the day of firsts

Grandma Frankie was emotional as she held

our precious boy for the first time

(she has been amazing and soo helpful this whole week-

I don't know what we would have done without her)

on our way home from the hospital

we picked up Ame from school, so SHE was the

first to see and ride next to him in the car.

then at home...

each of the kids got their own turn

to hold him for the the first time

and each of them were soo proud and excited

especially Ash, who is officially no longer

the baby of the family

first day in the house full of craziness

first nap at home

and his first sponge bath at home

(this was the day after he arrived home)

and MANY more firsts to come

Baby Hanamaikai #4....naming STILL in progress

(I should be getting some extra rest, but I figure that once I get home, quiet time to get this story written down, may be hard to come by)

So here's the story of his arrival:

I had a Dr's appt on Tuesday morning and was only dialated to about 3 1/2, despite the strong but irregular contractions I had been having the day b4. So we discussed all the last minute details for my scheduled induction Wednesday. All along I have been predicting I would

have him on my own, and a mother's instinct is always right! Because around 2-2:30 I started having SERIOUS contractions, and decided I better start keeping track of them cuz they were

getting pretty regular. They were 10-15 min apart, but I was sure like the previous day

they would just go away. QUinn had class to teach up at Weber State @ 5:30 and kept asking

me if he needed to cancel class. I just kept responding I DON"T KNOW...As it got later in the day I called my sister, just to warn her of what I was feeling and told Quinn to just go to class,

but to keep his phone close. Meanwhile we had made plans for Quinn's mom to come up that night to stay with the kids, since we were suppose to be at the hospital early the next morning.

I got the kids dinner and baths early, JUST IN CASE. And then there was a knock at the door.

It was Frankie and I guess quinn had mentioned something to her about me feeling contractions and so she decided to head up early. Once again thanks for a Mother following her instincts. I finally listened to my own body and called quinn. I told him he better get home-he said "Are you sure, I can be done in like 45 minutes?"Good thing I said, NO come NOW. He made it home and we gathered up a few things, Ame said a beautiful family prayer, and we headed out the door. It was now sometie after 7:30pm. We got all the details taken care of to be admitted, and the nurse checked me-I was now at 5cm and my contracts are less than 5 min apart. They started TRYING to get an IV in me, somthing I have never had a hard time with, but for some reason today was my lucky day to get poked like 8 times. Those things are soo painful!! Anyway, Karli arrived and we got on Skype with my parents. I got an epidural, my water broke, then my Dr arrived and checked me. I am now at a 6. Meanwhile we are chatting away with my parents and quinn is doing what he does best at this point...searching the internet for NAMES :) The nurse kept adjusting the baby heart monitor on my stomach because she was having a hard time getting a constant heart beat. They decided they needed to insert a monitor in the baby's head. So they go to start that process and found something else instead...THE BABY'S HEAD!!!! WHAT? Karli and Quinn are both looking and can't believe it, as well as the nurses. DON'T PUSH is what they are telling me, as they frantically try to find my DR. I could tell that nurse was nervous SHE would be delivering this baby. Lucky for her my dr hurried in and our precious little boy slid right out!! Without even one push from me. Is that that a crazy story or what?! I mean I could have probably had this baby without an epidural and still felt minimal pain. My dad joked that we shouldn't get charged full price because no one had to do much work. I know anyone who has had long, hard labors is HATING me right now. But that is the story of how our little guy came into this world. He arrived at 9:30pm (yes less than 2 hours after we got to the hospital), was 5 lbs 7 oz and 20 1/2 inches long.

And here he is:

he was so alert, but at the same time mellow from the minute he came out

Because he came so quick, karli and quinn were unprepared with cameras. But luckily THEY remembered to pull them out, because I was still in shock that it was over. And because of the new hospital policies the kids have only seen their brother via skype. But whe are hoping to go home tomorrow to meet them! Quinn promises baby will have a name b4 he goes home????

Halloween-round 2

Ame had a little Halloween Party at school,
and since quinn was home working (and Ash was napping),

Kaipo and I headed over to join the party.

Ame and her buddie, Emma

I HAD to add this video clip, just for

Grandma Asplund.

This is a song I remember as a girl, from my moms

classroom. Except I remember mom played this one,

back in the day, on a record player :)

*Witches Brew*

the song got interrupted towards the end with

the classroom intercom, but you get most of it.

Unfortunately I don't have many pics from

our LONG Halloween Day in Orem.

(I thought the craziness of THIS day

was going to for sure put me in labor-

but as of Monday morning I am still prego)

So saturday we headed down bright and early for

the baptism of our great friends daughter,

Skylar. To make the day even more special,

it really was a beautiful SUNNY day,

which was especially nice after a

snowy COLD week. After Skylar's baptism

we headed to our second one, for cousin Ella.

Her baptism was just a special, and is

getting Ame excited for HER turn next year :)

We were so grateful it worked out so we could be

apart of these 2 girls extra special day!

Quinn's sister just bought a new home,

so we all headed to their

house for food and just hangin' out after the baptism.

Somewhere amist everything going on, Kaipo

started not feeling well. Which made for a not-so-fun

day for HIM! We all know it is unlike Kaipo to lay around,

with zero energy, but that was him most of the day.

He got a few bursts of energy, which didn't last very long.

He slept twice throughout the day, didn't eat much at all and instead

threw up a few times. He was pretty much just miserable!

What a fun Halloween huh?!

We debated just heading home, and let

Ame and Ash trick-or-treat there, but Ame SOOO

wanted to go with her cousin, so this is what we did.

Ame headed out with Ella (isn't her Cleopatra costume

so cute..by the way), while Kaipo took a cat nap in the car.

He woke up and wanted so badly to go out,

and after he walked a couple of houses,

then QUinn carried Kaipo on his shoulders the rest of the way.

So it wasn't the most ideal Halloween experience, but

we made it work the best we could for the kids.

Ash of course loved the second round of trick-or-treating too!

As fun and memorable as THAT day was, I am glad it is over.

Now it is onto the next BIG event...