Nine months now!!!

Teething is no fun. No fun for the parents or the children. Leilani has two teeth that are flirting with breaking through her lower gums. They are really making her uncomfortable. It's sad to see. She has been a little more fussy than usual but it is understandable. I do have to admit that she actually slept through the night a couple days ago. Thank you Leilani!!

 

So what has this girl been up to? She is now say "dada dada" a lot. I love it. She somehow can get to any place in a room without the ability to crawl. I have not quite figured out how she does it yet. She may crawl when I am not looking. I don't think she can but she will move all the way across a room quickly and I do not know how it's done. She is like some stealthy ninja baby. I have seen her crawl backwards. Maybe that is the secret. 

Here are a few pictures from a fun night at Mammy's place. She played with Chase and Savy and had a good time. She is lucky to have such sweet cousins. 

Here is Savy giving her some advice about life.

She loved riding on this thing. 

Savy made faces while Chase let Leilani play with a walky-talky.

Cute kids!! Thanks for a fun night!!

The Easter Bunny vs. Santa

This past christmas Leilani had the chance to meet Santa. I was not the happiest experience of her life. I don't know if it was the pressure of actually meeting St Nick or what but she was not a happy camper. Today we had the chance to introduce her to another annual visiter "The Easter Bunny" She actually had a really good time with her. She sat on the lap and took some cute pictures. We were happy and proud. She has matured a lot. The easter bunny was a lot cuter than Santa was.

Leilani got to find her first easter egg. It was a few weeks early but what the heck it was fun. She loved it and will not let us take it from her. She would make a wonderful Mother Hen.

This little princess fell asleep against me while we were reading a book. This has to be one of the greatest moments in my life. This was the first time that she did that. I'm sure that there will be many more to come but this one will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you Leilani!!

We make the face together and then laugh. She really loves to make me laugh and I love it. 

I love this little girl!! 

Funny Girl!!!

I am so in love with this little girl. To go along with the duck theme of the blog Leilani learned to make a new duck face. It cracks me up. She did it constantly for a couple of days but now only does it a couple times a day. Thank heavens for cameras. I will always be able to remember it and tease her about it when she gets older. 

Leilani's cute little duck face!!

I love it!!

The smiley face is pretty awesome too!!

Leilani took a little tumble this week. She got a little bruised up on her precious little face. I tried to get a shot of the bruises. If you look close you can see them on her forehead and cheek. they did not show up too good in the picture but once again she looked cute so I'll post it. 

Andy and Nikki's Wedding Date

It's official. Andy and Nikki are now husband and wife. Welcome to the Familia Nikki. It was a wonderful day. The wedding took place at the Redlands Temple and the ring ceremony and reception took place at the East Valley Golf Club. Nikki looked great and both of them looked very happy. Leilani was a great sport the whole day. She looked super cute in her dress.

8 Months Today

So today is Leilani's eighth month mark. She is now 3/4 of a year old and we love her to death. Today we took her out and got her a new dress to wear for Andy and Nikki's wedding. We will post some pictures of her this weekend. She made some big accomplishments this month. She now will give sloppy wet kisses. She also now says her first word "Momma" Daddy is very jealous of this.  Her legs are getting very strong and she will stand pretty well as long as she is leaning against something. She is also getting better about going to other people. We left her with Lizeth's mom wednesday night while we went out and she was great for her. 

We love you Leilani. Happy number 8!!!!!

A fun trip to Grandma and Grandpa's House

This past Wednesday Lizeth was talking with Dustin and Michelle and found out they were heading up to Utah to see Grandpa and Grandma Peterson. We decided that we might just do the same and worked it out. Work was nice enough to give me friday off and so we headed up early friday morning. Early like 3:00am early. The drive was about 8 hours and Leilani was an absolute doll the whole time. She slept most of the way. She woke up and just kind of enjoyed looking around. We were really grateful. We had a great visit with Grandmother. She is very sweet. Leilani put on a great show for her. I was really happy to get them together. We also got to visit with Grandpa in the hospital. Leilani was a little scared of him at first but warmed up to him quickly. They smiled and held hands for a little while. It was a pretty touching moment. 

My cousin Alicia came down from Salt Lake with her little angel Brooklyn. I have to say that she is as cute as all of the pictures I have seen of her. Leilani was fascinated by watching Brooklyn, Christian, and Chloe play. The kids were just too cute for words. It was a really fun trip. Like always it went too fast but it was nice. Leilani gets to meet her awesome Grandma Carol at my brother Andy's wedding in a couple of weeks. I feel so lucky to have the grandparents that I have and for the chance for them to be in my daughters life. I really have been blessed.

So this was taken the first night. We had driven 8 hours and then spent all day up. When it was finally time for us to sleep this was our obstacle. She wanted nothing to do with sleep. It was happy time.

This is Leilani's first time meeting her Great Grandpa Peterson.

Great Grandmother Peterson and Leilani sharing a moment. ---Notice the finger. She is saying "Daddy is number one."

It was great to see Brooklyn and Alicia. Both are cute and as sweet as can be. Thanks for coming down and seeing us.

Leilani did a few new things to show off for Great Grandmother. This is her standing on her own for the first time. She is leaning against the table but it is a first. Good job girl.

All of the kids loved these little frog toys that they had at the house. Leilani loved eating them. They must have been really good. I don't know. I did not try one.

My brother Dustin's kid Christian had a good time beating the heck out of this tree with a stick. He loves that backpack. It is loaded with toy trains that he takes everywhere with him. He really is an awesome kid. We got to throw a little bit of snow at each other while we were up there.

This is a shot for my brothers to remind them it is always fun for everyone at Grandpa's house.

Silent Night!!!!!!

Stop the Presses!!! Believe it or not. Leilani went to sleep last night at about 9:00 and did not wake up until 5:00 this morning. This has never happened before. We both got a great nights sleep. Thank you princess!!! Lets do it again some time really soon!!!! 

The following pics don't relate to this post but I wanted to put the pics on here. We love you Baby!!!