The Naipo Family (Jennifer, Noah, Kealani, and Kainoa): February 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009

Mommy and baby!

as you can see, she's more interested in reaching for toys than taking pictures these days... LOL!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Playdate and Mom's Group outing.

mmm... she likes the baby biter biscuits...

Well it's official... I now even LOOK the part of a Mommy! LOL! I'm a minivan mama now. We decided to get a minivan for the extra room. Since most days I have two kids (Kealani and niece, Keikilani), and NO room for anything in the car besides them and a stroller, we started jokingly tossing around the idea. Well over the next several days/week I soon realized that I really do want the room so that I can get a cart full of groceries while having both girls and not having to practically strap them to the roof of the car! Ha! Plus, now the nephews can go with us when they want, and with all my mom's groups that I'm involved in now, we do all have to caravan, we can just hop in the car together. Oh, and Noah is excited that he can drive a bunch of the guys from the football team to practices, etc.! The list of "pro's" goes on. I said I'd never have a minivan but in reality it was way more practical. The SUVs with the third row seating are first of all, too much money to buy (since we wanted to pay cash instead of financing another vehicle), and also too expensive to fuel! LOL! So since we wanted to pay cash, that definitely limited what kind of van we got, but I think we did OK -- it's not horrible. Oh, and it was a bonus that the family that we bought it from LOVES Hawaii so they already had some Hawaiian stickers on it for me! It was meant to be. =) So now when you see my Nissan Altima driving around town, chances are it will be Noah in it, not me. And does anyone know anyone that is looking for an inexpensive car that is awesome on gas mileage?!! Noah's car is up for sale! $1800 O.B.O! Anyway, here's the pictures of my new ride! LOL!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

taking her outside is always the answer!

Whenever Kealani is unhappy, just take her outside and you'll have one VERY happy baby again -- never fails. Over the last several days when she was so sick, anytime we couldn't get her to stop crying, we used this oh-so-useful trick and just walked outside for a bit. Well, after many times of doing this, I decided "let's just STAY outside for awhile since the weather is good" so I put her in the stroller and we just went for a walk... up to Albertson's, over to my parents, etc. The whole time we were out, the only sounds she made were squeals of happiness. Worked like a charm! I'm sure that the fresh air was helping her breathe too, but we all know that a happy baby makes for a happy Mama! =) Anyway, here are some pics of us leaving for our walk...

Poor baby had her first trip to the hospital. =(

Kealani has been very sick for many days now, but Tuesday night got too scary for me so I decided to take her to her first trip to the hospital (since being born, of course!). She had been so congested, watery eyes, coughing like crazy, sneezy hundreds of times a day, and VERY UNHAPPY for several days. Well, Tuesday early evening, she started coughing so hard that she was starting to throw up and then choking on it at the same time (hard to explain), so I started getting increasingly worried. But then when she started getting really lathargic, not doing anything but laying there moaning, and then started having more trouble breathing, I decided it was time to go ASAP. Of course it was a night that Noah was on shift at the fire department so I didn't have him to help me out and calm me down, but that's what my Mommy was for! =) She was at my house in about 3 minutes and off to the hospital we went. Thankfully, they didn't make us wait the 4+ hours that everyone else in the packed out waiting room was waiting, and they put us on the "fast" list and got us in right away. To make a long story short, she had an upper respiratory infection. However, they said it could turn into RSV (which I'm told very dangerous for babies -- can even be fatal) in a matter of hours so to keep a close eye on her and follow up with her regular doctor the next day. Well she woke up no better and by the time we got in to see the doctor the next day, she wrote it up as RSV. So because of that, they want to make her better right away so she doesn't get hospitalized for days, etc. They ordered us a machine that is like a vacuum/suction that sucks everything out of her nose in a matter of seconds. Granted, Kealani does NOT like it at all -- she screams at even the sight and sound of it, BUT it seems to be helping a lot! She woke up today, MUCH better and slightly more like herself, which we are so thrilled about! It was so hard having such a crabby, screaming, uncomfortable baby for so many days when you are so used to having the happiest, most smiley baby there ever was! We are defintely ready for "our" baby back! =) Anyway, thanks to those of you that knew we were going through this and all of your prayers about Kealani's health. Things are definitely looking up for her now.

Here are some pictures of her at the hospital (though they make me seem like a liar when I say she was so crabby and unhappy for those days, because she actually decided to give me some smiles when I took the camera out -- something I hadn't seen in days! I think she just wanted to make a liar out of me and show the nurses/doctors more of what she is normally like! I guess that's murphy's law, right?!

using the suction machine to get all the yucky's out so she can breathe again!...

chewing on the cord that was supposed to be attached to the machine -- they ended up giving her one to play with and one that was actually serving it's purpose! =)