Wednesday, June 25, 2008


On our 6th wedding anniversary, Nathan and I got a very special gift...our baby girl! Kalea Ai Oshidari was born on June 22, 2008 at 5:00pm (pretty much exactly the time of our wedding!!). She weighed in at 7lbs, 11 oz and was 20.5 inches long. It was fun not knowing whether it was going to be a boy or girl, but 9 long months of patiently waiting to meet her was well worth it.

Kalea means "light" or "bright" in Hawaiian, and Ai means "love" in Japanese. My mom's name is Aiko, so we thought it was a fitting name!


Here is Kalea taking her first pocha...

















Her first day at home....open your eyes, sweetie...



Daddy's girl

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my GOSH! Kalea is such a BEAUTIFUL baby! Love those round cheeks and cute little mouth!

xoxoxoxoxoxo!

Aunty Siobhan

Anonymous said...

Wow, she is so beautiful. We love her name too. Congratulations.
Now that we think about it, Kazuo was born after we had been married for 6 years (actually one day off from exactly 6 years and 6 months).
We're so happy for you!
-Greg, Nikki, Kazuo and Eiji

akiko said...

welcome baby kalea!! what a
beautiful name! she is so cute.. can't
wait to meet her!

melly said...

She is just so precious....I'm so happy for you guys! :)

Daddy Alex said...

Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you two. Kalea is beautiful and she is going to bring you so much love, laughter, and tears!!!!
Love,
Alex, Jackie, & Ryder

Mommy Liz said...

We are SO happy for you! We're very excited you have a blog for her too!! Yay! Looking forward to making lots of memories together! xoxo

Foster Trans

Anonymous said...

I am SO happy for you both!! Kalea is just beautiful. I can't wait to meet her.

Congratulations!
Kate Moody

Mommy O said...

Congratulations and welcome baby Kalea! She is so beautiful and looks a lot like daddy (at least for now). We can't wait to meet the newest addition to our family. Take care of each other and enjoy every precious moment.

Love, the other Oshidaris

Anonymous said...

Tatia and Nathan --

Congratulations from all of us here in Hawaii! Kalea Ai is a beautiful baby. Love the name story.

Hopefully we see you folks sometime soon!

Tony, Kristina, Oleg, Tommy, and Sascha

Anonymous said...

Nate and Tatia,
Many many congrats on your new bundle of joy. She is beautiful and what a great day to enter the world.

Love,
Marci and Bobby