Phe's Better and Even BETTER!

Wooooow what a sleepless, painful and frustrating 2 weeks it was! It seemed as though everything people warn you about babies getting in the first few years of life, Phe got all in one week. I think my husband and I were so sleep deprived we started losing the plot at one point. Phe could not sleep, eat or drink for over a week with raging ear infections, thrush, fevers, teething and to top it off, coldsores..ahem... I'm sorry but I'm just gonna say it...Why do people still think kissing babies that aren't your family on the mouth is ok? It's like people who still want to argue that 10 percent is customary tip. I just don't understand.

However, I have to say that Phe being sick has come to be a blessing in disguise..

1. He gave up his pacifier after one week of not being able to suck on anything.

2. He successfully transferred to Whole Milk and Sippy Cups because he couldn't taste or use the bottle.

3. He is AFFECTIONATE NOW!!! I think prior to this he didn't even know that I was his mom but being that sick has really taught him that cuddles and kisses (just not with randoms) will get you very far in life.

4. He eats more than EVER now and EVERYTHING. Phe was always a big eater but this time around it's like he's making up for lost times.

5. He does the most epic dance to "Sexy and I know it."

It was almost like this traumatic 2 weeks kinda warped him and reset his brain...I honestly think out of all the stages we've experienced this year, this has got to be my favorite so far..so much fun! The good news is, I am a full time mommy now and have much more time to blog but the bad news is, my camera is broken and my husband is away for 3 weeks..hence the blackberry camera photos. Thank god for black and white and sepia though. I promise to make it as enticing as I can! Thank you to everyone that supported us during this chaotic week!!

Switzal is the truth!

My husband goes to Netherlands every year and for the past two years has been bringing home this magical fairy lotion from the Dutch Gods. It’s the rad stuff, the goods, the dopeness—ITS SWITZAL! I don’t know if it’s manufactured in Netherlands but according to their website it looks as though they are the European Johnson & Johnson. It smells like every flower under the rainbow and makes your baby so soft and smooth. It’s not just for your baby but for yourself…walk down that grocery isle and you will notice everyone turning back at you, hot stuff. ITS ZEEE SWITZAL!!!!!!

Magic Island Stroll

We happened to be in town today around Ala Moana running some errands when we heard on the radio that the entire Ala Moana Beach Park will be closed off so the APEC higher-up's so their spouses can tan in peace and I hope they are at least going topless if I'm having to wait in traffic for 2 hours to get to work everyday. Anyway, with all anger and frustrations and run on sentences aside, we decided to pay a little visit to Magic Island before all the madness abrupts. Ala Moana Beach is one of the most baby friendly beach in Hawaii and stays consistently flat all year long. The park is I have to admit a little ghetto, and put it this way, I will never let Phe walk barefoot there, but the paved boardwalk is always nice for a little stroll. We honestly don't come here often but the thought of it being off limits next week made me want to experience it. Phe and his best bud Davy Crockett had a lot of fun playing and pushing each other on the skateboard while watching the surf. I wish everyday could end here at Magic Island...

Ala Moana Hotel on Dwellable

North East Side Adventures with Daddy

People say you shouldn't ask a kid who he likes better mommy or daddy, I do it all the time, its funny! For him to come to me over my husband would take me dressed in a Wiggle's outfit (preferably Greg) and have a jar of nuttela while singing the Hotdog song. My husband goes away for an entire month and Phe gives him the biggest welcoming hug and kiss while I go away for 3 days and he doesn't remember me? Now I hate to go back to my birth story...but really after all that??! It's fine though because I love their little bond so much and Phe does love me more than him when he wants to sleep or eat lol..I get it, I'm the nurturer and he's the fun crazy friend that teaches him to be a hunter lol. Sometimes when I go to work, Phe and Daddy go on an adventure together to take photos of landscape and people...This time they picked the North East side of Oahu capturing the great mountain ranges and beautiful sunsets over Chinaman's Hat. Here is Phe, sporting his Puerto Escondido Tee and matching shorts all the way from Mexico that dad-dad got for him. Any chance my husband gets, he makes him wear this terrible outfit..I think it makes him feel like a proud dad recalling a time he was away from his son for a month walking aimlessly around Mexico trying to find something fit and fresh for Phe. There is no better ending to my work day than to come home and look through the pictures of their little journey together.

Halloween What?!?

So Halloween came and went..we were pretty busy this year and although I would've loved to get all Heidi Klum on your ass, I ended up working and had an excuse to skip out. Phe and dad-dad went out in our neighborhood trick or treating though and had a good ol' time..Without me they get into a whole lotta trouble being each other's accomplice from rading peanut butter and nutella jars to pulling a neighbors plants... EEeeek -- Phe's food pyramid has consisted of mainly CAKE and SWEETS for the last 3 days which reminds me I have to start brushing his 6 new teeth!!