anu is a boy.

This is how long his hair was when it combed it down wet and straightened it.  He was such a good boy for his first haircut, he just sat there on the rice bucket and didn't even move!

Right after the haircut he was happy and ready to play ball.

It doesn't really curl this much, it turns out. It just looked that way the next day for some reason.

Six weeks and smiling

Koa, the little mini-Kawai look-alike

Anu loves holding his little brother, Koa the Koala

Koa started smiling on Easter.  Not all the time, but just enough that when he does we all come running to see it before it goes away.  I tried my best to capture this smile before it ended...I imagine it may take me awhile to get a photo of both boys smiling...

1st Family Photo with all 7 of us

Thanks to C.C. on Easter she was able to whip out her camera.  We hadn't been able to take a family portrait at the hospital when Koa was born because 2 kids were sick and couldn't come to hospital.  So this is the very first picture taken of all 7 of us.  We hadn't been planning on this, hence the completely random and uncoordinated outfits.