Please excuse the messy den! Mommy and Daddy were in the midst of remodeling it, even changing out all the furniture, to make it a safer place fo Ari. She started rolling over all the time, instead of just once in a while, and thinks she can stand, too.

Araceli thought that if she put on one of the hats the kids in Daddy's school wear with their uniform, she could sneak in unnoticed and spend the day with him.

"Look! Even an elephant on my back can't keep me down!"

Ari had developed stranger anxiety last month. The cure? A few days in Oklahoma with dozens of cousins.