{"id":2117,"date":"2017-02-23T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.wordpress.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2017-04-20T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:08:11","slug":"leilani-skye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2117","title":{"rendered":"Leilani Skye"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2150\" style=\"width: 2435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2150\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?attachment_id=2150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?fit=2435%2C2435\" data-orig-size=\"2435,2435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1475221560&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_9677\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?fit=640%2C640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2150\" src=\"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?w=2435 2435w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_9677.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC to Merry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Leilani Skye was born, the second of the cousin triplets, I fell in love with her name before I even met her. Leilani means &#8220;Heavenly flower&#8221;, and if you&#8217;ve met her, I think you&#8217;ll agree she is aptly named.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ani is delightfully sweet, and just as adorable as can be (in my completely unbiased opinion, of course). She is also beginning to talk, and is at such a fun stage- repeating words in her tiny little voice, and spouting gibberish which sounds like English, but isn&#8217;t. She is a seasoned traveler, and a friendly soul, which is fortunate, given her parents&#8217; love of adventure and people. If a sunbeam ever took human form, it would be Ani.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2578\" style=\"width: 2001px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2578\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?attachment_id=2578\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_9702.jpg?fit=2001%2C2804\" data-orig-size=\"2001,2804\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484399171&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025906735751295&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_9702\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_9702.jpg?fit=214%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_9702.jpg?fit=640%2C897\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2578\" src=\"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_9702.jpg?resize=640%2C897\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC to Merle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Leilani Skye was born, the second of the cousin triplets, I fell in love with her name before I even met her. Leilani means &#8220;Heavenly flower&#8221;, and if you&#8217;ve met her, I think you&#8217;ll agree she is aptly named. Ani is delightfully sweet, and just as adorable as can be (in my completely unbiased opinion, of course). She is also beginning to talk, and is at such a fun stage- repeating words in her tiny little voice, and spouting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2117\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[92],"tags":[114,134],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-family","tag-month-of-posting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8A8kG-y9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5989,"url":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5989","url_meta":{"origin":2117,"position":0},"title":"Day 23: The Little Things","author":"Rachel","date":"February 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As I'm sure you know, in the quest for living a grateful life, it's important to not focus all our attention on the big things. 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