Counting Down to ONE!

Lila is a busy, busy girl these days! She is more interactive than ever. She waves all the time, and she even blows kisses (that one's courtesy of her daycare ladies). She says, "dada", "Daaaaad"! - practicing for her teen years - "mama," and most recently she's picked up the "n" sound. She also loves blowing raspberries with her lips.

Below are her weekly photos leading up to the big First Birthday.

But first, Lila would like to share with you the agony she felt over her Vikings stinking their way out of the playoffs this season.


It was a rough day at our house. Last year, Lila was born on the day that the Vikings lost to the Saints. I was in labor with her while the game was on, and we both remember hearing cheers and exclamations of upset coming from the hallway and other rooms in labor and delivery. We brought Lila purple jammies to wear for the game, fully expecting that she would be born in time for the game and that we'd be resting and enjoying dinner while cheering on the Vikings. No dice. She was born after the game ended.

Here are Lila's final weekly photos leading up to her birthday...

Such personality! I couldn't resist posting two pictures from this week. :)

I can hardly believe that when I took Lila's first weekly photo, she looked like this...

Such a wee, tiny peanut! It's fun to look at pictures of Lila when she was first born and see how much, even then, she looked like...well...herself. Y'know what I mean? At the time we couldn't possibly imagine her being the talking, scooting, eating, talking, talking little person she is today. It was so hard to envision her as a toddler, and especially a little girl. Now we see her personality emerging and when we look back over the months, we realize that it has been there all along.

What a year it has been!