April Showers?

Darin has two major projects he wants to get done before summer hits, or hopefully before Levi starts walking. 1) Putting in a sprinkler system, and 2) laying tile on our back patio and front door step. Darin did a lot of research, and enlisted the help of a friend to help him with his first project. He's been working really hard during the weekends, but the crazy weather hasn't been cooperating. The two weekends he planned on getting the trenching and laying of pipes done, the weather had forecasted thunderstorms and flash flooding. It was a waiting game, and Darin ended up doing a lot of the work during the work week instead of hoping to finish it in one weekend. It's now early May, and he's outside filling all the trenches back up as I write this post. We are so proud of him figuring out how to do the irrigation, and Levi is looking forward to playing on some grass soon. Let the weed pulling commence! Anyone want to join?

Uh oh! Are you eating dirt? or helping daddy?

April Happenings

Levi turned 9 months at the end of April and is becoming more and more interactive, finding more of a predictable schedule, and happier during his awake times. He's crawling everywhere, and also putting everything into his mouth - including Tobi's KIBBLE! He loves his solid food, and is open to trying new things... He didn't really like Greek yogurt though!

Uncle Jed decided to make a quick trip and visit us. Levi enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with Uncle Jed, and Levi and also loved his ukulele skills.

Levi's take on Greek Yogurt

Shane and Stacey are expecting a baby girl in early June, so we had a bbq and baby shower for them at the beach. Stacey has to move to Oahu at the beginning of May because she plans to give birth at Kapiolani Medical Center. 

I got to go to Oahu on April 12th for the day to grade AP Calculus practice exams. We decided to make an afternoon out of it and rescheduled our flights. I got to meet up with Royce and Amy, and they took me to a Koren style yakiniku - all you can eat. It was yummy, and the boba tea we had after was also very good! This was also Darin's first FULL day with Levi all by himself! I left before Levi woke up and came home after he fell asleep. Darin kept me updated on their progress with picture texts, and they had a successful day - daddy did say that Levi was wanting his mommy by the early evening though. 

As you have seen in the earlier post, we have been taking Levi to Kalapaki beach a lot. Levi is starting to exhaust all of the toys and things in our house that sometimes we both go crazy! It's very worth it to pack up the car, make the short drive down to the beach, and play with Levi on the beach and in the water. I haven't seen him fussy at all during our times at the beach and the time just flies by!

Uncle Dustin's birthday dinner - Levi got to see Kenzie again. She's just 3 weeks older than her.

At the end of the month, our dear friend - Ben Ahn - came back from San Francisco to visit and attend the wedding of our other friends, Reiko and Dalton. It was a beautiful wedding! We got to reconnect with friends we haven't seen in a while, and eat lots of good food. 

The wedding was at the beautiful Iliahi Estates.

Ben and Mel

The new Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and Reiko Matsuyama!

Levi hanging out at Uncle Nolan and Aunty Jennie's house with Kira. There are so many more kids around!