From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Getting By…

by Papa K on August 18, 2010

Update on Maile and Daddy’s Home Alone adventures… we’re doing pretty good. Still very much missing Mommy, but staying strong. We had grand plans to use our new iPhones to FaceTime chat – unfortunately two things happened:

1) We can’t do it at night when Mommy is on the hotel WiFi because Maile Girl gets too worked up missing mommy before bed.

2) For some reason when we try in the morning it doesn’t work on Mommy’s work network.

So we improvised and Mommy sent Maile a video to watch. And watch it we did. About 20 times!

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(Dad note: Before Maile jumps in and tells you about the fun day we had on Saturday, just a quick update on our Home Alone adventures. Maile has done great the past two nights. She’s gone down relatively easily and slept through the night. She still misses her mommy very much and can’t wait to see her on Thursday. For all those who asked, Chris is doing okay as well – she’s thinking about us non-stop, but she’s surviving and getting her stuff done in NYC.)

On Saturday, Mommy and Daddy took me to the Nihonmachi Street Fair in Japantown. The Nihonmachi Street Fair is a big street party for the Asian American community. I’m part Asian and 100% American so I qualified no problem (they let Daddy come too, so apparently the rules aren’t too strict).

It was a fun day – we had mochi and walked around to all the different booths. Mommy’s friend Johannah joined us too – it was fun to see her again.

Nah, I didn't have any fun at the Fair...

Nah, I didn't have any fun at the Fair...

They even had dragons that made loud noises – mommy thought I’d be scared, but it didn’t seem like such a big deal to me. Kind of ho hum to be honest. I knew there were actually people under the dragons – can’t pull something like that over Maile Girl.

Mommy, I know those dragons aren't real...

Mommy, I know those dragons aren't real...

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There was a band too and Daddy and I went dancing. He’s a fun dancing partner although if I get much bigger he said he won’t be able to throw me around like he does now. I say “suck it up” daddy, I’m not getting any smaller!

Watch out Japantown, here comes a Haole and a Half...

Watch out Japantown, here comes a Haole and a Half...

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What did you do with my Mommy?

by Papa K on August 16, 2010

So Christine left last night for NYC on the red eye (she’s going to start traveling about once a month for work). She left the house at 8:30.

9:15 Maile wakes up (mind you, this is a bit weird – the last month, she mostly goes down at 7 and sleeps through the night).

I let her cry a bit, but she’s really upset. Its like she knows. I go in. Bunnies are thrown to the ground outside the crib (a new trick), snots everywhere. Tears. So sad.

She signals that she wants me to pick her up and bring her to Mommy. Hmm… that’s going to be a problem.

I pick her up and try to calm her down. She insists on leaving the room. She directs me to the bedroom where Mommy usually is. Alas, no one there. Maile is confused. She looks at me accusingly. “What did you do with my Mommy?”

She directs me to the living room (second most likely location for Mommy). Not there.

We go to the kitchen. Not there either.

All the while, I’m explaining to Maile that Mommy has gone to New York and that if she goes to sleep. And wakes up. And goes to sleep again. And wakes up. And again. And again. Then Mommy will be home. The key I remind her is the “go to sleep” part.

She still thinks I did something to Mommy. We check both bathrooms. We check the closets. We go outside. (That calms her down a little – look at the pretty trees.)

We open the fridge. No Mommy, but there are blueberries. Can I have blueberries, Daddy? Sure. Chomp, chomp. Starting to relax. “Seriously, Daddy, what did you do to Mommy?” We review the whole “go to sleep, wake up” thing again. She’s not buying what I’m selling.

I want milk. No I don’t. Yes I do. No I don’t. Yes I do. No I don’t. We do that for 5 minutes. We ultimately decide that we want milk. We drink 3 ounces.

We check the bedroom again. Mommy didn’t sneak back in. We grab one of Mommy’s t-shirts to bring with us. Smells like Mommy. Not Mommy though.

We go to the living room. Shall we read a book? Yes, Daddy, let’s do that. We read the “Kiss Kiss” book. Twice. Maile gives me some kisses. She’s forgiven me for disappearing Mommy. No I haven’t. Okay, just kidding about that part.

Yawn. Yawn. Eye rub. One last blueberry. Eye rub. Yawn.

Off to bed again. Cry. Cry. Sleep.

(Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes.)

Daddy, thank you for Mommy's shirt so I have something of hers to keep with me, but I'd really appreciate if you could return the real thing ASAP. Thanks.

Daddy, thank you for Mommy's shirt so I have something of hers to keep with me, but I'd really appreciate if you could return the real thing ASAP. Thanks.

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Skipping Milestones…

by Papa K on August 15, 2010

Remember how we thought walking would be the next milestone for Maile? She decided to skip right over that – she’s more than content to crawl and cruise around, she just wants to get higher. She’s going vertical by climbing. On. Everything. We turn our back for a second and she’s piled all her toys together and she’s precariously perched on top of them. Needless to say another round of child proofing has ensued…

Hmm, guess we'll need to find a new place to put the storage bag with all of Maile's toys...

Hmm, guess we'll need to find a new place to put the storage bag with all of Maile's toys...

Apparently, Maile has a complex about her height - she is already using whatever is available to get a lift...

Apparently, Maile has a complex about her height - she is already using whatever is available to get a lift...

Funny, they didn't show this use of the toy in the instruction manual...

Funny, they didn't show this use of the toy in the instruction manual...

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Phoning it in…

by Papa K on August 12, 2010

We're tired tonight, so we're phoning this one in...

We're tired tonight, so we're phoning this one in...

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Maile Gaga

by Papa K on August 11, 2010

Maile’s been listening to Lady Gaga for awhile now and she’s finally starting to get her dance routine down. (Note: I did dub over the music in this video, but she is actually listening to Bad Romance while she is performing these dance moves…)

BTW – While she is listening to Gaga, I think Maile Girl is going a little old school with the floor routine half way through and is channeling one of the originals

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Maile’s First Kiss

by Papa K on August 10, 2010

It kind of came out of nowhere, Harold was playing shy, but then all of a sudden, he planted a kiss on Maile Girl. Her first. And then he gave her a G.I. Joe. Pretty much a win, win.

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Family Pictures – 13 Months

by Papa K on August 9, 2010

It’s been awhile since we’ve taken a family picture. Tonight we got all dressed up to help our friends, Gary and MJ, celebrate their recent marriage. We thought it’d be a perfect opportunity to take some family pictures.

Maile and Mommy - 13 Months

Maile and Mommy - 13 Months

Daddy, it's your turn!

Daddy, it's your turn!

Maile and Daddy - 13 Months

Maile and Daddy - 13 Months

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Love, Love Computer

by Papa K on August 8, 2010

I’m starting to get pretty busy at work, so I’ve decided to ramp up Maile’s training on the ol’ computer. She’s taking to it even better than I could have hoped!

(Note: the truth is that the desk I work at when I’m at home is in our living room, so Maile sees me on the computer all the time. She always wants to play around on my computer – which obviously is a problem – so I gave her this extra netbook computer that I received at a conference to play with. It is the perfect size for Maile girl. Its pretty interesting watching her figure it out. She knows that things she presses on the keyboard causes things to change on the screen. And if you watch the video, you can see that she has the basic typing movement done – probably from copying me. A few more weeks and she might be ready to add to the payroll 😉

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Babysitter Training

by Maile Girl on August 5, 2010

I’m a lucky girl. My next door neighbor, Lizzy, is the best! I think as we get older she is going to teach me all types of fun things. Even though she is already 7 years old, Mommy said that she’s not quite ready to babysit me. Daddy said its never too early to start her babysitter training, so I put her through the paces a bit. Needless to say she passed with flying colors!

(Dad note: Check out what Maile does about 10 seconds into this video… I think its fair to say she is a big fan of Lizzy!)

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