We received the news this week and will be adding a boy to the Ghezali mix. We will now have a complete set and are very excited. Let the planning and name picking begin...all suggestions welcome and will be taken under advisement.
Enjoy the pictures...some of the 3-D ones might not be for the faint of heart.
Friday, April 18, 2008
It's Official...We are having a BOY!
L.J. takes the beach by storm...
It was a flurry of emotion for Leila on her latest trip to the beach. She arrived elated and ran full tilt on the beach barely able to contain herself. Laughing, giggling and shrieking at the new environment. After settling in, we encouraged Leila to play in the sand. She still isn't a big fan...her preference was to sit on the blanket and play in the sand nearby. Not the best recipe for keeping sand OFF of the blanket as an overall strategy. You will see by the pictures that she eventually got a little ways away from us. Duly noted though that you will never keep the sand at bay with kids, and I personally HATE sand.
The mistake of the day was to take Leila into the water and "dip" her in a few times. Samy has not quite grasped onto the fact that our water is FREEZING (he is the only one I ever see in the water without a wetsuit). Net net, she didn't appreciate it a whole lot and was quite terrified even after she came back up to the blanket. She would get scared at the sound of the waves as if they were coming after her and was insisting to go "outside"...meaning, "let's get the hell out of here!" We took her for a walk which calmed her down and she started to enjoy herself again. All in all, a great day even if we will be hard pressed to get Leila back in the water!
The other pics are from a plant sale we went to with friends. It was a great little place with lots of activities for kids. That's all folks...
Monday, April 7, 2008
Get your Leila groove back on...
Well the long overdue pictures are here...a few highlights from the set:
1. Leila's fascination with cleaning. She just loves to participate in any cleaning event (if only I could have that trait rub off on Samy, just kidding!) Case in point, as I was uploading the photos, she saw the pics of her with the Swifter and promptly went to the kitchen to pull it out and start cleaning again. Now, I can really put her to work.
2. Leila's first "licking of the bowl". We were making peanut butter pie for our picnic, and as the pics will surely tell, she enjoyed every last mouthful. I must admit though, I had first dibs on the bowl before she did. All in all, she was a good little helper.
3. Pictures from Easter. We went to the 2nd annual Easter park extravaganza hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (a group of male "nuns" who do charity work in the city). They hosted an Easter egg hunt in the morning for the kids and the rest of the day we picnicked with friends in the park on a glorious day. Leila loved the Easter eggs...but she was a little slow to actually get many eggs. We only came away with one!
4. Check out Leila's new "do". We are loving the pig tails, but as you can see, they still aren't a match for the curls. 22 months and counting, and she still hasn't had a haircut.
5. Not in the pictures, but Grandpa Leising came for another visit this last weekend. They picked up the action packed routine right where they left off. The diner recognized them and welcomed them back. The usual booth, the regular order. They had a blast all weekend. Leila's way of saying Grandpa is "Pada". We think it is a fitting name. Grandma Bayne will be called "Nani" just in case you are wondering. The Ghezali's are "Pepe" and "Mani". That completes the nomenclature.
We are all doing well and will find out the sex of the baby on April 16th (yes...we are "finder outers"), and will be sure to post an update. Feeling good and Leila is still clueless. She does get a kick out of listening to the heartbeat during the Dr. appt. I think she thinks the sound machine is a cell phone, probably why.
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