Saki has been sick for the past 8 days. That is a long time for a sleep deprived mom and a lethargic baby. I have felt so bad for him because he has just not been himself and he can never get comfortable unless I am holding him. At least he slept for a little while here. 
I guess he finally found a comfortable spot next to his daddy.
Ife and I never realized how much Saki loves ice cream until we went out to get some for family home evening. Anyway, Ife got his usual large sugar cone with two big scoops and I got a regular cone with a scoop. We didn't even think about getting Saki his own because we usually just share with him. Saki DID NOT want to share. He wanted his own. It was too late though because we were already home. Anyway, he wanted the big one, not mine. He wanted to hold it on his own and do everything by himself. He is starting to get very independant. Anyway, it was really cute; not to mention MESSY.
So, it's always been a chore of mine trying to keep a hat on Saki since he's been little. The worst was when he started to be able to take off his winter hats. I worried a little last summer because he has such fair skin that he would get burned. Now he is obsessed with hats and always wants one on before we go out of the house. He puts everything on his head thinking it is a hat. If I put a hat on, he takes it off and puts it back on in its right place. Here's how he put this baseball cap on the other day. 
Okay, so thanks to Jenn, I had a really good idea on what to make my little sister for one of her baby showers. I remember reading that Jenn had made a diaper cake so I went and bought a few different things and started making my cake.
I didn't really realize until I was already finished, how close it looks to hers, but anyway, thanks Jenn. I'm actually proud of myself and now that I've done it once, I feel like I have lots more cute and fun ideas if I need to do it again. It actually did not take long at all, and turned out being lots of fun.
I must say that I am not a beautician, so of course, I've had no training or experience cutting hair. If I had any girls I would definitely take them to a real place to get their hair cut, but I figured hmmm cutting hair can't be too hard, so I'll do it and think of how much money we'll save. So my adventure started when we were first married and I would try to follow Ife's instructions on how he wanted his hair cut "longer on the top and blended down until it's really short on the sides and back". Well, I guess our first argument occurred after that experience when we ended up just buzzing his whole head. *Side note... you must be thinking I'm an idiot, but when you remember that I am married to a frizzy haired Fijian who probably has triple the amount of hair that I have, you might be able to understand a little bit better.
So, anyway, that is how we have lived our whole married life, just buzzing his head-close to bald every time we cut it, which was about every two weeks. I personally really like his hair just after it's cut or a few days after when it's just grown out a bit. Some like it when he frows it out, but I really like the clean and trimmed look. Anyway, after we had Saki we let his hair grow out really long because it was black and curly, but when he was a baby and started rubbing it and getting a small bald spot we decided to cut it to even it out. Of course, we had to do the big traditional first hair cut so we went to visit Ife's sister in California and did the big ceremony then. 
Little did I know that they just cut off a lock of hair. Then I talked to Ife and said we needed to cut his hair so it could grow in even. The next morning when I woke up this is what I saw.....
I was so sad at first, but then happy to see what his then black curly hair would grow back in like. So we just let it grow. Here's what it looks like...very light brown...almost blond...and wavy. I think it's still cute though.
Here's a picture of Ife and Saki when they both had semi-long hair. Saki had just gotten out of the bath and his hair hadn't dried yet.
And finally an after shot. Of course I didn't plan on taking before and after shots so this picture will have to do. This is at Leo's place with some of my sister Rosetta's kids. I guess that story will have to be shared another day.
We went with the Druava family to Hogle Zoo. We thought it might be too cold, but it ended up being a really nice day. I can't decide if it was more fun for Saki, or for Ife. None of us have been to the zoo in a long time, but we did have a really great time. 
We got to see a really cool white alligator. It was huge.
Saki liked to get out of the stroller once in a while to take a picture. 
I thought that the giraffe's were interesting. There was even a little baby. Even though it was a baby, it was still a lot bigger than us.
Ife and Saki, along with cute little Maraia and her daddy Joape.
Saki especially liked the little train ride. Here is Maraia with her mommy this time. 
Saki playing peek-a-boo. One of his favorite games.
I think this was one of Ife's favorite animals because he took about twenty pictures of it.
Saki on the caterpillar.
Obviously, Saki was very entertained, or just probably worn out from the long day. 
Most of you know that I'm a dental hygienist, so of course I am obsessed with making sure that Saki brushes his teeth. He only had one (snaggle tooth) until he was 13 months, but finally he now has 5 and the 6th is ready to pop through any day.
