My cell phone has suffered an unfortunate incident.

If you have been trying to reach me and can't, that's why! It's also probably why I haven't gotten back to you. My apologies.

If you need me, or want to see me while I'm in Michigan, call my parent's house at 616-897-5415!

Phone will be up and running again shortly!

Jay Kauloloa Tesimu

8 pounds, 11 ounces

Born 8:21 p.m. on 7/5/07

Six quick hours of active labor

30 minutes of easy pushing

Then...

A headful of black hair

Sammy's island nose

My chubby cheeks

The biggest feet I've ever seen on an infant

And a tiny little cry that captured my heart the moment I heard it.

I am being induced on Thursday, after once again going past my due date for this pregnancy. Adriyanna, if you don't recall, was also two weeks overdue. Apparently babies like it in there. Little Jay, according to the ultrasound (which can e off, but is pretty accurate) is approaching 9 pounds now, so it's time for him to be finished "marinating" as ( Read more... )

Ha. I'm so sorry about the last few cryptic posts. It seems like either I don't post at all, or I only have time to write these short little posts that tell about 1 percent of the story. BUT, despite my last little post (which was mostly just my dark sense of humor coming through) I'm fine... this pregnancy has caused me to develop gestational ( Read more... )

Even in utero, boys are more selfish.

I was hospitalized for many, many hours this weekend because this baby is sucking everything out of me. The baby, he's doing great. Me, not so much. ha.

It didn't take me long to realize that with Adriyanna, fun doesn't have to make any sense at all. In fact, some of the most fun sense is nonsense. For instance, I just invented a game. I'm brilliant like that. It's called Wadded Little Pieces of Paper. We take scrap pieces of paper and wad them up into little balls. The most fun thing in the world ( Read more... )

So, I was on the phone chatting with my mom yesterday while Adriyanna was playing in her room. I was standing in the kitchen making spaghetti for her dinner when I noticed it was very quiet in her room (this often indicates something is wrong), so I peek in to see what's going on. No Adriyanna to be found ( Read more... )

As Adriyanna gets older and older -- she just passed the 18-month mark two weeks ago! -- her language skills are really starting to develop. She babbles in a foreign language to herself and anyone who'll listen, and, in a sure sign of genius, can even string together a few words to create short little sentences. For three days, we worked on "All ( Read more... )

Have you ever noticed that moms know where everything is ( Read more... )

Adriyanna isn’t too much of a talker yet. She’s right on par as far as the developmental books tell you (I know, because I obsessively read them), but I’m dying to know what’s going on in that little brain of hers. She can say mama and papa and kitty and puppy and no... you know, all life’s most important words. But mostly she just talks in her ( Read more... )