Happy B-Day to Chase

Sunday the 15th was Leilani's cousin's 4th birthday. His name is Chase and he is a super cool kid. He, just like all of his cousins, is super nice to Leilani. His parents had an awesome party for him on Saturday. It was at a park in Loma Linda. It it had been raining for the past few days so we were all worried about what the weather would be like. It turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was out and everything worked out great. The food was great. The weather was great. The company was the greatest. I really love being around the family. I really feel blessed to be part of such an awesome family.

Happy Birthday Chase.

Chased got a ton of great presents. He really loved this Power Ranger Mask.

They all take checking out the gifts very seriously.

Mammy had a good weekend with Leilani. They spent some good quality time together with minimal tearage.

Savy gave Leilani a nice pile of Pinata Candy. So Sweet. 

I never saw this candy again. Either Leilani ate it or there is a candy thief somewhere. The hunt for it continues. 

Chase- I apologize for the following picture but it was too cute not to post. You may have lost the sack race but you won in the battle for the most presents that day. 

Kyle and Tyler playing with the ball and paddle. They are getting too big.

Savannah looked so cute. 

This was Savy screaming at a puppy. It would come close to her and she would run away but if it left she would yell for it to come back.

Dustin and Michelle's little girl Chloe is insanely cute as well. 

Kristin got to spend some time with Leilani as well. They looked really happy together. 

I loved this shot of Emma. It looks so, "No Autographs Please" to me. 

7 Months Now

So she keeps on getting bigger. This has really been a great month for Leilani. She is now an expert at sitting up. She has learned the art of clapping. She has also started eating foods other than her momma's milk. She is really a huge fan of In N Out hamburgers. Ok maybe not yet but she likes mushed apples, pears,bananas, rice cereal and all those other things we feed to our kids that we would never eat ourselves. She keepsgrowing cuter everday and her personality is really comming out. The only flaw she has right now is her sleep pattern. Any advice anyone has about how to get a kid to sleep for more than 3 hours without waking up would really be appreciated.







When she gives me these eyes she gets whatever she wants!!


She looked so cute after we got her ready for church I had to grab the camera and snap a couple of shots.

"Twilight"

So many people have been blogging about how great the Twilight series was so I got very curious. Ryan went out and got me a copy of the book and it was not long before I was hooked. I started book one on Monday the 12th and by Monday the 19th I was done with book four. I felt so bad because I really neglected Ryan during this time. I am now excited about seeing the movie. I'll have to get to it before it leaves the theaters.
Thanks Veronica and Michelle for getting me hooked. I'm always up for a good vampire story.

Feeling better!!

So Leilani has been feeling a lot better. We are really happy to have her back to normal. 

Looking super cute in her new dress. Thanks Tia Lily!!!

Last Saturday we got together with the family to celebrate Leilani's half birthday and her cousin Kyle's Birthday. Mammy hooked Leilani up with this Laker gear. She has the chance to do a little growing into it. It should fit perfect right around finals time. Thank you Mammy!! We love it. She actually cried when I took it off of her. Leilani also got a great book from Mia and Emma. Thanks girls!!

She's been grabbing at the feet for a while but she is now eating them. 

6 Months Today

So today is Leilani's 6 month mark. Yesterday she seemed to be doing better but last night was a little rough on her. I took the day off of work to stay home with her and Lizeth. Lizeth is still feeling a little under the weather as well. This morning started a little sad but she really seemed to be doing better in the evening.

Leilani had a rough night. This is the sad face that have too too much of lately.

I know the shot is a little blurry but I thought it was cute. This is her looking at her medication with big eyes. She is not a fan of taking it.

We made her half a cake to celebrate her half birthday. She was in really good spirits tonight. We are hoping for a good night tonight. She really looks happy in the picture. She is amazing.

Leilani we love you very much and are super grateful to have you in our lives. Thank you for your smile and love.

Update

It has been a rough couple of days for Leilani. About 3 o'clock saturday morning she started coughing and would not stop. This had happened a couple times so we decided it was time to take her in. We took her to emergency and she was diagnosed with Broncialitis. It was not a fun 4 hours in the hospital. They took xrays and did a breathing treatment on her that helped but made her miserable. After the breathing treatment she threw up a ton of phlegm. Then she sat there with tears in her eyes on the hospital bed. She had big red bags under her eyes and she was just whimpering. One time she made eye conact with me and then the whimpers turned into a full cry.  I have never looked at anything that made me feel that sad in my life. I thought about taking a picture of her with my phone at that time but thought it might cost me the father of the year award so I didn't. 

We got the diagnosis and the prescription and came home. She slept well that day. Saturday night she slept well too. Lizeth also caught a cold so now I have two lovely ladies I am trying to care for. Saturday night was stressful for me. I sat and watched Leilani sleep for a lot of the night stressing over her breathing. I finally got the the courage to go to bed but had to keep getting up and checking on her. I told Lizeth that Leilani would be our only kid because my heart cannot take worrying for another one. 

Leilani is now getting back to herself. She giggled with me during a stellar game of peek a boo today and is back to smiling. Tomorrow our little princess turns 6 months old. I will post some pics of the resurrected smile then. She is asleep now and I fear snapping a pic would wake her up and further diminish my chances of the award.  I love you all and thank you for all the prayers and support.

Here is a shot of a sad little girl on New Years. Tomorrows will be much happier I promise!!

Happy 2009 - Well.... not too happy so far

2009 has not gotten off to a great start. Lizeth and I both have colds and Leilani is sick too. It's heartbreaking to see our little princess so sad. She is congested and really down. It's a helpless feeling to not really be able to do much to help her out. Thanks to Dustin for coming out and assisting with a blessing today. If you could all keep her in your prayers it would be appreciated. Any advice from some of you longer term parents would really be appreciated. Thanks a lot and Happy New Year!!!!!