Here are a couple videos of Eli's first few steps, he just started walking a little bit last week and he is getting better and better every day. Hope the videos work . . love you all!!

Our Gabrielle

I couldn't help but post these pictures that Andy took today of Gabby. Her pig tails are really crooked because she was having a super hard time holding still today. She is our little lady and growing up so fast . . . what a beautiful little girl our Father blessed us with!!

The picture below is of Gabby when she was two months old . . . it seems like she just looked like this! Ya I know that everyone says that kids grow up so fast, but it is really amazing to watch. Andy and I always talk about how day to day it seems like it is taking forever for our little ones to grow . . . but all of the sudden you look at Gabby and think "wow, when did she get that big?" I know that she will be graduating high school in no time, but I am in no rush . . . she is the most amazing little girl ever!

Thanks for checking out the blog . . . have a good rest of your week. Love you all so much!!

Cameron Highlands

Hey Everyone, sorry it has been a while since the last time I posted. We wanted to show some pictures of the trip that we took to the Cameron Highlands last month. It was a really fun time of strawberry picking, going to tea farms and going to a bee farm, and the scenery was incredible the whole time. The temperature up there was a bit chilly because of the altitude. Chilly to us anyway, since we have aclamated to KL weather. It was in the low 70's up there . . . Brrrrr!! This first one is of Eli in his cute little sweater (the first time that he has gotten to wear it since we got here).

Here are some pics of the trip there. The road was a bit scary, really narrow and sooo curvy . . . with a cliff drop off on one side and a landsliding mountain on the other. But . . . the view was amazing!! SO worth it!! The bus that you see in front of us blew a tire shortly after this pic was taken . . . no one was injured though, he was going slow enough to just cruise to the shoulder.

Andy stopped the car so that I could take these pictures . . . it was so pretty.

The kids slept for about an hour on the way to and from the Highlands . . . it was a nice break for mom and dad too =+).

This picture was taken on the highway up there before it got windy . . it was such a nice drive. The white car you see in front of us is my brother and sister in law's . . . we traveled up together. Along with some other friends of ours. It was a really fun time.

The next few pictures are when we visited the Bharat Tea Plantation. It was sooo pretty . . . the first time that any of us had ever seen how tea is grown. The lighter green hills before the trees start are all tea bushes . . . it was a really huge plantation.

Family photo in front of the tea fields. Eli looks less than thrilled, I don't think that the whole tea thing really impressed him much. He really liked the shortbread cookies there though.

Just sitting in some cute chairs by the plantation.

Our cute little kiddos. Eli is infatuated with that thumb of his.

The twins . . . I thought that it was cute that they have the same exact look on their faces.

Eli surveying the land =+).

One of my personal favorite pictures of Eli and his daddy, they are quite the pair. He is getting to be a Daddy's boy. This picture shows you how big Eli is getting, look how long he is against Andy now!

Gabby enjoying the breeze and view . . . she had a really good time up there, she keeps talking about going back and taking Papa and Nana Benezette strawberry picking when they come over here in December.

Daddy and his munchkins.

Andy let me sip on some tea by myself while he took the kids over to edge to take a look together. I couldn't help but snap this picture . . . it was such a cute moment.

Andy enjoying the tea. The fruit of their labor at this plantation.

Look at how big the field is behind me . . . up and down those hills. It is all tea bushes where it is a bit lighter green . . . until the trees.

Me and the little ones . . . Eli looks happy to be there in this one.

Eli and I . . another one at the farm. I think this one is right when we got to the tea farm.

The flowers up there were soo amazing. This is a hibiscus flower and that is my hand beside it, to show you how big the flower is. It was really neat.

These next ones are at the place where we went strawberry picking. It was just walking distance down the hill from the hotel that we stayed at. Gabs thought that it was so cool that she got to pick the berries all by herself, and she got some really good ones too.

The kids and I by the Strawberry farm. You could buy their homeade jam with the strawberries they grew there . . . it was so yummy,

Andy and Gabs looking for the perfect strawberries. She looks so serious about the whole thing.

Eli "picking strawberries" . . . he chilled in the front pack the whole time. I was a bit sore by the end of the expedition; he is getting really heavy! Eli actually did pick a strawberry, the isles were really narrow and he reached out his hand while I was distracted and just plucked one. Andy looked at him and said "Eli, what did you do?" Eli slowly put the berry back where he found it . . . it was too cute.

Look at those yummy berries . . . great job guys!

Thanks for checking out the blog . . . we miss and love you all, have a great week and stay in touch!!

Selamat Hari Raya!! Well the month of Ramadan is over, and we had a great time celebrating Hari Raya which is the celebration feast at the end of the fasting month. Our muslim friends had open houses and served us some amazing food. As you can see, we all wore the traditional Malay clothes . . . we even found one for Eli this year. The outfit for girls is called the Baju Kurung and the clothing that the guys wear is the Baju Melayu. Hope you enjoy the pictures! Here is Gabby in her adorable purple baju kurung. (Hey Kayla, look at her flip-flops . . . they are one of the pairs you sent, they matched perfectly, thanks!!)

Gabby and Daddy, what a cute pair they make!

Eli, the little man . . . his pants were a bit long =+) Cute smile though!

Gabs is really growing up way too fast! Daddy's little girl.

And . . . the always great looking couple, my brother and his wife =+)

A family photo . . . we took this before we went out for three open houses in a row, the first was at noon to 2, then we went to a second one from 3 to 6, then the third on from 7 to 9. It was a long day and the kids didn't have any naps . . . but hey; I didn't have to cook, the food was amazing, Gabs and Eli were really great all day, and we had so much fun spending time with our friends.

Little man is becoming quite the thumb sucker, he still only sucks it when nervous or tired . . . but it is quite the habbit.

My little man and little lady . . . I am so glad that they are mine, what a joy they bring into my life!!

Just the ladies =+)

These pics were a few days ago, we had some fun with popsicles after dinner one night . . . here is Gabby, she is such a perfectionist, making sure not to drip. What a doll!

Thinking hard about this bite.

Eli on the other hand just dives in face first . . . the messier the better!

It that cold little man? Oh ya, Eli just cut his 8th tooth.

Andy decided that he wanted to steal the camera from me and take some pictures of the "picture taker" . . . so here I am =+)

Gabs and I, enjoying each other, she's my little buddy.

Thanks for checking out the blog, it means so much . . . love you all.

Hey all . . . hope your week is going well. We had a fun weekend, we went to the zoo . . . it was the first time we had gone to the zoo here in KL. We had a really great time . . . Eli is getting so big, he really loved the zoo, Gabs had a blast too. We hope you enjoy the pics. The first three are of Eli and Daddy, they are starting to be the best of buddies.

This is the mall that is bellow the Petronas Towers. The first 5 floors of the towers is a mall, we frequent there. A cool place.

We realized that we are always taking pictures of us and of our friends in front of the towers but never the kids. So here is Gabs and Eli in front of the towers . . . too cute!

Here are the pictures of us at the zoo we all had a great time.

Feeding the pigeons in the kiddie area of the park, Gabby thought it was too cool.

This has a funny story behind it. Eli was having such a great time seeing the animals, so daddy wanted him to see the camel up close and personal. He was doing fine with it for a while, but then the camel got a little too close for comfort . . . Eli was not pleased and the laugh turned slowly to a cry. Andy backed off with Eli and so did the camel, too funny!

What a cool dude in his Dad's sunglasses.

Eli just thought these capybaras were the coolest . . . they really kept him giggling.

Eli can say turtle in Malay instead of english, it is too funny. The word for turtle is kurakura, so when he saw these he just started pointing and saying "kurakura" . . . he'll be fluent before we are. =+)

A little family photo with the turtles =+).

Gabby and Daddy with the a barking deer, they didn't bark at us though. =+)

Eli checking out this huge bird . . . I think that it was a stork.

Have a good rest of the week, thanks for checking out the blog. Love to all!