HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Lila turned 1 this past Thursday and was thrilled with all the attention. Her gramma and grampa Wolff came Wednesday and her Aunt Erin and Thad came Friday. During cake, she just looked around at everyone with wide eyes. Then she gave just one big cheesy grin for the cameras (which we all missed, of course). Lila was definitely a fan of the ice cream cake but she could only have a couple bites before it got too cold on her tongue.

After cake, it was on to the presents. Lila loved all her gifts but the chair has gotten most of her attention, so far. She crawls in it, sits down, picks up a book and reads to everyone, then she crawls right back out of the chair so that she can crawl back in it again.

As it should be with every girls birthday, Lila's will last more than a week. This Friday Lila's gramma and grampa Vaplon, her aunt Krista and cousin Jack will be here for her official birthday party. I can't wait to see her and Jack together now that she's walking.

Catch me if you can!

Eric and I have now come to terms with the fact that we need to set Jake's water dish outside whenever we're upstairs with Lila. For awhile there, we actually thought we could catch her every time she went for it...silly us :)

She still needs a little work dealing with obstacles and distractions.

Swim Lesson - Take Two

Lila had her second swim lesson on Saturday and, of course, loved it....Eric didn't seem to mind it too much either. Like last time, they fetched their ducks and sang Wheels on the Bus. It's always funny when the song tells you to blow bubbles because the parents are the ones who do it.


Saturday afternoon we ran over to Red Lodge to check out the Skijoring Championship. It was...interesting, but little chilly for Lila. Ironically enough, we chose to go have ice cream instead of standing out in the cold. Lila was a big fan of the waffle cone. It took a couple tries to get her to take a bite and not grab it with her hands but she caught on.

A Little Walking...A Little Falling

Lila is getting better at walking everyday....and worse at falling. She's up to about eight steps before she does a face-plant into the carpet.

Lila's First Swim Lesson

Lila had her first swim lesson this morning and did very well. She's definitely not afraid of the water and even dunked her head a couple times. We learned how to get in and out of the water, we threw the ducky in and jumped in after it, we threw the ducky and swam to get it and we did a lot of playing and singing songs. I do wonder if Jake is a bad influence on her though, she kept fetching the duck in her mouth instead of her hands.

Lila fetching her duck:

She's Ruined Forever!

After almost 10 days of grandparents, Eric and I are confident that Lila with never be the same. She was held constantly, had her first taste of dessert, had a stroller ride almost every day, experienced her first boat show....and....took her first steps. We can now officially say that Lila is walking...ish. Her best showing was last night, when she stood up and took about 3-4 steps on her own. About the 4th step she realized what she was doing and quickly plopped back to the floor.

Grandpa Wolff helping Lila practice walking...