This year has gone by so FAST!! I can hardly believe my baby is one... except she isn't even a baby anymore... She's a toddler. Leilani is all over the place~ walking, climbing, and getting into everything!! her favorite place to hang out right now is the bottom stair... Its like her little seat, just her size.
We got to spend this last weekend in Eagle with most of Dusty's family, It was so nice to spend the weekend with them all, and let Leilani get to know them all a little better, while there she became brave around small animals and followed the cats around whenever she could. it was cute. We went and hiked up to hanging lake on Sunday, we learned we need a backpack to carry Leilani in. But everyone helped carry her up to the top, which helped out a ton! It was so beautiful at the top! If your ever near Glenwood Springs CO, i recommend going up to hanging lake.
The weekend before this was Leilani's birthday weekend, It was so fun the celebrations started in the middle of the week, when aunt Kara came back from New York and hung out with us and helped me get everything ready for Leilani's birthday Party. We made banners, one for Leilani and one for her grandpa Platt his birthday was Saturday, We decorated Leilani's cake and made Grandpas, then she had to go so she could work and earn some money for school. Friday Aunt Kelli came down for all the festivities. We had such a blast with her. that night Dusty, Kelli, Leilani and I all went to Panera and bought some little bunt cakes (from Nothing bunt cakes) to have for Leilani's birthday. It was so cute watching her try to eat her little cake. all she got was frosting but she really enjoyed it. and had it EVERYWHERE (even inside her ear). we then all walked over to Target so Kelli could get a present for her and Dusty found another gift for Leilani, he fell in love with it and had to come beg me for it... ( it was a baby music turn table thing, very cool) and I realized it was really late and so we also bought Leilani some pajamas so I could change her, then she could just stay asleep when we got home.
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| Leilani had to wake up for her party, so she needed some snuggles |
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| getting ready to blow out her candle |
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| Uncle Rian and cousin Deklan |
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| Grandpa doing one for the money |
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| YAY!! Leilani |
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| She Loves doing One for the Money with Grandpa |
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| Playing with Rian and Deklan |
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| had to get one in there of the Birthday boy |
I started this post months ago... The next day was her party so we ran all over town getting last minutes things. Kelli and I came up with a great idea to line Grandpas cake with Twix bars and tie a ribbon around it so that the cake wouldn't become an avalanche cake. It looked great! The party was fun, Friends and Family came, and we got to celebrate 2 birthdays. It was really great seeing everyone and letting Leilani dive into a piece of cake and ice cream. She had fun playing with her cousin Deklan and Uncle Rian who are 3 years older.
