Baby's first Christmas

The Christmas celebrations started on Christmas Eve with the Rho side of the family at Aunty Pat's house.  Sadie got to see most of her cousins - Sophia, Samantha, Allison, and of course Paisley and Chase.  We had planned to take a nice family picture in front of Aunty Pat's elaborate tree, but with 6 kids running around the house....we didn't quite accomplish that (oh well, maybe next year)  :(

After the party, we headed home and decided to open Sadie's gifts.  We are so grateful for the cute clothes, fun and educational toys, delicious snacks (especially Aunty Pat's famous chex mix), and nice books that were given to her from generous friends and family.  She also received some "college money" and her very first "Patriot bond" from the Yamashitas.   At 3 months old, she surely did not know what was going on, but next year should be a lot more fun to see her react to the gifts.

On Christmas morning we headed over to the other side of the circle to eat breakfast and watch Paisley and Chase open their gifts.  Sadie seemed to enjoy watching them, but eventually fell asleep during the marathon of gift opening.   Later, we went to the Minns to open a few more gifts and eat some lunch.....then.....home for a nap!

Sadie - 10 weeks

Ready for the cold, but it's been so HOT!

Christmas day - 2010

Good Morning!

How lucky are we?....to get to wake up to this precious smile every morning!!  Sadie @ 11 weeks.

Visit to the dentist

Well.....not for Sadie, but for mommy.  Mommy is always at the dentist due to poor dental genetics (maybe all the candy and cookies may be contributing factors as well, LOL), so we're hoping Sadie takes after her daddy as far as teeth are concerned, and hopefully she gets his vision too!  :)  In any case, Sadie will be seeing Dr. Cho, Aunty Shari, and Princess a lot as she grows up.  Dr. Cho already advised me to start giving fluoride as soon as Sadie turns 6 months old....he says she could use all the help she can get since she may have my DNA!

Get ready for Christmas!

Family and friends all gathered again this year to help put up Grandma's beloved Christmas tree at the Minn residence.  It took many hands, and several hours to accomplish what Grandma used to do all by herself each year.  This will be Sadie's first Christmas, but it is the second year without Grandma's presence, and she is still greatly missed each day.  It was a long evening for Aunty Shanti, who practiced changing Sadie's diapers....and is now quite an expert at it!

Aunty Shanti & Aunty Meilin

Aunty Diane & Sadie

Three Generations of Minns

Aunty Joy & Sadie

My Aunties

Mommy & Sadie

First Restaurant Experience

Today was officially Sadie's first time at a restaurant.  Aunty Kara was nice enough to take Aunty Cherylynn, Sadie, and I to Panya at Ala Moana for breakfast --- I was a little nervous about bringing her to such a nice place, but she did great.   She slept the entire time while we ate, then woke up for a few minutes at the end.  Both aunties attempted to feed Sadie her bottle, but I think the milk wasn't at the right temperature....she's become very particular about her bottle temperature....she wants it not too hot, not too cold, but wants it juussst right.  I forgot to take a pic with Aunty Cheryl....maybe next time, when she's really "showing."

Tummy Time

Although she hates it....Sadie is getting better at tummy time, and is able to briefly hold her head up at a 45 degree angle.  She loves playing with her tongue....and according to Dr. Tim Sing, that is often a sign that baby will be an "early talker" -- not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one  :)

Looks like 45 degrees to me  :)

Babysitter in-training

Aunty Shanti takes good care of Sadie.  She enjoys changing, feeding, and even bathing Sadie!

2 Month Check-up

Today we went for Sadie's 2 month check up with Dr. Tim Sing at Kaiser Hawaii Kai.  On the way there, as I was sitting in the passenger seat, I kept telling Vail that she looks so happy in the back sitting in her car seat -- eyes wide open, looking all around with a small smile on her face (usually in the car she passes out, or if she's up....she'll cry every time the car stops moving).  Anyways, when we got there, we found out why she was so happy.....she made a HUGE doo doo that overflowed out of her diaper, soiled her outfit, and also got onto her carseat!  OMG, what a mess.....and for some reason I think she knew that this was the ONE TIME that mommy didn't bring the diaper bag w/ extra change of clothes!  Vail and I spent a good 10 minutes in the waiting room trying to clean her up, and poor thing...she didn't have any clothes to change into!

Well, back to the check up.....so Sadie is overall VERY healthy, AND.....to our disbelief....she grew to 24 inches, a whopping 95th percentile!!!!  (So hard to believe that she grew 5 inches in just 2 months!....maybe Aunty Jenn is right....she might be headed for the WNBA, LOL).  Weight = 11 lb 2.4 oz, 57 percentile.  Head circumference 15", 30th percentile.  Sadie also received 4 vaccines today, 3 shots and 1 oral one.  She took them all like a champ....she cried after each poke, but only for 10 seconds or less after each one!  Next visit will be at 4 months old.

It's December already!!  That means time for shopping, wrapping, and of course.....sending out X-mas cards!!!!  Here are a few "out-takes" from last night's photo session!  :)  Still very cute, but they didn't quite make the cut!  Hopefully next year, we can send out pictures of a smiling Sadie!

Then finally.....a good one!  YAY!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

On Sadie's first Thanksgiving, daddy had to work so we stopped by the Kaneohe Fire Station to say hello.  After that, we had dinner at Grammie's house.  Aunty Jenn bought matching snowman pajamas for Paisley, Chase, and Sadie, so we had fun dressing them up and attempting to take a picture with the 3 kids together....it was total chaos!  Grammie was standing behind the cameras trying to get the kids to smile, and while she was entertaining them, she was yelling "Chase!  Chaaaaaase, Paisley....Paisley, look......hey, hey look STACY......I mean Sadie" --- it was so hilarious....who the heck is "Stacy"!!!???  LOL

Daddy and Me

Uncle Dean and Dillon

Mommy and Me

Chase, Paisley, and Me (Aka: Stacy)

Sleeping through the night?....

Last night, Sadie slept for 6 & 1/2 hours straight (10:30 pm to 5 am)!  Woooo Hoooo!!!!  Now....anxious for tonight, to see if it's going to be a habit or if it was just a fLuKe!  :)

6 & 1/2 Weeks

Sadie can now "talk back" to you when you talk to her; she especially enjoys talking with Grammie.  She also coos quite a bit now, and there's even an occasional giggle here and there.  She now stays up for stretches of several hours (one time 8 hours with a few cat naps in between), and can sleep up to four hours at a time at night.  She's really starting to fill out now, and wears size 1-2 diapers, and 3 month-sized clothes.

Little Rascals

Chase, upside down Paisley, and Sadie

Busting up monkey

At 5 weeks old, Sadie is starting to use her hands and legs more, and also seems to be able to see things a lot better now.  Here's a short video of her "talking" and beating up her monkey, LOL.

First Halloween!

For Sadie's first halloween, we went with the Yamashita clan to Kahala Mall....it was PACKED!  Chase had a sumo costume, but since he was still a little bit under the weather Aunty Jenn dressed him in Paisley's old penguin costume and Paisley was "Foofa" from Yo Gabba Gabba.  Aunty Jenn had a "DJ Lance" costume for Uncle Corey to wear, but of course he didn't want to wear it out in public, so Vail was a good sport and did the deed -- it was hilarious!  All the kids, and even the adults at the mall were pointing and saying "Oooh, there's DJ Lance!"..... it was like walking next to a celebrity!   A couple of kids even wanted to take pictures with DJ Vail, LOL!  Paisley's "Foofa" costume was also a hit....a few people commented that she had the cutest costume they had ever seen.  Chase was a good penguin, he was up the whole time with his big eyes wide open, just observing.  Our Korean red chili pepper slept through the whole event!....oh well, at least she didn't fuss!  :)

I think she looks like daddy in this one

Grammie, Gramps, Paisley, Chase, & Sadie

Baby Penguin, DJ Lance, Foofa, & Korean Red Pepper

4 week check up

Sadie is growing up too, too fast!  Here are her "stats" from her 4 week check up with Dr. Tim Sing (as compared to her 2 week old check up):

Head circumference went from 14 inches (40%) --> 14.5 inches (48%)
Weight went from 7 lbs 1.4 oz (14%) --> 8 lbs 6.3 oz (29%)
Height went from 20 inches (37%) --> 21.25 inches (62%)

The thrush is about 90% resolved, so breast feeding is now actually becoming enjoyable for us.  :)  Now at 8 lbs, Sadie is about to transition from "newborn" diapers, to size 1 diapers!  Oh how she's growing!!!  Her newborn sized clothes are also getting a little snug, so she'll be retiring those soon as well.

Elijah, Bryce, Aunty Lei, and Aunty Lex

Why am I so hunched you ask...thrush!

Bryce and Elijah

Family pics

Mom & Dad

Grammie

Grandpa

Gramps

Aunty Shanti

Aunty Joy

Aunty Pat

Uncle Eddie

Aunty Jenn 

Uncle Corey

Aunty Diane 

Great grandpa Minn

Great grandma Minn