One last post for 2008

As this year draws to an end I think there is one last milestone that Leilani has reached that should be mentioned. She is now sitting up and loving it. Of course with the sitting up comes a lot of falling over. It is cute to watch.  We took a few pictures tonight. This really has been a wonderful year for our family. We really have a lot to be grateful for. Thank you to everyone that helped make this year the greatest year of my life to date. 

 

Christmas was great!!

This has been a great Christmas. 

Christmas Eve

On Christmas eve we got together with the Peterson side of the family and really had a fun evening. Each family did a little thing to help us get a little more festive. The kids sang and danced and really put on a great show for all of us. Here are a few highlights from the night.

All the kids were lined up joyfully to hear Grandpop tell them the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

Chase and Savannah did an amazing rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Thanks guys. It was awesome!!

Tyler, Kyle, Kory, and Trey did a great job with Popcorn Popping. Too cute. Thanks guys!!

Once there was a snowman was performed my Chloe and Christian. Super cute. Thanks. Chloe is one heck of a booty shaker. 

In the sun they melted small-small-small!!

Mia and Emma did a little dance that they have been learning in there hip hop dance class. Good job girls. Keep on hiphoppin'.

These are possibly the two scariest pirates that I have ever seen in my life. These kids are too much fun. 

Savannah stopped for a moment to wipe the drool from Leilani's chin with her bib. I think that Savannah is ready to babysit.  

Christmas

Christmas was great. Leilani did not sleep well the night before. I like to think she was too excited about Santa coming but my guess is it was something else. At about 7 we woke up and started opening presents. Leilani was a great sport. She helped unwrap her gifts. 

Leilani and I hanging out Christmas morning. Lizeth gave me this great Lakers blanket. I got to cover up with it while I watched the Lakers beat up on the celtics for Christmas. What a great day!!

We spent the rest of the day with the Hernandez half of the family. We had a great time playing games, hanging out, and having a great turkey dinner with them. I really have some great inlaws.

Leilani looked too cute in her little Christmas outfit. 

This was how Leilani's first Christmas ended. It will be a Christmas that I will never forget. I have been blessed with a great wife and child. I really could not ask for anything else this Christmas. 

Still Growing!!

Our little girl is getting a lot bigger and funny. She is getting a really fun personality. 

We are trying to teach her while she is young that the Lakers Rock!!

This will be Leilani's first Christmas. She loves to look at the decorations. 

Savy is awesome with Leilani. I love to watch them play together. 

Leilani can now make the noises she hears dad make all the time.

Leilani Meets Santa!!

Leilani got to meet Santa tonight. He visited here at the apartment complex that we are in. Lizeth and I had a bet on how she would like him. Lizeth won. Leilani burst into tears even before making contact with Santa's knee. She would not stop crying. We had rush home to try to calm her down. We are hoping that this will not put her on the naughty list this year. Santa was a great sport about it and we are really greatful for it.
Thanks Santa!! Hopefully next year will work out a little better.

5 Months Old

It is official tonight at 8:08 Leilani is 5 months old. She is at a very cute stage in her life. She is a little chatter box. We are super excited about spending our first Christmas with our little princess.
Thank you Leilani for your womderful little personality. You keep life fun and exciting.

A little Christmas fun

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Fun long weekend

So Leilani can roll over now. Well she can on her left side. It was so exciting to see her do that. Now I can't leave her alone. I can't believe she is growing so fast. We were so excited to have a fun long weekend. Our weekend stared on Wednesday. Wednesday we just stayed home. We enjoyed having daddy home home with us. Thanksgiving was so much fun. We spent time with Ryan's family and my family. We came home that night and Ryan stared feeling sick. He got that 24 hour bug. Ryan was planing to go shopping on black Friday but he had to stay home. I felt so bad for him. He was feeling a lot better on Saturday. We decided to go on a date. We dropped off Leilani with my mom and went to the movies. We saw Four Christmases. I liked it. It was pretty funny. After the movie we went to go eat at Subway. After dinner we went and picked up Leilani and went home. Ryan surprised me with some pretty red roses. What a way to end our date night. Thanks Ry for being a good hubby. It was sad to see our long weekend end but we enjoyed having Ryan home with us. Thanks Ry for a fun weekend.

Here is Leilani rolling over. 

Funny faces from our princess.

She loves sitting in the Bumbo Chair.

Roses From Ryan.

Movin' on up!!

Well our baby has graduated from a bassinet to a crib. She had not been sleeping well and we noticed one day that she now likes to sleep with her arms out. Her reach had outgrown the bassinet that she has called her bed. We decided to put up the crib. Then a funny thing happened. As soon as we took the bassinet out of the room she got in a super good mood. While I put together the crib she was laughing and smiling like I have never seen her laugh before. We laid her in it and she just kept laughing. It was like she knew what was going on. I think it was just gas but it was super cute. You can see in the picture below that she can now spread out when she sleeps. She loves it. The girls is just awesome. Thanks to Mia and Emma for the crib :o)

Before-in the bassinet. 

Now this is a happy kid.

Hogging the bed like her momma.

And here are just a few cute pics from bath time.

October has been fun.

It has been a while. So where do I begin. October was an eventful month for us. Leilani and Lizeth took a trip to Juarez, Mexico to show off Leilani's cuteness to the falimia. It was a wonderful trip for everyone. Leilani got to meet her mommy's side of the family and got to take pictures with 4 generations of ladies. A lot of the pics below are from the trip that they took. 

I am glad that they enjoyed the trip but I am also glad that they are home. They were missed like crazy.

This month we also moved into our new place in Ontario. It has been great so far. 

This month Leilani got to meet her Aunt Abby. Gordon, she can't wait to meet you too.

4 Generations

Shots from Mexico!!

It was cold the day they left so Leilani got to sport her Jordan beanie. 

Here are some random shots of cuteness for your viewing pleasure.

Ryan, Leilani, and the cousins at Halloween!! 

It was a really fun night. The kids looked super cool. Leilani got a little hot in her costume so she did not make it to picture time as a pumpkin.