On the other side of things, she doesn't sleep much during the day.  Cat naps of 15, 20, 30 min.  A good trade for night sleeping though.  She is really alert and talkative.  She is different from Nanea, or from what I can remember of Nanea at that age.  Maybe it's just that I'm more easy going this time around, but she does seem more mellow and well, just alert.  It's like she's taking everything in and absorbing everything around her.

I'm still thinking that her hair will be curly.  It's a completely different texture than Nanea's was, and much, much shorter.  The left side is actually a lot longer than the right.  It's a little strange.  Although everyone says she looks like Noa, Nanea did as well, and yet they look completely different.  Makena has very big, round eyes and chubby chubby cheeks.  She is just a really sweet, love-able baby!

I took these 2 photos yesterday.  I had a little Makena that would not nap.  She was surprisingly in good spirits though, and "played" on her froggy play yard, listening to Baby Bach for a good 45 minutes or so in the afternoon.  Gave me some time to do some work and listen to her talk a little.  I really thought she would never go to sleep, but after a very fussy bath (over tired), she ate and went to sleep at about 7:30pm.  She then proceeded to sleep until 6:30AM!!!  Yes, she slept 11 HOURS.  WHOO HOOOO!!!!  Can you tell I'm happy?  Yes, very happy.  Lots of sleep makes for a happy baby.  She woke up, ate, then went back to sleep for about an hour.  To make my life even better, Nanea slept until just after 7am.  Which is pretty good for her.  I'm still crossing my fingers (and toes) that this is the start of a trend for Makena.  I'm having a bit of a struggle trying to figure out how I'll do the sleep training I did with Nanea with Makena since letting Makena cry isn't really an option because it wakes Nanea up and she wants to check on her.  That girl has superman hearing.  We'll see how it goes!

Noa and I are just sick enough to think that this is really, really funny.  And no, we did not make her hand this way.  She fell asleep on my shoulder, and when I looked down, this is what I saw.  Good thing Noa was home because otherwise I wouldn't have captured this moment.  Or maybe it's bad he was there to take the picture...

On a side note, Makena slept through the night for the first time last night.  She slept from 9pm - 5:20am.  I know the first time doesn't necessarily mean she'll do it again any time soon, but it's a step in the right direction.  And I got 7 hours of straight sleep and felt like a new woman.  I feel the bags under my reducing already :)!

She is a very good baby.  Sleeps well and has a good temperament.  Of course Nanea was the same and look at her now :)!  She smiles all the time, and is starting to "talk" a bit.  She is very strong, and already holds her head up for long periods of time, and pushes off of things with her feet.  I think she will be sitting up in her bebe pod before long.

On another "wellness" note, Whole Foods opened today (at 7am) in Hawaii.  The first one!  Since natural and organic products are severely lacking here, I was extremely excited for this event.  It turned out to be all that I had hoped, with so many products that you can't find anywhere else, and all of my most favorite things.  I worried that they would not ha