Stones, Miles Stones

Lately Kai has been keeping us busy with all his new moves. First off, he now knows he has hands. This is a big milestone for the little guy; we can now entertain him with toys and even things that aren't toys (but he enjoys it all the same). The most recent display of this new power is Kai wielding a plasma sword into a wizard (at least that is what I thought upon viewing this image). As you can see, he has the look of an early Muhammad Ali, or maybe a Foreman: a warrior to say the least.

The other big milestone we encountered recently was the baby-pushup. Kai busted this one out late last week, and has never looked back since. When laid on the ground, he can lift his body up and hold his (massive) noggin at a 45 degree angle.





He even was able to throw in a little Hip-check, just to show off for all the kids back home.


Going along with this growing up theme, we had to move Kai from the New Born diapers to the next size up (the 5kg max to the 4-8kg-ers). Even though Kai is probably about 6.5kgs (14.33 lbs for all you non-metric fans), he still can pack a good punch. Please read on...


Bear with me here, I've had this picture for a while and always thought of it as a forshadowing, maybe even a reckoning for the pain I caused in my early years. But after looking at this picture it's plain as day, there is a little devil in there somewhere.



Lastly, to bring us back on track, we can see the obvious angel as plain as day.


"Gifted" you surely are.






Much thanks to my wonderful wife Aya, who took a lot of the pictures you have seen recently, more to come soon.

Kai want more...

Back in Black

That fresh egg yeller is to damn rare,
but the white part is good, for slickin' down yer hair.
                 -Tom Waits


Well first off I have to apologize to all the readers out there.  Two weeks is too long to be misinformed about Kai.  

I do have an excuse though, if you could be so nice to entertain the idea: we were busy > being really loving parents.  It's hard to get mad now huh?  Well there was a movie or two in there somewhere, but only after nine, when the little one was sleeping and Aya and I were exhausted (this parenting stuff is not for the weak of heart).  

Anyway, Kai is bigger than life, weighing in at probably 6.3 kg, or pushing 14 EL BEES (aka lbs).  Right now we have him wearing outfits that max out for a 9mth old baby, with only an inch or two two spare (Kai is only 9 weeks old).  Needless to say, he's a big boy.

Also during the hiatus, we took a lot of pictures (151 to be exact), so I will just get right to it.  Hope you all can find in your hearts to forgive us; don't you worry, Kai-chan isn't going anywhere.

Here are some of my faviortes. The rest will be on Flickr (Sorry there was no time to label all the photos.)

Blue with a hint of Green


Directing Traffic


NASA: What's That?!?!


Yakuza


The Sleeper hold: I can't breath!


Grins


And Smiles


Thank you Nocciolinos!

Kai want more...

Like None Other

I Guess I shoulda named him, Michael J. Kai. Who knew?

Check out Billy Jean for the still pictures.

Kai want more...

Big Baby Update

A lot has happened in the past week.

First off, my brother Nick is staying with us, and we have managed to find some time to get out, and explore the city.  We celebrated his birthday on the 3rd, and went out for some drinks the night before.

  
Besides that things have been busy, especially with Kai.  Recently he has started to cooo and owwwwhhh  a lot more, which is so much fun to watch.  Me and him chat about what sports he will play when he is older and mom has to make sure the activities aren't to dangerous of course.  I think American football is out of the question, even though he is gonna be a big boy.

Aya recently weighed Kai and he came in at 12.75lbs or 5.8kgs, in 6 and a half weeks.  My mom told me that is what I weighed when I was probably 6 months old.  Anyway, the little guy sure has a good idea of what is going on.  Take this picture for example, there is no denying he's a smart little baby.


P.S. Thank you Nina for the wonderful bib.

Kai want more...