Kolu's birthday

On December 23, 2003, another sweet baby boy was born into our family. I felt instant love for this little Japanese baby. He cried like most babies do as soon as his little body was engulfed by the cold hospital air. His difference from other babies was that soon after I said, "don't cry Mommy's here," he totally stopped crying. Right then I knew this baby would be the kind of baby all mothers dream of. At two weeks old he started to sleep through the night. I really didn't enjoy nursing and I was jumping for joy when he decided on his own that he was finished nursing and only wanting a bottle. When he'd wake up in the morning he'd just coo and play in his crib until I went and got him. He took 4 hour naps. He was an answer to my prayers. I was so worried about having two babies 22 months apart and he made it easy to bare.

Then he became a toddler and well that's a whole other chapter and experience, ha!

Now he is 5 years old and no longer that sweet little baby but a big boy who is so independent I sometimes want to put a leash on him.

We usually have an unbirthday party for Bubba because his birthday is two days before Christmas but this year we were in Hawaii during the summer and then we had Lynea in October so there was no special time set aside for him. We just had a small little family party for him and he didn't mind at all. Infact, he said all he wanted was to stay home and have cake.

When Kanalu turned 5 he got a set of Jr. Golf Clubs and Bubba was so upset he threw the biggest tantrum he's ever thrown. So we told him that on his 5th birthday he'd get his own set of clubs. Well that day came and we were blessed to find a set for half the price of what we got Nalu's clubs for at my favorite store... TARGET.
Shortly after we got Kolu's gift we headed to Burger King. He so loves that place. Kids' meals are his favorite with a burger, fries and fruit punch (much like myself when I was his age) but the toy is what makes him happiest.
After lunch we asked Kolu what he wanted to do and all he wanted was to play the Wii, Xbox and computer whenever he wanted without having to share. That worked out perfect. While he did that I baked the cake he wanted and heated up his favorite... cheese stuffed crust digornos pizza.
He ended up eating half the cake all by himself... after he licked it the whole cake was pretty much all his anyways.
He then opened the rest of his gifts and was very excited to finally get some toys! He totally cracks me up. Our lives wouldn't be as fun without our Bubba! Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts he got. He loves them all!

What a lucky boy he got more gifts the next day because Santa comes to our house first!!! I'll be posting more about that very soon.