Finding New Friends in Old Friends

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Chase is finally getting more used to going to Miya's again. It's taken him awhile, since he was sick and took a couple weeks' hiatus, and a bit of separation anxiety from Miya, to get comfortable with playing with Taiga again. Taiga tries to help Chase crawl by pushing him from behind and calling him "Chasetopher", mimicking his mommy's nickname for him.

Tonight, Chris bathed and put Chase to bed while I was at yoga (getting a hot workout with 50 other people...talk about packed like sardines!). Chris said that Chase was cute in the bath. Once Chris turned the water on to rinse him, Chase stood up, then tilted his head back when Chris was rinsing his hair. What a smart cookie (Of course, I'm not biased at all!). Chris is getting used to the new bathing routine (bathing Chase in the bathtub vs. bathing him in the sink like we did for his earlier months) and letting Chase cry it out for 20 - 30 minutes when he puts him to bed without me. I think Chris is also learning that he needs a Honolulu Daddies group, as his bike riding friends can't quite relate when he says, "You know what happened the other night?! Chase pooped in his bath!"

Chase and I enjoyed afternoon tea this afternoon with Sonyei and Kai at the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki. Such a refined afternoon Chase had hanging out with the girls. He ate mum mums, pooped (and bad mommy didn't have any diapers in the changing pad, but it's a good thing his poop is solid these days, because it just went in the toilet and I wrapped him back up), and made a really sour face when I fed him a rasberry from one of the tarts. We caught up on our UW and high school days together and tried to figure out who we still see or who we have reconnected with. It's probably been ten years since I've seen Sonyei (geez, did I graduate from college THAT long ago! Yikes!).