BLaCK fRiDaY

So I went looking through the sales last night to try and see if there was anything I thought was worth getting up before dawn for. I made a list and I came up with these things:

500 GB hard drive from Wal-Mart (to store all the videos we record, photos we take, and music we listen to) $69.00
Internal DVD-Burner from Best-Buy (since we need something to burn all those videos we take cos we have too many & they're taking over all our disk space) $99
Roxio Media/Video-Edit Program from Office Depot (to create those DVDs...) $49

There was other things but we just decided to go with the flow. Before we went off to sleep we had this conversation:
Filipo said "We should wake up and leave at 7:30?"
Me: "What!?!?"
Filipo: "So 8:30?"
Me: "The lines will be so long & we won't get anything we want, we have to leave at like 5:00!"
Filipo: "Oh okay, so we'll go to Mililani, Pearl City & then get to Costco for gas/groceries and come home."

So I'm knocked out and all of a sudden I hear all this movement and I open my eyes and it's Filipo getting all of Finau's things together at 4:30 in the morning! He was up before me so I got ready and we were off. We went to the Mililani Wal-Mart & it was insane! I wish I had taken a picture. There was a line out the front door and up and down 3 1/2 aisles of parking! So cRAzY! So we left and went to Pearl City. We were going to go to Best Buy but mum had said there was a Wal-Mart over there so we stopped to see if we could get the hard drive. There wasn't any line so I dropped Filipo off and went inside. There were so many people and so I went hunting for the hard drive but they were out along with this DVD player I was thinking of getting. I called Filipo to see if he wanted to leave but he had already gotten to the $2 movies. He was standing in a line so I joined him. A hour and a half later a worker comes up to us and asks if we were waiting for the camera and I said "No just waiting to check out." She just said "Okay" and walks away. At this point the line had slowed down a lot and so Filipo went to see what was happening. He comes back and exclaims "It's so slow because this is the CAMERA LINE! Everyone is waiting for a camera, they get to the counter and tell them what they want and then the workers go search for it!" I was kind of irritated but at that point we just decided to stay in line. Looking back on it, the whole situation was too funny but it was so annoying at that time.

So while we wait we took turns going off looking at different things. Finau was only awake for part of the time and most of the time he slept. I felt so bad for dragging him out of bed when he had been sleeping so good. So Filipo comes back from one of this trips with a crock pot. I ask him what it was and he says "I don't know but it was $4!!" It was so funny! Even the lady behind us was laughing, at least I think she was.

We got out of Wal-Mart by 8:30 and went over to best buy. We walked in and got the Blu-RAy DVD Burner. After that we picked up some speakers and looked through to see if there were any good movies. We checked out and went over to COSTCO. We went grocery shopping & found a portable hard drive that Filipo wanted that was on sale so that was his Christmas gift. Then we went outside to get our free pizza. Since we hadn't taken pictures all day we finally got some with Finau & us. We pretended to put ice cream and the soda straw in his mouth, at least I pretended, Filipo did not. Which may or may not be evident in the video I posted.

This is getting long so I'm finishing up now. We ended up going to Mililani Wal-Mart and they didn't have the hard drive so we went back to Best Buy to return the dvd burner I bought to get one from Wal-Mart but then I decided to check out their other dvd burners. I got one that wasn't Blu-Ray but got the job done and it was $50. After waiting through the long line at customer service we finally got through and the dvd burner ended up being $30 so that was our deal of the day. Now we can make all our movies and get them off our camera & computers.

I'd like to say that Finau and I spent the rest of the night sleeping but we had other plans. Filipo went off to work and I stayed up with Finau but it was fun. When he finally knocked out I stayed up taking pictures of him instead of getting some sleep myself. I cleaned the house & put everything away and Finau slept the whole night even through my study group, what a great baby he is. 'Ofa Atu kia Finau LekA!

oku ou fakamalo

'Oku ou fakamalo ki he famili koe'uhi 'oku nau ofa kiate au.

'Oku ou fakamalo ki he 'api koe'uhi 'oku ou mohe fiemalie ki ai.
'Oku ou fakamalo he BYU-Hawaii koe'uhi 'oku ou ako malohi ki heni.

Te tau alu ki he waterpark he 'aho ni he haafe e honogofulu. 'Oku ou fiefia he taimi ni. 'Oku ou fie alu ki he waterpark he 'aho ni. Te u alu ki he waterpark mo Finau & Filipo and Losa & Lani.

WAterPArk-->KapoLEi
[[As you can tell Finau LOVED it!!]]

Na'a ku nofo ki he pavillion mo pepe kiNg fiNAU. Na'e 'afua lelei he 'aho ni. Na'a alu ki he fRiEnD a Filipo. Na'a heka e ka ki KapoLei viA EWA mo FarRinGton HiGHWaY...LOL!!! 'Oku ou sai'ia he waterpark, fiemalie....Na'a ikai te u kai TuRKEy....Na'a ku kai lu sipi & moa, 'oku malie ia.

Na'a mau alu ki he fale faiva 'i Mililani but no good movies until late so foki ki La'ie. Na'a tau fiekaia 'anepo but no food :( Na'a tau alu ki he fale kai but they were closed too.....Na'a tau alu ki he 7-EleVEN and KAI LAHI, isa kulimi, moa teriyaki, & SluRpEe..lol...

'Oku ou fiefia he aho ni. 'Ofa lahi atu ki he famili. 'Oku teuteu BLaCK fRidAY!!

[[I know it isn't all right but at least I tried since I've decided Filipo & I are going to just speak Tongan so by the time we go next summer I'm already fleunt and will be able to speak to people and have some friends there haha.]]

'Oku ou fakamalo Filipo mo Finau koe'uhi 'oku tau ofa lahi 'aupito kiate au.

i'm a big boy now...

Finau turned seven weeks today & the time is just flying by. It seems like he is getting so big and growing up each day but really he is still a small guy & I love him just like that. I took him into our offices for University Relations and everyone smiled and was so happy to see him. They all were surprised at how big he is getting and commented how they all think he's going to have colored eyes. He's already palangi so why not throw in those green eyes...lol...It's surprising to me how many people have commented that he's going to have green/grey eyes!



After the basketball game we took a ride in the car and I was talking with him asking him if he was really ours and if he got mixed up with another baby and he just opened his mouth and smiled so big! He smiles all the time but mostly when he's sleeping,

I'm happier when I'm sleeping & getting enough sleep, so I guess he is too! I told him that he's done more than mommy did when she was a baby. He's already got two concerts, volleyball games, basketball games, temple trips, beach trips, library trips under his belt and he's still a little BIG BOY! ...and SPOiLED RoTtEN, and I wouldn't have it any other way :)

Well he's eating like crazy, growing like crazy (especially his fingernails!! watch out for those guys!), and still wearing those newborn clothes and we love him. He makes it all worth while & I'm so glad he's healthy and ours. It's still amazing that we have this handsome little guy to call our own and raise, it's already been an adventure so far & I'm sure there will be plenty of adventures to come.

just one of those saturdays

We went and watched "Forever Strong" at the IMAX at PCC last night. It was nice seeing it on the big screen but since we'd already seen it we weren't too disappointed about leaving early to go to Songfest. We wanted to make sure to get there on time to get some good video of the clubs. Overall, in my opinion, this years songfest was worse than any that I've been to. The only one I really liked was Tonga & unfortunately I must have hit the wrong button so I only got the first half of it on video. Samoa would have been good but they shut the lights off after the first song and they were off the rest of the time. I'm still not sure if that was on purpose but it was stink.

Today we have white glove and thanks to mom and dad we don't have to clean too much. Filipo went to do the laundry this morning and when he came back I started to fold it. Finau was hungry so while Filipo was making his bottle I distracted him by burying him in laundry. He liked it but then Filipo started piling it up so only his little head was showing and then he started crying. We did get some pictures though & isn't that the whole point...hahaha...

SpidERuKUboY JuNior

We had to get Finau ready to take to Sana so she could watch him & while I was getting his things together I kept hearing Filipo talking to him saying "I'm gonna make you look so hot for the girls" & "Make you look hot like your dad" hahaha...and then I heard him say "Go Yankees" so I thought he put on this outfit that was this Yankee suit for 9 months but when I turn around Filipo put a size 3 toddler basketball uniform on him, he was drowning and it was too funny but before I could take a picture Filipo put him in his spiderman outfit which was still too big but too cute.

MALIE SPIDERUKUBOY JUNIOR!

[parents]

Bishop Compton called us into his office to get to know our family. After talking for awhile he asked us this question "The most surprising thing about being a new parent is....?" I hadn't really thought about it that much but I responded first and said how surprised I was about how much I worry about him. I'll be in class and even when mom and dad were here and I knew he was in good hands I worried about whether he was okay and if he had everything he needs. I just want to give him the best life I possibly can and protect him from the cruel things in life, I just don't want him to suffer any pain and be the happiest he can be. Filipo said the most surprising thing to him is when he's holding him and looks down and realizes that he's finally a parent, now it's a reality. It's amazing to him that he has the responsibility for this little boy and he's just amazed by him. He loves to just hold him and stare at him for hours. Bishop then told us that the most surprising thing to him when he had his kids was walking across campus to his office and noticing how calm everyone was, a major event had just occurred and everyone was acting like nothing had happened.

"You go into the hospital as a man and come out a father"

aiga luv

Mum & Dad have been here for a month helping us take care of baby and doing so much for us, there's no way we could return all of their generosity & kindness. Over the past month we've been able to spend some time doing different things with them and it's been so nice having them here. They left today to go back to Virginia and when Filipo left to work it was just me and the baby. I started to cry because the thought of having to be on my own now and the responsibility of Finau just rushed over me. I scared Finau with my crying and he started to cry to so I sucked it up and we spent the night with Tema & Alani watching movies, trying on clothes from Fatai, and just having a good time. Happy Halloween :)

Finau & his grandpa, Frank
Finau & his grandma, Amy
Finau & Dad

Finau Leka
How many people does it take
to get a
car seat
into the car?
haha
Finau & Filipo
Saipa'ia Family
at
Pounder's Beach
Mom & Finau at the
Laie, HI Temple
Finau's Baby Blessing
October 26, 2008
Finau
1 week old in his crib
&
already holding his own bottle
Finau
with
Grandpa & Grandma
Kilika & Finau
Aloha Oe
Alani & FinauTema & Finau
with clothes from
the
f.a.v.o.r.i.t.e
g.o.d.m.o.t.h.e.r

HApPY HaLloWEeN!