Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ezias on the BIG stage!

For the past 3 months Ezias has been practicing to perform for the Samoan Flag Day Festival that is celebrated in Utah every year. He actually tried to practice with the group last year but it was a little too early because he wouldn't sit down long enough to learn any of the dances. This year he was ready! He went to practice twice a week and learned Samoan dances and some Samoan songs. I'm not sure how much the pregnancy hormones effected me but often times at his practices I found myself tearing up and getting emotional. I was filled with pride as I watched him take part in his culture. It also reminded me how much I love the culture too. I know I don't speak the language but I got to practice so many other things growing up. The dancing, food, cooking, sports and family aspects. I'm grateful for Ezias' insrtuctor Bernadine who had the patience to work with 92 kids! She is brave, but the end result was awesome. It was a great experience not only for Ezias but for us as parents. It was definitely a proud parent moment to watch our son on stage and just soak in all of the attention. He saw the fire knife dance at the festival and now he goes around the house twirling his clothes around like a knife. : ) I'm glad he had a good time performing and I hope you enjoy his videos. In case you can't tell Ezias is on the front row 2nd little boy from your left. 

















and here are some pics of the event...




Mormon, Ezias' favorite Auntie Ruby and Baby Girl



Some of the boys all oiled up and ready to dance!


Pretty scary, right?

Wednesday, July 25, 2012





Life is pretty good these days. I love being off work so I can stay at home with my babies. Iosua is such a good baby. He eats and sleeps a lot. He sleeps 6 hours at night so I feel pretty rested these days. My parents have been here since the last week of June. They have been such a great help along w/my husband and Ezias. We have ventured out a few times as a family already....I love it! 



IOSUA AOMALU POLI


Iosua was born on July 12, 2012, 10:19am. Weighing in at 9 lbs 2oz. This big boy came out screaming! He was not happy to leave the womb but we are so happy that he's finally here!


After the doctors were done suctioning and poking and cleaning he was finally able to enjoy his first slumber.



Big brother Ezias excited to hold his baby brother. 


And this is Ezias really excited to hold his baby brother! Love being a family of four.

Pre-Baby #2


We're just going to pretend like I'm not so behind on blogging. We'll just let a lot of pictures do the talking. So my due date was July 8th and this kid decides he doesn't want to come out like Ezias. Luckily they didn't let me go over 9 days though. I just went 4 days over my due date. We had to schedule a c-section for July 12th. If anyone things a c-section is the easy way to go you're wrong! Sure there is no contractions and no laboring for hours, but the recovery part is the hardest and takes a lot longer. I had to have blood drawn the day before my surgery so I ran around a whole day w/those hospital bracelets on.


Ready to go to the hospital at 7am! Notice the Missouri representing pillow pets in hand. One of the nurses thought it was U of U and BYU pillow pets...haha. 


One last pic of the pregnant belly.




Ready to scrub in!


To be continued....

Tuesday, July 3, 2012


This is what I did all day on Saturday...seriously, all day! I finally got the baby clothes out of the storage closet to wash, fold and put in the drawers. This is only the 0-3 month old pile (don't be fooled, there are piles behind the front piles). It feels more official now...there IS about to be a new baby. Josh and I made a deal a while ago that I am in charge of laundry and he does the dishes for our household. I'm beginning to think we may need to re-negotiate our deal. 
I had my 39 week check up yesterday and unfortunately baby boy is not trying to make his appearance soon. It was a little depressing leaving the doctors but I'm hanging in there. My parents should get into town tomorrow so I'm excited about that. I love the 4th of July, but I'm having mixed feelings as a pregnant lady. Me and heat do not mix so well these days. So we'll see how we can celebrate the holiday and keep cool. Maybe we'll go on a bumpy drive to encourage baby boy to come out. 

Party Crashing


Yay for Missouri family coming to Utah! Josh, me (in all my big glory), Pule and Junior. They came down for the Key Reunion in Provo and we graciously crashed their dance. It was fun to see everyone. I didn't boogie too much but Ezias had fun running around w/his cousins. 


Got to see my nieces Seila and Olivia.


The boys