The Elephant Song - Cool Tunes for Kids by Eric Herman

This is Leilani's new favorite song on You Tube!

Fall... so far

Wow! I haven't updated the kids' blog since July, yikes! I guess both blogs have joined together. I have so many photos of the kids to share... so I'll put them here! We have had a BUSY September and early October. Here's a handful of pics from the beginning of fall..

The baby eating toy box!!!

Leilani playing on the swingset at G-ma and G-Pa's house with Natlaie and Patrick, Yeah for cousins!

Our baby pianist !

Cool Orion, awsome shades dude!

Life without naps at our house... at dinner and on the swing.

Pics from Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls, TX. SO MUCH PUMPKIN FUN!

"Tickle Me Orion"

So, the kids are having a rough day, make it a rough week since thier Daddy is in Ohio until Friday, and O has an ear infection and is teething. Since they are not feeling up to par today, I thought I'd post something that makes me smile... laughing babies. I filmed this a couple weeks ago, I LOVE Orion's belly laugh! Any time I need a pick me up, I watch a video like this. :) There is no music for this post, since you have to hear the laughter. :) I dare you not to smile. ;)

side note... while waiting for this video to upload Orion and I spun around in the computer chair, he thought that was GREAT fun! SO we did have some fun today. :)

We are fam-i-ly... I've got all my cousins with me!!!

Maybe not all her cousins, but our trip rocked for Leilani because she got to play with her oldest cousin Isabella for a WEEK! Our family spent a week in Snowmass, Colorado with Russell's parents, his brother's and one of his nieces. It was gorgeous!! We did a lot of sightseeing, lots of mountains and trees, and hung out with the fam! Leilani doesn't get to spend much time with her cousins on her daddy's side, even though they only live in the Arboretum. We see them maybe once a week (when the inlaws are in town) and only for a couple hours. So it was wonderful for our kiddos to have some bonding time with their cousin Isabella (5 and 1/2 years old), their uncles and their Abuela and Grandpa Jim. I know that Leilani and Isabella's relationship will be forever changed by this vacation, that's a great thing! Their other cousin Amelia (almost 2) stayed home with her mama this trip. Orion had a good time trying to keep everybody on their toes.. eating anything related to electricity he could find, plugs, outlets, cameras, laptops, cell phones, whatever. Lets just say a 1962 ski chalet is not built to be baby proofed. The altitude made him sleepy, but he had a great time watching the girls. :) Here's some photos of the kiddos...

At the Aspen playground.. wheeee!!

Wearing Daddy's hat, on the bus to The Maroon Bells

Gettin' some love from Papa, top of Mt. Aspen

Isabella and Leilani in the wildflowers