Owwweeee!

So Kamalu is now two weeks old and he got circumcised on Monday. Ouch! They don't cover that in the insurance so it had to be done two weeks after he was born. It was kind of weird because Kalei got circumcised in the hospital. I felt so bad for him. They asked if we wanted to watch and we both looked at each other and said, "No thank you." We went back to the room after it was done and Kamalu was screaming. I'm so glad I wasn't there to watch. He's doing good though. I don't like changing his diapers because it looks like it hurts.

Well for some good news, Ku'uliko, Kalei, and Kamalu have a new cousin. My sister-in-law Kami (Chad's wife) just gave birth to a little baby girl yesterday. Her name is Sophia. She's so tiny...5 lbs. 7.2 oz. She was born 3 weeks early but Kami and baby Sophia are just fine.

We have a full house now and it will get even fuller on Friday. Kainoa's mom is staying with us now. My mom has been here since the day before Kamalu was born. And my dad is coming on Friday. I'm excited to see my dad. We don't always get to spend a lot of time with him because of his busy schedule with work and church. He's only staying until Tuesday but that's better than nothing. Kamalu is getting blessed on Sunday so that's why he's coming.

Well I guess that's it for now. Here are some new pictures of Kamalu and the rest of our gang.

One week old

Here are some recent pictures. Kamalu is one week and one day old today. That went by pretty quick. We're doing good. He has a little bit of jaundice. He has to do phototherapy which is a big box with a bright light that he has to lay in. He gets too squirmy so we've been sunbathing him. It's weird because the doctor didn't even suggest sunbathing but it's been helping. That's what we had to do with Ku'uliko and Kalei. Maybe it's different in the Mainland. I don't know. He's still a little over what the normal level of bilirubin should be so hopefully it'll decrease with more time in the sun. In one of the pictures of him laying in the sun, he is actually smiling. I've caught him laughing and smiling in his sleep. It happens when he's in R.E.M. sleep. He's definitely dreaming of something good.

Speaking of sleep, he hasn't been too good at night but I have to say that it is getting better. At first, he was eating almost every hour but now it's spread out more like 2 to 3 hours. I'm getting a little more sleep now. Let's just hope it gets better.

As for my recovery, I'm doing good. The incision is still tender but I've been walking and I'm been fine. I just can't carry anything heavier than Kamalu. That's been hard on Kalei because he wants me to carry him. I miss being able to hold him but now he turns to Kainoa or my mom. I think he's a little jealous too. He's really rough with Kamalu so we have to really keep an eye on him. I don't think he means to. He just wants to be able to play with him already.

Oh yeah, the last picture is of Ku'uliko and Kalei riding their horse and unicorn. I've caught Kalei on numerous occasions sitting on top of his stuffed animal horse. It's so funny. He loves making horse noises. He's pretty good at it.

Well I better get some sleep while Kamalu is sleeping. I'll be posting more pictures soon.

Our baby boy

Hi everyone. For all of you that don't know, we had our third baby on Sunday March 8th at 4:05 in the morning. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz. (our biggest baby yet) and 19 inches long. His name is Kamalu Kapanemaikalani Teruo Willing. Kamalu means the protected or safe. When I was 20 weeks pregnant I had an ultrasound that showed that baby's kidneys were slightly enlarged. This meant that he either had a blockage that would lead to surgery, he could have Down syndrome or it could fix itself. We prayed and prayed that he would be healthy. At 32 weeks I had another ultrasound that showed that his kidneys had fixed itself. Thus the name Kamalu because he was protected by Heavenly Father. Kapanemaikalani means the answer from heaven. He truly is because of his good health. Teruo is my grandfather's name.
I went to the hospital at about 12:30 am Sunday morning because I was having contractions. We had picked up my mom Saturday morning and went shopping and I think that's what kickstarted it. When I got to the hospital they said that I was only a centimeter dialated. I couldn't believe it because it felt like I was farther along. They monitored me for an hour and I was in extreme pain. They checked me again and I was 5 centimeters. I was praying that whole time that something would happen because I didn't want to get sent home. The nurse told me, "Looks like we're going to have a baby." I was so happy. Right after that they gave me an IV and an epidural. Everything happened so fast. It happened within about 2 and 1/2 hours. Because of daylight savings time we lost an hour and he was born at 4:05. I had a c-section this time because of the difficult delivery I had with Kalei. It was a little scary for me but everything went smoothly. It felt weird but I prefer having a c-section over delivering naturally any day. Kainoa was able to see the baby get pulled out. They asked me if I wanted to see but I refused. Kainoa said that when Kamalu was delivered he started peeing on everyone. He was screaming right away. He received an Apgar score of a 10 (the highest). He screamed the whole time I was getting stitched up. We were so grateful that everything went fine and that he was healthy.
We just got out of the hospital a couple of hours ago. I figured I better get this sent out as soon as possible or I'd forget. Kamalu is such a blessing. He's so calm except for when he gets hungry. The kids are doing really good thanks to my mom. She took care of them while we were in the hospital. She came right on time. Ku'uliko always wants to hold her baby brother. Kalei wants to play with him already.
I'm doing fine. It's a little sore still but I'm surviving thanks to the pain medication. We just want to thank everyone for all their prayers and support. Hopefully I can send more pictures as time goes by. A hui hou!

Still waiting....

So I'm still pregnant as most of you know. I'm 39 weeks today-the longest I've ever been pregnant. I think this baby is trying to break some record or something. Tuesday is my scheduled c-section and I can't wait. I think everyone knows how impatient I'm getting. I'm trying to be better and just go with the flow but sometimes it's hard to withstand all the pain. I keep praying for patience and relief. I've made it this far so what's a couple more days, right? 4 more days...I can do it. I'm supposedly scheduled for 11:30 am but it could get moved up. I'm thinking by noon we'll have our baby boy. I keep trying to picture in my mind what he'll look like. Is he going to look like Kalei or Ku'uliko or maybe he'll be blonde and blue eyed? Who knows? We know for sure that he won't be born bald. At 32 weeks I had an ultrasound and you could already see wavy hair all over his head. We shall see.

We're excited because tomorrow we'll be picking up my mom from the airport. The kids are excited, especially Ku'uliko since she understands what's going on. It'll be nice to have my mom here to be another person to support me and to help me with the kids. A girl needs her mom at times like these.

Well I guess if I don't post anything for a while, you'll know why. I'll try and get pictures on here as soon as the baby comes. This blog has been kind of like my pregnancy diary. Sorry if I bored any of you with all the details. It's been kind of fun in a way...at least for me. Thanks to everyone that's been so supportive of us and this baby. A hui hou!

Valentine's Day and Kainoa's Birthday

I guess I kind of forgot to write about Valentine's Day. Well Kainoa gave me an early present and let me go to the mall by myself to get my hair cut on the Monday before Valentine's Day. I've been complaining about how long it was and I haven't cut since we've moved to Utah (about 7 months). I cut about 4 inches off. Then we had our date the day before Valentine's Day. We went to eat at Red Lobster. I ate my entire meal-salad, snow crab legs, jumbo coconut shrimp, and a baked potato. I felt good to be able to really enjoy a meal. Then we went to watch Paul Blart. It was so funny. I was scared that I was going to have contractions from all the laughing. Oh yeah, he also got me roses, chocolates, and a teddy bear. It was so sweet.
Kainoa's birthday was on the Thursday, the 19th. That morning I ran to the store with the kids and got him a giant chocolate donut for breakfast. Then we were able to go on a date. We ate at a Brazilian restaurant called Tucanos. It's an all you can eat barbecue place. We ate so much. I had a passion fruit lemonade. It was sooooo good. They even sang to him and gave him ice cream. I'm glad he was able to enjoy himself. We watched "He's Just Not That Into You." It was good but not the best.
Then we were able to celebrate with his family the next day. We went to his sister's place and met up with his brother and wife and ate Papa John's pizza. I didn't realize how good their pizza was. I made him a cake and we had chocolate ice cream from the BYU creamery. If you like chocolate ice cream, you gotta try this. It's the best. I think it's even better than Haagen Daez. We watched Madagascar 2. It was fun to spend time with the family.
As for me, still no baby yet. I'm hoping soon. The doctors said that if I go into labor now that they would deliver me. I'm hoping that that happens really soon. Anyways, I better get going. That's the latest for us.

False Alarm

I hate having contractions that lead to nothing. On Sunday I started having contractions with back pain at 5:30pm. I wanted to wait it out to see if they would go away but at around 9:00pm I started having chest pain as well. We called Kainoa's brother and his wife to come over and watch the kids. We left the house at around 9:30 and good thing Ku'uliko was already sleeping. Kalei was still up but a little sleepy. I was worried that he would cry all night or something like that. We got to the hospital and the chest pains had stopped but I was having contractions 3 minutes apart and they were getting closer and more intense. They monitored me for a couple of hours and saw that my contractions weren't going away even after they started giving me fluids through and IV. Then they gave me a shot of morphine to ease the pain and hopefully stop the contractions at around 11:30. I was still having contractions and I could still feel the pain. I was pretty uncomfortable and then finally the contractions eased up at around 4:00am. The doctor said he didn't want to deliver the baby yet and that he wanted to give the baby a little more time to stay in the womb. I was pretty disappointed and frustrated since that's not what the other doctor told me a week ago at an appointment I had. So we finally checked out of the hospital at 5:30am. What a waste of time. I was even dialated, maybe just a fingertip but nothing more.
I went to the doctor again today and I'm close to a centimeter now. The baby's head is down but hasn't dropped yet. He told me that they would like for me to get to at least the beginning of next week. If I go into labor at that time, then they would definitely deliver the baby. I guess that's good news. I'll just have to "take it easy." That's what they told me that I have to do. I'm always thinking, "Yeah right. Do you want to baby-sit my kids so I can 'take it easy.'" That's a bunch of bologna. Well I'm going to do as the doctor said to the best of my ability. Kainoa has this week off of school so he's been helping a lot around the house and I'm so grateful. My mom will be here in 2 and 1/2 weeks. Pretty soon. Well I guess that's it for the drama that I experienced this week. Hopefully my next post will be about our baby being born but who knows. A hui hou!

35 weeks and counting

So this baby is coming soon. In a matter of weeks. It's crazy. I went to the doctor this past week and they said that if I went into labor after I was 35 weeks then they wouldn't try to stop the contractions. They would just let me have the baby. I'm 35 weeks today. So I guess anytime now. I've been having some intense back pain like back labor and some contractions. I never had that kind of back pain except for when I was really in labor with my first two. We'll see what happens. I packed our bag for the hospital and the kids' bag too just to be ready. We're going shopping tomorrow to get a crib and carseat. It just seems so surreal that this is all happening already. I've been waiting and waiting and now I won't be waiting too much longer. My c-section is still scheduled for March 10th but I really think that I won't make it that far. I really would like to try and have this baby naturally if he comes early but we'll see if that's even an option. I will try and keep this thing updated but if you don't hear from me in a few weeks, you'll know why.