Say cheese!!!
Toshi is starting to show his amazing personality ... both good and bad. Let's start with dessert:
Toshi, as you can see, is starting to show off his cute smile! :) We have caught him a few times when it was just myself and Dawn but he has also showed it off to friends and family.
The bad is that Toshi is starting to show his cranky side haha. We've noticed that when we pull the bottle or nipple out from Toshi's mouth (after a feeding) he gives us this, "WTH you doing?!?!" scream. It's soooo dramatic and this is after he chugs down 4.5 mL of milk haha. Also, he gives us a warning that he is getting tired and this is right around 830PM or so. It's a great indication for bed time now.
We both think that this is great and Toshi is starting to show a pattern which is soo freakin' awesome. Instead of the crazy, random cries at odd hours he is settling into a routine. The only part of the routine that sucks is the huuuuge poop at 6AM hahaha j/k.
A lot has happened since I wrote the last post. Not many know but I finally got a family wagon. Yes, I got rid of my beloved Honda Fit which, by the way, was an amazing car. Super good on gas, spacious to do everything I ever wanted to do (cycling, mountain biking, surfing, and hauling stuff), and it looked super good too!! I had suspension and rims on my fit and it was just perfect for me. If I couldn't go fast I wanted to look really good. Here is what I had on the fit:
So I upgraded to a Subaru Forester!! :D It's such a great family car and the best part for us is that we don't have this huge car loan. I was really worried about finding a car big enough for the family but I also didn't want to have a huge car loan. I also wanted something like an SUV but I don't want to drive a huge boat like a 4Runner or something. The Forester is a compact SUV that puts a smile on my face all the time. So I actually bought this car from a really good friend of mine and I can absolutely trust that he took really good care of his car. I love the exhaust note of the turbo engine, the handling aspect of the mods he put on and it's just perfect. I added tint and a double din DVD player since I wanted an iPod player and a back up camera and this just put it over the top haha. I absolutely love this car!!
From my last post I stated that we started to have Toshi sleep in his own room. It was definitely rough in the beginning but I'm so proud of him that he is able to sleep on his own now. It's like he is used to his routine of going to bed around 9PM. For the whole month he has been on such an awesome roll of going to bed easily without too much crying.
One night, Dawn checked up on him and look at how she found him!!
Still not quite sure on how he got there but the wedge to keep him in place is all the way at the other end of the crib!!!! You can see just a small part of it on the bottom left of the 2nd picture.
Right around this time Toshi was just over 3 months and before I forget I want to share his "3 month" picture:
We also wanted to see how Kekoa responds to Toshi and needless to say ... we're not sure if he is comfortable just yet haha
Kekoa, for the most part, doesn't want Toshi on him ... at all. One night we tried to do this again and he got up in a hurry!! So this was a super rare photo moment for Kekoa and Toshi haha.
As everyone knows kids start to lose their hair around this age. His hair up top is starting to thin out as well as the back of his head. He tends to sleep facing his left so we hope that he isn't developing a flat spot on his left side =/. You'll probably notice that in the pictures of him sleeping up top. But this is his bald spot on the back of his head:
There was one night that Dawn was busy cooking dinner and it was right around his feeding time. It was also his last feeding before sleep so he was hungry and tired which is a hard combo to deal with if your not the milk-jug delivery guy. So I took Toshi to our bedroom and I started to play the ukulele for him. It's been a while since I played but my fingers somehow just knew where to go. If you asked me to write it out I probably wouldn't know how to play it but it just "came out" haha. So I played for about 15-20 minutes and he just stared at me and became calm. I couldn't believe it but he kept his focus on the ukulele and me while I played for him. Totally amazing moment for us and I think it was one of those bonding moments that has brought us closer as father and son, you know?? So awesome :D
Well to wrap up this post I'll show some pictures of the visitors that Toshi had over the past month. Kim and Jayne wanted to see Toshi and he was all smiles for the girls :)
Oh ... and "Look mommy, I can feed myself!!" haha
A special shout out goes to Toshi's cousins Isaac and Caleb! They just turned 3 years old and this is what Toshi had to say:
We love you both and we hope you had a ton of cake, ice cream, and awesome toys!!!
