The Sunaokas Christmas Letter 2010
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Casey’s Three Month Update
Happy three months Casey! Can you believe that three months ago Keao and I became parents? Looking back, July 28 seems like years ago. Through our daughters’ premature birth, to the 81 days in the NICU and the many nights spent there, to the past 10 days of having Casey home, the last three months have been a whirlwind of emotion both extreme highs and extreme lows. But today, we celebrate. Today, Casey is three months old. Even though Casey…
She’s Home!
In 1955, a Midwestern movie maker opened a small amusement park among the orange groves of sunny Southern California. In 2005, Disneyland Resort celebrated its 50th anniversary by having what they called “the happiest homecoming on Earth”. Not to try to outdo Uncle Walt, this past Sunday, we celebrated our own happiest homecoming on Earth. I know I said I was going to try to highlight some of the people that we met during our 81 days at the Kaiser…
It Takes a Village…
“Oh who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day.” Today Casey turns 60. 60 days that is. Two of the most roller coasterish months of my life. Keao and I have seen the mountaintop highs, the valley lows and seemingly everything in between. I’m not going to try to rehash the last two months because it would probably be too emotional, but I will say that we’re still chugging along and trying to keep…
Hope Deferred Makes the Heart Sick
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Not every story has a happy ending. Sometimes the hero doesn’t get the girl. Sometimes the bad guy gets away. And sometimes a little girl breaks her daddy’s heart and he is powerless to do anything to save her. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. Yesterday, my oldest daughter Allison, at 19 days old, joined her identical twin sister,…
Keao and Me…Plus Three
So here’s the news. Are you ready for it? Because if you’re not ready for it you might as well stop reading right now. That’s right. Stop reading do something else. But if you are ready then keep reading… The latest news in our lives (that’s Keao and I) is that we’re going to be parents! Woo hoo! Take a deep breath and read that again. Keao and I are going to be parents! Were you wondering when we were…