LOVE THEM!!!

I could not ask for anything more in this life. I have the best family EVER!!!

Mom

I miss you...

A Special Thanks...

to Amanda Hansen

@ Amanda Hansen Photography
for taking some great pictures
and even better...

1. coming to my house to take the pictures2. bringing all of her props
3. dealing with my 3 crazy kids who all cried at least twice

4. helping me clean up paint while Ife was supposed to be watching Saki

5. laughing when Kaveni would not sit still6. having patience with a baby who would not pose (how we wanted).
7. cringing when we heard Saki tell Ife "hey dad, I got a knife"

8. working to get some shots of Kaveni in between the candy bribery
9. traveling to bring the disk to my house (again)

but best of all...
10. Managing to get some candid photos of my 3 most beautiful (I mean handsome) boys.
Thanks again Amanda. I will definitely use you again.

Introducing...

Apisai Tuiloma Tabakece
August 9, 2010
11:36 p.m.
6 lbs. 14 oz.
20 inches long

He looks exactly like Saki did when he was born.

I felt soooo crappy during the c-section. You can see how huge my left arm is from the blood pressure cuff cutting off my circulation. They also laid me back way too far and my eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my head. They had me back so far that the anesthesia started going too high and I couldn't breathe. Luckily they had lots of people around to take care of me when everything seemed to be going wrong. Here is my first moment with Apisai.

Here they are weighing him. Funny that I carried him the longest out of all of my kids and he still weighed less than Kaveni.

This was the sweetest moment. Saki has been such a good helper with Apisai. I can already see the special bond that all of these three boys have together. It is amazing to watch how much they care for and try to protect each other.

Tax Return!!!

Well, as most of you know, we are expecting a great tax return since we bought our first home last year and were able to cash in on the $8000 tax credit. So, for the past six months I have been deciding whether to spend the money on this...The one we have now is a nice sturdy table with mismatched chairs and a bench. My lovely sister got it for us at a garage sale after hearing our first encounter feeding the missionaries and sitting on the floor. It is just big enough for our family, so when we feed the missionaries now or have other guests it sometimes gets a little cramped. Then I thought...wouldn't this be lovely...

to spice up the bedroom a bit...since what we have now is...well, a bed... but I have to add that it is a king sized bed and very comfortable, not to mention our very first purchase as a married couple. But, nobody could really enjoy it but ourselves so then I had finally decided to get this...

We don't really have a living room set right now, just a broken second hand recliner and a lovely little couch that can fold out into a bed. And it does work...the kids love the space they have to run and play and run some more. But then I thought how nice it would be to have one...JUST ONE...nice thing to show off. Anyway, so that is it. I was decided. Now as we are about to expect our return (I know we had to paper file because of the huge credit so it has taken months) we have changed our minds again... Instead, we are going to get this...

For Kaveni and Saki to share...and keep this

And with the extra money...and every dollar that we can find growing on our beautiful trees outside we are going to have this...
So for now we will keep our old treasures that we can get by with...and enjoy our greatest blessing of all...ANOTHER BOY!!! :) I just can't stop smiling. Ife said after we have enough boys for a rugby team we can START thinking about girls. :)

Why It's All Worth It!!!

I just had to quickly write down a conversation I had with Saki today.

ME: I love you Saki.
SAKI: I wub you too mommy.
ME: You're a good boy Saki.
SAKI: You're a good boy too mommy.

Someday I'll have to try to explain that I'm not a boy, but for now, I'll leave things how they are.