Happy Easter!!

This has been a really fun easter weekend for us. Friday Lizeth and her mom went out easter dress shopping for Leilani. It turned out to be Easter Dress, a ton of toys, and other outfits shopping. She looks adorable it all of it so I thought I would post a few pictures. 

This is the result of only being able to crawl backwards. 

She actually started crawling forwards tonight. She pushes her body with one leg and drags the other. She will have it totally down soon but it is really cute to watch her crawl this way.

So here is the Easter Dress. Good choice Mom.

Saturday morning the family met up at a park in Loma Linda and had a really great time. We had a little easter egg hunt for the kids. We had a great lunch in the park. Chase and Veronica made a easter egg pinata. It really was an awesome day for everyone. It's always nice to get together with everyone and chat. 

Chase tried to get his dad to eat this worm.

The kids tried to take off with the mustang.

Mi familia!

This kid has been waking pinatas since he was a new born. He's a pro!!

Leilani's first swing at a pinata. She needed a little help but she seemed to like it.

Chloe and Savannah going after the candy.

Trey is too cute!

Leilani!!! Stop growing!!!

Monty and Trey sharing a moment. 

Kyle on the prowl for eggs.

Mia and Emma prior to the hunt. I think they were wanting to get started already.

After the pinata was destroyed this was the chaotic scene that followed. 

It took Leilani about 2 seconds to fall asleep once she hit the car on the drive home. Thanks for the balloon Veronica.

Tyler was baptized saturday night. It is hard to believe that he is already 8 years old. Congratulations Tyler. You are a great kid and a great example to your cousins and siblings. Keep it up.

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!!!!!