Poor Hana

Kevin had a bad cold last week and we think he gave it to Hana :(. Friday night, Hana kept waking up every hour or so, screaming and crying. She definitely did not get her usual 11 hours. Saturday afternoon she was screaming, crying and inconsolable. This was the first time she has had a cold/fever since she was born. Her fever was 102.5. It was a rough day but we did as much as we could to comfort her. This picture was taken Sunday morning after Hana got a better night of sleep. It is so precious how we knew she was still miserable yet she mustered the energy for a smile. She was still lethargic and helpless throughout the day. It was so strange yet sweet to see our active, talkative, independent girl just wanting to quietly sit or lay in our arms.
By the end of the day, she was feeling much better and had the energy to play and yell yet again. We put her to bed at her usual bedtime. 15 minutes later we checked on her and could only laugh when we saw her awake and playing with her mobile-making up for the weekend's lost playtime :)
This being our first experience with Hana being sick, we've learned a few of things:
1)It really hurts us when Hana is hurting and we wish we could feel the pain so that she doesn't have to
2)We don't like Hana being sick but it reminded us how helpless, vulnerable and needy she is and what a big responsibilty we have as her parents
3)It feels so good to provide her comfort
4)Daddy freaks out way more than Mommy does when it comes to Hana

Steinhart Aquarium

We decided to take Hana to the Steinhart Aquarium today. It is normally located in Golden Gate Park but is temporarily located in downtown San Francisco. It is the oldest municipal aquarium still in operation. It was a really cold and windy day so Hana had to put on her new jacket. She doesn't like having anything on her head so we're surprised that she tolerated the hood. She was in awe of some of the fishies we saw.
We let Hana climb into one of the portholes to get a closer view of the fish. Then we realized that everyone on the other side of the tank could see her.
This is what they saw. And Mommy had to indulge herself in the children's play area by putting Hana in the toucan costume-too cute!

Hana LOVES Daddy...

...and Mommy's cool too....

Life's a beach

After months of winter cold, we finally had a weekend with amazing weather-70 degrees! we headed straight to the beach after church to enjoy the sun and the surf. Hana and Daddy checked out some waves. While the weather was warm, the water was still extremely cold. Hana didn't like the cold on her feet. Daddy kept trying to get her to stand on the wet rock but she did everything she could to make sure that her feet didn't touch it. It was pretty funny! Hana loves sand and we let her really get in it and play. The only hard part was keeping her from eating the sand and putting the little rocks she dug out in her mouth.

Doggie

Hana's new obsession is doggies. Whenever she sees one, she lunges for it and gets upset when Daddy doesn't let her go play with them. This weekend we visited our friends & their dog Chloey. Hana was finally able to play with a dog and she loved it!