Ko E Ta'u 'Uluaki

Today was our one year anniversary! :) It has gone by so fast!

Since it's Sunday Taiyo and I went out to see a movie together yesterday, after a Texas Roadhouse dinner with my family. We saw the Time Traveler's Wife, and of course it made me cry because I cry sooo easily (I have even choked back tears several times watching things like 'America's Got Talent' and 'I Survived a Japanese Gameshow'. I'm not kidding.) But we enjoyed it and it was nice to have a night out with just the two of us. Thanks Mom and Dad and Erin for watching Soni for us! While we were on our way home I was so anxious to get there and scoop up my little baby in my arms and kiss him all over because we're not used to being away from him for so long!

We decided to start a little tradition for our anniversaries. Each year we'll each write a letter to each other about our favorite happenings of the year and our love for each other. Then in years to come we can look back and remember how our marriage has progressed and some of the things we've gone through together. We wrote the first ones today. Maybe if I get crafty someday I'll find a clever way to scrapbook them or store them somehow.

I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father for my wonderful husband. I love him so much and am grateful for the sacrifices he has made for us. I know I am far from the perfect wife and I still have a lot of growing room, but our life together has been great so far and I am looking forward to the rest of it. I love you Taiyo!

Baby Blessing

Soni was blessed yesterday in the Mesa 67th (Tongan) ward! My grandma made him a tiny white tupenu to wear and it was soooo cute! After church Grandma and Misi's family came over for lunch. Everything turned out great and it was a great day. I'm so grateful for the gospel and for the priesthood. I'm excited for Soni to grow and to teach him all about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and how to be a good person. Before we know it, we'll be writing about his baptism!

The Yearbooked Palefaus

I've seen a lot of "Yearbook Yourself" photos going around lately (www.yearbookyourself.com) so I decided to make some of us.
Here is my handsome hunk of a husband:

Myself:


Our sweet little Taisoni:


And our family all together:

Just a little fun maumau taimi. *LOL*

The Hickey

The other night right before bed Taiyo and I noticed a mark on the side of Soni's forearm. It didn't look quite like a normal bruise or quite like a burn, and neither of us recalled Soni crying at all that day (not a pain cry anyway), so we were puzzled about what it could be. Finally we figured out what it was... it was a hickey. When Soni gets hungry he loves to suck on his hands and arms, and he must have sucked on his little arm so hard that it left a big hickey! It's mostly gone now but I thought it was quite funny when we realized what it was. We know he's destined to be a heartbreaker but his first hickey at 3 weeks old?! haha...

Our little family

He's here! Our little Taisoni Reid Palefau was born July 3 (I know I'm a bit late posting...), 8lb 4oz, 20.75" long.


He was born with long black hair and looks just like his dad. :D He's three weeks old tomorrow, and we love him more and more each day. He's soooo sweet, and he has been super strong since day 1. Actually, I've known how strong he is for months but now everyone else can see it too! haha... It's so fun to see him getting more and more attentive to things around him, and just the past couple of days he has been smiling in his sleep. We can't wait to hear him coo and laugh and play with us!

Another Quick Update

Just an update on my "condition" (I have a Japanese friend who always asks when he sees me, "How's your condition?" referring to the pregnancy and I just think it's funny, lol). It's hard to believe it's still growing bigger and bigger! Only 4 more weeks til the due date! (Oh and please excuse the mismatched clothes, this was late at night when I was about to go to bed! haha)

Robot Wars

This past Friday was the school's closing social for Spring 2009. For the first three hours there were four giant blow-up things for people to play on, and then a dance afterward. Since I was not allowed to participate in any of the blow up toy activities due to my "condition" I was the camera girl and took some pictures of Taiyo and some of the other guys battling against each other.

Taiyo and Hema going at it in an Air Bot war...




Unfortunately they broke the thing and the workers had to deflate it, fix it, and then put it back up.


Taiyo "velcroing" himself to the wall.


Racing through the Iron Man obstacle course



The boys did this one sooo many times trying to beat each other's scores. They had to run forward with a bungee cord strapped to their back, and see how far they could reach. Taiyo was proud of himself for getting the best score of the night :)


And finally one with me in it to prove I was there