Moving off of Camp Shields has been one of the best decisions for our family I think we have ever made. We gained an extra room. We wouldn't have moved had we not been expecting. I know a lot of people manage just fine having two kids share a room or room sharing with your baby. I think I'm the type of person that needs babies and toddlers to have their own space, and I have mine. I'm exceedingly grateful we were able to make this work and get this space. Here's Koas room, the whole reason for our move almost a year ago from on base to off base.
Our good friend Junior is an artist and gave us the paintings above Koa's crib. One is Captain America and the other is Cyclops from X-men. Sean really enjoys superhero films and comics. He felt like these two heros emulated positive traits and qualities.
I love this glider and have so many wonderful memories of holding my babies there.
We made it a goal to have each one of our children have a large picture of Christ in their nursery as babies. Sean selected this one and I picked the one for Ely's nursery. I think Sean selected such a beautiful painting and hope Koa comes to love it as he grows throughout his life and develops his own testimony of the Savior.
Our son had his own guitar before he was born. There are a few reasons why it is in his nursery and why a baby has a guitar. We understand that as he comes to grow older and want to play we will probably have to put it away. We were between two baby names when I was pregnant. I want the names of our children to reflect experiences and places we have been. I found Koa for our baby born in the Hawaii of Japan. Koa is a Hawaiian name as well as a Japanese word, and I have met an Okinawan child whose name was Koa. In our compromise I was looking for anything and everything to get Sean to love the name as much as me. I researched and researched and then came across Koa wood. Apparently, there are a lot of things made out of Koa wood, including guitars. When I found this information, I knew. I sent Sean a picture of a guitar on Amazon in a text message, his response- " The day you get me this guitar is the day we will name him Koa"-- We didn't buy that guitar, we bought a better one, at least one Sean selected on his own. Now it sit's in our baby's room, who we named Koa.
A Whale Shark for our Oki Baby
A more accurate representation of our lives..... silly, squirmy children who sometimes love each other and other times merely tolerate one another.
