I'm loving my cake class!!

So the being of this month my mom and I started taking cake decorating classes. The first day they gave us some meterial that we will be using and gave us a list of thing that we need to get. When the class ended I wanted to go and get everthing that was on that list. I am having so much fun with it and enjoying the time with my mom. I have always wanted to do something like this. I am glad that I'm finally getting the opportunity. Thanks Ryan for letting me do this and for watching Leilnai on saturday mornings.

Week #1 - The Clown Cake

Week #2 - Learned to make Flowers

Week #3 - Tres Leches Cake

Happy Birthday!!

So when I got home from work on wednesday this is what I came home to.

Leilani and Lizeth made a cake for me and did some cute decorating. Leilani was super excited to show me my presents and the cake. She was very helpful to help me blow out the candles.

She loved the cake but not even close to as much as we love her. Lizeth and I went out and had a really nice dinner together too. Thank you girls for a fun & memorable birthday. I love you.

A fun weekend!!

This weekend was Lizeth's birthday so I decided make it a three day weekend and have some fun. Leilani actually got it off to a good start when she decided it was time for her to be potty trained. She just started to tell us when she had to go and made it the whole long weekend only having one accident. Of corse the only time that she had an accident was the time that she was alone with Papa. We went to disneyland on monday and she did even told us every time she had to go there. It was pretty awesome. It was an awesome birthday present to momma. We love you princess. Keep up the good work!!!

So here are some shots of a fun day at Disneyland. She really had a good time.

We played for a while in the Tarzan tree house together.

This girl loves her ice cream!!

Chillin' with Abuelita

Leilani stomped around with Grandma and Grandpa.

Leilani and Momma sharing a hug!!

She was a little nervous about seeing Mickey.

She got in a silly mood in the Tiki Room. Believe it or not she fell asleep like 2 minutes after this. I think she is saying Papa is number 1.

So I put Leilani on the perfect horse, stapped her down, and she freaked out. She wanted nothing to do with riding on it. Lizeth was on the other side of the marry-go-round not knowing what was going on. So when she went to take a picture it ended up being Grandpa and not Leilani. It was pretty funny. I was sitting on the bench next to granma with Leilani behind him.

Happy Birthday Lizeth!! Thank you Leilani. I love you girls!!

Happy Easter!!

Easter 2010 was a fun one for us. We spent it with the Hernandez side of the family. Leilani got to look for eggs and got spoiled by her Abuelita and Tias. We barbecued up some carne-asada and enjoyed each-others company. It really was a great day.

She looked too cute in her little easter dress.

This is her unwrapping the easter basket grandma got her.

She started the hunt in her little dress. Then we decided to changed her into something a little warmer and more comfy.

An Elmo basket and Sponge Bob shaped eggs. I imagine that is what a 1 year old would think heaven is like.

She fell and reached up to me saying, "Hand....Hand" and being the great dad that I am I took a picture. Then I did give her a had eventually.

When there is only one grandkid on that side of the family a kid can end up with a lot of eggs.

We took our eyes off her for two seconds and she found a way to get her basket down from where it was safely stored and make this awesome mess. Love you baby!!

The other day she tried to hide from her mom. This was her great vanishing act.

We made some oatmeal cookies on saturday and I had to snap some pictures. She got so messy. I was proud of her. It was a ton of fun. She loved eating the dough but was not a huge fan of the cookies when they were finished.

Some new pics!!

So with a long time between postings comes more opportunities to take pictures. So my laziness has given me the chance to have plenty of cute new pictures to post now. Enjoy!!

Leilani Smiling with Mammy!!

Leilani Chillaxin with Abuelita Hernandez

Leilani's Great Grandmother Peterson is down visiting for the first time in over ten years. It was a lot of fun to get to spend some time with her.

She still likes her tub time.

With the curls hidden you can tell her hair is actually getting longer.

I asked her to brush her hair before we went to church the other morning. The brush stayed in there for quite a while. It was pretty funny.

Hygiene is very important to our little princess. She walked up to me like this the other day. I had to take a picture.

The faces are getting funnier with age.

She did manage to get a few little bubbles out.

I really have a hard time saying no to that face.

This was her first milkshake. She did pretty well with it.

Leilani's New Trick

Well...... it has been a long time since we have posted. After getting a fun picture from my Sister Kristin and getting some encouragment from my Sister Michelle to post something new I knew it was time to put something on here. So here goes.

Thanks Kristin for the picture. Leilani loves to do this. She actually balances really well can last longer than Daddy can. I'll work on adding some more pictures this weekend. Leilani is really growing and getting to be even more fun every day. We love you Princess.

Long Weekend

So I have been working a lot of hours and even weekends for over a month now. I have been looking forward to this long weekend for a long time. We spent the week deciding what we were going to with a free day as a family. We finally decided that we would spend the day at the Los Angeles Zoo. It has been a while since any of us have been there. I know Leilani would get a kick out of the animals. But it was not meant to be. Leilani started feeling sick on Friday and is still congested and not doing very well tonight. It has been a relaxing weekend. We have spent the weekend snuggled up with our sick little princess watching the winter games. She has shown little glimpses of returning to be herself again but it has been sad to see her so down.

Leilani's little play pal Elliot had been sick last week too. Her parents surprised us with this cake saturday night. It was so cool. Thanks Pat and Rachel. You two are too funny.

Here are a few shots of Leilani for Chase and Savy. We love and miss you guys. She always points at your pictures on the fridge and says Chase....Savy.... It is so cute.