Farts and toots

This week has been pretty unusual to say the least. Toshi hasn't been sleeping well throughout the nights and it takes a huge toll on Dawn.  I don't know how Dawn does it but she is such an amazing mommy :) To help out I try to keep busy by going to the grocery store for her, keeping the house clean, and doing yard work almost every weekend.

Anyways, one of Dawn's friends came over to visit us and I for one haven't seen her for years. It was great to see her and talk about Toshi for a couple hours. Dawn and Megan would meet up for doggie play dates once in a while so Kekoa and Otis can play with each other. I have yet to see them play but I know he has a good time since he is always tired when he comes home afterwards. Maybe next time we see her we can have those two guys play together again.

Toshi hasn't really been pooping a lot as he used to. Now, he takes about 2-3 poops a day but he does have the occasional skid mark in his diaper from a wet shart or something. With that said I can't express how many times this little guy farts!! It's so bad that when I am holding him and Kekoa is sitting next to me, Kekoa gets up, sniffs around, looks at us, and walks away!!! O_O hahaha.

Even worse is that today I was checking if he pooped because there was this rolling, hard, fart.  So I proceeded to check his diaper but instead of looking from afar and taking a peek I decided to open it and sniff it.  However, when I started to sniff his diaper ... he farted on me!!!!!!!!!! =(  Dawn said he got that from me since I fart in front of her without telling her or I fart under the cover and pretend nothing happened until it's too late and she gets a huge breeze from under the covers har har har!!!

First basketball game

It's official, we're starting him young at 3 weeks old :).  We took Toshi to my basketball game and not that it was a surprise but he slept through the entire game. With all the yelling, bouncing of the ball, running up and down the court, he didn't flinch at all. Out cold for sure.

Dawn and I are glad that he can sleep through anything right now. Basketball games, Kekoa barking at random times, me yelling at Kekoa, and other people's chatter.  I told Dawn tonight that when it is safe we should go to a restaurant.  We just have to time it right so we eat when he's not hungry haha.

One of my teammates bought us a gift and it totally caught us off guard. We were thankful for his time and generosity to pick up this gift and of course ... every baller would love for their kids to have bball gear. So this was extremely fitting for us :)

I did some tummy time with Toshi today and every time I look at this picture my eyes wander to the left and I see my chest hairs. My first thought is, "DAMN! That's a fuzzy patch." hahaha

And the truth be told

I knew it and I said it before ... Toshi WILL pee and poop when it is my turn to give him a bath haha.

It started off fine but being that it was my very first attempt I took a lot longer than Dawn. I started to wash his face and neck and proceeded downwards. However I was being extra careful since I consider him pretty fragile.  Anyways, after I poured the water on him to rinse off all the soap he started to pee on himself!! I didn't catch it at first.  He go soooo upset that he started to pee on himself =/.   Then I washed his back and bottom side but as I put him down he must have been screaming so much that he sharted!! I laughed but then I felt even worse because now he pee'd and pooped himself while I was giving him a bath. First thought was ... "Damn .. How did I know he was going to do this to me hahaha"

Lastly, I noticed Toshi had a new pose when sleeping. I know, I know ... majority of these pics of Toshi is sleeping but he's either sleeping or nursing .. and yeah. We know how that goes.

First week back at work

The title says it all ... I decided to go back to work this week.  It has been pretty interesting because now I have to wake up at a specific time vs. last week I could wake up at 7, 8 or 9AM.  Running on 4-5 hours of sleep is pretty rough but I'm sure I can get used to it. Thank god I picked up an Italian Roast (Dark Roast) for my Keurig at work. That is some amazing coffee haha.

Work is work but all throughout the day I'm always thinking of Toshi and my Boo. So as soon as the clock hits 430, I'm out!!

I asked Dawn if we could wash Toshi together as soon as I got home.  He was actually much better this time around and wasn't so resistant. I can honestly say that he liked it instead of grumbling and moaning all the time. I watched Dawn wash him so the next time around it'll be my turn. Knowing my luck he'll pee in my face and poop in the net hahaha. **knock on wood**

After his shower we put on his new outfit we got from Naomi and Marcus :)

Dawn is getting much better at taking pictures with my camera... although I couldn't get Toshi's head to be straight haha.

Although we did get this one:

AND ONE, BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gave Dawn a short break to shower and eat dinner while I got Toshi to fall asleep .. that's the least I could do since she had him all day haha .. or more like ooops.

Night night, son. You are now two weeks old ... another 1,350 more weeks to go until you're off my medical insurance :) hahaha

Visitors

I can't help it but I love these kind of pictures of Toshi :)

This past weekend has been filled with visitors from near and far. Being that we can't bring Toshi to the party yet it's awesome to see family and friends come to us in excitement of meeting Toshi for the first time. We truly appreciate it!

Tom was planning to visit us on Saturday morning and afterwards head up to papa's house for some Tito's. So, Dawn was like, "Hey ... we want Tito's too!!!" So we spoke with Papa in advanced and he agreed to have EVERYONE over, including Miles & Co. haha. It was great to have everyone in one spot to talk story over some good food!

Shortly after our lunch we had to head back home since my sister, Naomi, and her husband, Marcus, were planning to visit us. They were in town for a conference in San Diego so they drove up once they had the opportunity to do so.

I fired up the grill and made everyone some ribeye steaks. This would be the first time Dawn could have her meat slightly pink. Honestly ... well done meat cooked for a pregnant woman sucks. It is sooo tough and dry! And to be fair whenever I cooked steaks at home when she was pregnant I made mine well done too haha. Anyways, dinner was amazing and having them over was such a treat. We can't wait to have the whole family together since it was just them without the boys.

Yup .. I rarely take a nice/serious picture hahaha.

To wrap up the weekend, before I head back to work tomorrow, I detailed Dawn's car (total of 5.5 hours) and groomed Kekoa (filed his nails and gave him a bath).  After all of this I had to take a nap before the usual Sunday night basketball pickup ... Dawn was able to take this picture :)

If it wasn't for Dawn I probably would have slept through basketball!

Surprises

I'm not sure if any of you guys know how small Toshi is. When we travel with Toshi and put him in the car seat, he doesn't seem to fit.  Since he was born 6 weeks early he doesn't have as much baby fat as you would think but his height/length is nominal and his current weight is 5lb 2oz at the time of this picture

We had to add a newborn/infant insert along with a few blankets to prop him up a little more. If we don't he'll sink into the seat which wouldn't be a good thing.  I initially thought that, "Hey this is going to be light..." but it's not!!! Carrying him in this car seat is heavy!! Even for a 5lb baby ... ='( haha.

So yesterday was July 4th and we had a FEAST at papa's house. Ribs, oh so delicious ribs, baked beans, mashed potatoes etc. It was delicious and we all ate like kings. Papa's ribs are soooo good. Put it this way ... it would be foolish for us to order ribs at a restaurant because they'll never beat his recipe!

Today, my cousin Tiff planned to come over and meet Toshi. She was extremely excited to meet him and it was also a pleasure having her over since I rarely get to see her! Anyways, it was great to catch up and talk story for bit.

The weather outside was actually really good for a walk so I asked Dawn if she and Toshi wanted to join us on our walk today. Being that Dawn is still recovering she is still finding it difficult to walk long distances.  We walked slow and to make it challenging for Kekoa I made him work today by carrying 4 water bottles in his back pack. It seemed heavy but when I weighed it on the scale it's only 6 lbs!!! So that is definitely not a work out for him haha.

After our walk it was the usual nap time for everyone. But since I usually get my sleep at night and Dawn is up in the early morning hours I told her I would watch Toshi while she sleeps. This is what happened...

All three of these guys were sleeping!!! 

Dawn also decided to give Toshi a real bath vs. a sponge bath today. I'm not sure if he really liked it ... you can be the judge haha.

To end the day I finally got that "Back spatter" of poop. I was, honestly, excited to clean my very first back sh*t.  It was unreal how stink he was just being in my arms and the sound he made while he pooped was LOUD!! It sounded like a little fart an adult would make but instead of farting you would shart (Sh*t and fart at the same time).  So we went to the changing area and started to clean him up. Little did I know he started peeing!! I was like, "NOOOOOO!!" So I proceed to wipe him down and then I went back to cleaning his butt. However, he wasn't done peeing and I guess the way I was lifting his legs he shot himself in the neck!! =(

So ... not my proudest moment but it was a funny moment. Both of us couldn't stop laughing and to end the night we gave him another bath since it was everywhere! on his back, his neck .. everywhere ... hahaha. 

Baths and stuff

It is such a joy to wake up these days because you never know what will happen. It should be like that everyday regardless but with Toshi, it is such a blessing.

Toshi is pretty fidgety and when Dawn was done feeding him he decided to show his feet to her. Couldn't catch the first moment but ... look at those feet!!!

We first started off with a walk and I asked Dawn if she wanted to try out the new BOB stroller we got from our family. Since she was up for it we hurried to get out before the weather got too hot for Toshi.  The BOB stroller is amazing! It seriously feels like you're pushing a friction less cart. It glides right over bumps and cracks and Toshi didn't feel a thing. Kekoa was pretty calm and collective walking next to the stroller so it couldn't have been any better. 

Since we got him somewhat sweaty we figured it would be a perfect time to give him a bath. He's a heavy sleeper as I mentioned before so he slept through the stroller ride and continued to sleep when we got home!

So to wake him up we stripped him down and got him ready for his first bath. He was pretty resistant to it at first as he threw his hands up, kicking his legs, and crying a little bit.

 First started with the scrub down and he's still being resistant but not as bad when we first started.

 Then we proceeded to wash his head and at first he was like, "WHOA ... WTH you doing?!"

 Then he gave us the, "Aite .. that feels pretty decent .... I guess..."

 Then he was like, "OHHHH YEAH! Wash me, mommy!"

"MMMmmm that feels good!"

And mommy decided to comb his hair and he liked it too! We were so pleased at how he reacted to his first bath.

I noticed today that he doesn't like it when it's dead silent and he can't really hear us. So while we ate dinner I wanted him in his bouncer on the dinner table. At first he kept staring at mommy but then again ... he coulda been staring into space haha

To top the day off that last piece of umbilical cord finally came off. So now, Toshi has a belly button!!! haha