Whitney Kaholumehekainani

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Whitney at 26 months old

Here are a few days/ pictures of what Whitney likes to do! Whitney is 26 months old and as cute as ever! Sometimes she shows signs of the terrible two's but mostly she's just sweet and fun. She has to start with a good morning though which means no throwing up and being able to play her mario game on the DS in her crib. Then usually the rest of the day is spent playing inside or outside and she loves spending time with her Mama! But most mornings she does throw up first thing and that makes both us cranky until nap time. I give her a bath and clean and wash her bed and clothes, do her hair and get her dressed and get her feeding pump ready, and then I'm pretty worn out! After nap time though I usually will put on make up and run some errands or just try to clean the house and make dinner! I love it when Keawe gets home by 5pm or earlier from school!

Her hair was crazy this morning! I just bathed her last night so it was kinda wet when she went to bed. I had to give her another bath of course anyways with vomit in her hair!

We set up her crib to be a toddler bed so that's why it looks kinda funny. We just turn it towards the wall because she it not ready for a toddler bed and does really well staying in her crib.

Whitney likes to hang out under the computer desk while I'm on the computer occasionally!

Whitney loves to play with balls in the entry way. I'm always mopping it to make sure it stays mostly clean for her.

I had left her upstairs for a moment playing in her room and a few minutes later she comes down like this! Perfectly holding her pack back and tubing! So funny!

Playing with water guns! She loves to get squirted!

Head stands! She loves to be upside down and do somersaults!

Sitting in a trash can...

We also like to go outside and walk around before bedtime. We usually get the mail and throw away the trash or play at the little play ground at the apt. complex. She loves the slide!

She's not exactly dressed for the weather right now because it can cool down quite a bit at night! It's weird being so warm during the day then needing pants and shoes on at night! I must do a little shopping for her!

Whitney likes pulling of a leaf and just carrying it around.

Friday, September 28, 2012

I Heart Her

I love her shirt! Peter Pan is my favorite. I've been eying it for a really long time since I've seen it at target. But those Disney shirts are expensive. I went to Target the other day (and today) and it was on sale for like three dollars! Sweet! And she is dang cute in it. Whitney loves to go shopping with me and so far she stays out of trouble.

Tonight I asked Whitney if she was hungry. She had been off her feeding pump for the four hours. She said "eat" and walked towards the pantry and I was so excited she was hungry and wanted to eat. I thought she'd want a cracker or something. But she came back to me, turned around, and said "back pack on." Sigh. So we went upstairs and hooked her up to her feeds and she went to bed. It just makes me so sad that she doesn't want any real food to eat. Also sad that she knows her back pack feeds her. I didn't realize that she knew her back pack is what feeds her when she's hungry. Although Whitney is getting much better about sitting at the table with us for dinner. She even put the fork to her tongue several times with some sauce on it. This evening she held a gold fish for like an hour and would occasionally lick it. Even though she is so hungry, she can't eat. She's scared to eat. She doesn't know how to eat. But that's okay for now because she is growing big and strong and smart on formula, or as she says it "FOR LALA!" I know one day she will learn how to eat by mouth but I also know it's a really long and slow process. At least she enjoys brushing her teeth! Which is a huge deal for a kid with oral aversions!

She breaks my heart, melts my heart, and she makes my heart full and whole. She is just so dang cute. I love my daughter more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Camping in AZ

Yes! I went camping being 32 weeks pregnant! It was actually way fun and I slept pretty good! My dad has all the camping gear and spent all day Friday packing. We left Friday afternoon and drove about 2 1/2 hours north to a spot between Camp Verde and Strawberry. It was getting dark fast so we set up tents and sleeping bags/ air mattress's and started a fire. Whitney loved the fire and called it "Happy Cake!" She associates all candles, cakes, and fires with being Happy Birthday. That night we cooked our foil dinners and they were delicious. Then we made smores and hot chocolate!

We set up Whitney's pack n' play in our tent and put her in warm pj's and let her play mario on the DS. We had to cut a little hole in her new zipper jammies to fit her feeding tube extension through. It's easy and works great because they don't make snap up pj's for this age/size. I think it was around 1 or 3am, that she woke up crying so I asked her if she wanted to sleep with Momma and Daddy in our bed. She immediately stood up and wanted out. I think she was just really cold because she just laid down with us and put the sleeping bag over her and fell asleep. So cute. I'm surprised she slept threw all my tossing and turning! We didn't have any problems with her feeding tube or pump all night! We gave her her meds as normal at night and in the morning. She did throw up in the morning even though we gave her zofran. She was just upset about getting her clothes on. She really hates the long sleeves and pants! I think she's just use to being in a t-shirt and diaper so I'll have to work on that with the winter coming up.

We made egg burritos for breakfast. It's easy to just crack a egg in a bag and fill it with other yummy stuff like ham or bacon bits or peppers or anything else you like/bring. Cook it in boiling water for a while and it's done. Although it didn't look very appetizing to me at the time so I went in my tent and ate a pop tart and took a nap. All the boys went out somewhere to shoot guns (except for Colton). Mom and Whitney played on the iPad while I was sleeping. Brianna and Colton played card games. Then I woke up and we all played card games and Whitney took a nap from like noon to 2pm. Then boys came back and we packed everything up and headed back home. I had a lot of fun even though I couldn't go hiking or shooting or anything. It was Whitney's first time camping and for the most part she loved it and did awesome. Keawe was also awesome about packing all of our stuff and driving the whole way! I just love the smells of camping, the dirt, trees, fire, and food! And hanging out with family is totally fun!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Trip to AZ

After about 2 months here in Cali, we made a little vacation trip back home to Arizona! Keawe had a couple days break so that gave us about 3 1/2 days to spend in Az hanging out with family. I'm glad it's only 5 hours away and not any longer! I packed all day on Wednesday and then Keawe packed up the car after school. We headed out right after Whitney's nap (bad timing) and she stayed awake the entire drive! We got there at like 11pm! She complained for the first couple hours, then we got gas and found her DS video game, and that kept her entertained the rest of the way! She loves to "play" Mario! It was nice being back home where Whitney spent the past two years (and I spent my whole life).
We hung out at my sister and bro. in laws house one night. It was way fun to have the whole family there (except Rhett, sorry) and Jess made amazing "Cafe Rio Pork." The weekend was spent camping which I will write about in a different blog post (way too many fun pics)! And the Sunday we drove back home!

Apparently we like to sit on Uncle Clayton!