My dearest Wa'a,
HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY!
Just now, you left with your dad to go to a park. As I stood in the doorway, you kept turning around to look at me, stressed I wasn't coming with you. You asked where Clara was, and then kept telling me goodbye. Your little hand waved back at me over and over and you seemed so sad and excited all at the same time. Then you heard an airplane and all of your attention focused on the sky and watching it go by. You love airplanes.
You have grown so much! You welcomed a baby sister into your life, and I must say, you did rather well, even though it was hard at times. As I have watched you grow from an only child into an older brother, I am in awe with you.
Sure, you hate to share. You steal everything away from her and sometimes are a little too rough. BUT, you adore her. You love to go in with me every time Kekai wakes up to sing Good morning to her. You kiss her a lot. You like to roll her around on the floor and that makes her laugh.
You play peek a boo together and while she is sitting in the high chair, you hide behind it and pop out at her from the sides to make her giggle. It is your favorite thing to make her laugh. When we are all on the bed together, you let her pretend kick you, and then you pretend die. You make the funniest faces as your plop down on the bed after she "got you" and she busts into a full on belly laugh. Same in the car. She looks at you while you are in the car seat and you pretend to die again. You stick your tongue out, roll your eyes and then let your head fall against the seat. she thinks it's hilarious. In fact, you are the first person who made her laugh. We will never forget it and have it on video. She adores you and can't live without you.
You are protective of her. When she cries you tell me to hurry and get her a bottle or pick her up. When others in public try to say hi to her, you sometimes tell them "no!" and then roar at them or say something like "That's mine!" It embarrasses me a little, but I see that you are only protecting her. You guys play well together and she hates when you are napping bc she misses you so much.
I hope you always stay close friends.
You are still pretty much obsessed with dinosaurs and monsters. But mostly dinosaurs. You like playing with swords and water guns and you love to throw balls and play catch. You are very coordinated and impress a lot of people.
You crawl into our bed every single morning since you wake up so early. You wait patiently for us all to get up.
You looooove your blanket. It is your security and comfort and you want and need it all the time. The only thing we hate, is that you stick the fringes up your nose while sucking your thumb. One day, that might mortify you. For now it's weird and gross. haha.
You are the worst eater. Always have been. You are stick skinny and don't ever eat much. It worries me. But you could eat Popsicles and white rice, tomatoes and chips all day.
You have an incredible memory. You can watch a movie a couple of times and then sit and quote almost the entire thing while watching it. We are in awe. You always remember certain places and always remember that at the store they should give you a sticker at the check out lane.
You get SO excited over so many things. Your innocent wonder and curiosity is addictive and so touching.
My favorite phrases: "Looooooot! Over dere!" (look, over there!)
" What doing?"
" A lathey bud" (ladybug)
" I not ready!"
"no tank you"
"Pwease?"
" I tan do it myself, otay?"
"Good morning mamma!"
"It's so beaudiful"
"a latata!" (kalaka)
"Tum on!" (come on!)
"good morning tatai! good morning to you!"
"puh-weese? I need that!"
" Oh-my-gosh. serious?" or "oh my goooooooodness!"
"What IS that?"
Or when you cup your ear and gasp and tell us to shhhh, so you can hear better. Or when you come running from the bathroom with your smile so big it makes your eyes into those adorable moon shape and exclaim "I did it! I made shishi in the potty!!"
You are SUCH a boy. In the gross kinda way. You love to burp and fart and think is hilarious. As you are saying "excuse me", you always bust out into giggles and can't contain yourself. And you love to be naked. All.the.time.
"What IS that?"
Or when you cup your ear and gasp and tell us to shhhh, so you can hear better. Or when you come running from the bathroom with your smile so big it makes your eyes into those adorable moon shape and exclaim "I did it! I made shishi in the potty!!"
You are SUCH a boy. In the gross kinda way. You love to burp and fart and think is hilarious. As you are saying "excuse me", you always bust out into giggles and can't contain yourself. And you love to be naked. All.the.time.
You love your cousins will all of your heart. It doesn't matter if they live near or far. You love them so much.
You love to sing. Music is in your blood and you have amazing rhythm. You can keep a beat and sing most songs on key. You love to listen to the car radio and sing along to so many songs. You hate when I change the station when a song you like is on and demand I go back to it.
You have a ton of energy. You like to run and jump and play all the time. It's hard to keep up sometimes.
You tell me sorry all the time, especially when I am hurt or am randomly upset by something. If you can tell I am mad or sad, you always come and hug me and say "I sowwy momma."
You will tell me thank you over the cutest things. Like when I change your diaper, or fold your clothes or clean the toilet, help you down from the sink or put on your shoes.
You like to fold your arms and scowl and say "I so mad!" You are good at expressing that.
You play well with others. At the moment, you are the follower. You will attach your self to one individual or even a small group and copy them, follow them or chase them. Most kids think this is fun.
You like to play with water and in the dirt. You also play hide and seek a lot and have given me a heart attack when I can't find you. You are good at hiding.
You love your dad. You eat the best with him. You love to snuggle up into him in the bed. (not me, just him) You love to play chase and wrestle and sing together. you usually are super happy when he comes home from work. You copy him a lot and like to watch movies together. Your dad loves and adores you and spoils you way too much.
And, you love me. You have to know where I am at ALL times, and usually be in the same room as me unless you are very distracted by something else. You like when I sing good morning to you, give you hugs, kiss your ouchies and help me cook. Especially pancakes and eggs. We are very close, even though we know exactly how to push the others buttons. I love you will all of my heart and know there are great things in store for you.
You are getting better at praying. But my favorite thing, is when you mimic dad when it comes to Priesthood blessings. You put your hands on Clara's head and start to say a prayer. When you say Amen, you look to us for approval. I think it's so amazing that you watch your dad exercise his Priesthood, and see the importance in it already. It's very sweet.
We love you! You are uber weird. You are loud. You are fun. You whine a lot. You are super sensitive. You like to be in charge. You cry a lot. You hate to stop what you're doing. You sleep well. You are kind. You pee all over the house. You love bugs and sharks. And you make us laugh every single day with your humor, energetic spirit and kind and loving heart. We think you're amazing and can't even imagine life without you. In all the ups and downs, laugh and tears, happiness and frustrations, you are ours forever and play such a special role in this family. You teach us and show us so many important things, and we can tell your spirit is a grand one.
Your Heavenly Father loves you so much. We can see it and feel it. You are a son of God and have such a powerful place here on this earth.
We love you Wa'akea!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Love, Momma
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