Three Years Old!

Lila celebrated her birthday in the Black Hills this year, and had a great time spending time with all her family. Thanks to everyone who spoiled her to death - even her daycare said she came back a little more "demanding" than usual.


Lila's cousin Jack reading to her -
Lila trying on the faerie wings she got for her birthday -

She got lots of fun dress up clothes...

and loved her carrot cake -

She even blew out the candles her self, unlike last time when she just panicked about the fire being hot -

Lila's unicorn

I forgot a picture on the last post. I drew Lila a unicorn on the concrete and the second I turned around she was riding it. She did, at least, accept my logic that it would be good if she got off long enough for me to draw the bridle and saddle on it. We named her Tinkerbell.

Another sunny weekend here in Billings. We went to the dog park and walked with Lila around the block while she rode her trike (actually I attached Jake's leash to the handle bars and pulled her around the block, but whatever). We also went for a 4wheeler ride and I was pretty exited to see that Lila would actually wear both her sunglasses and helmet through the entire trip.


Me and Lila 4wheeling -Lila being a deer -
Lila playing with her great aunt Diane's birthday gifts -

Almost Three!

To celebrate Lila's third birthday, this Saturday I decided to have some photos taken of her at the photography place in the mall. Unfortunately I had no idea that you would actually need an appointment? So, bound and determined to get my photos, Lila and I bypassed the professionals and went straight to the photo booth.We did actually make an appointment for today and they turned out pretty darn cute. Hopefully they'll be ready for us to bring to Spearfish the end of the month.

Dog-Sitting

This past weekend was beautiful. 40-60 all weekend and we took full advantage. Saturday we went out for breakfast, to the Home Show and then took the dogs to the dog park. Lila did great during all of it. It's nice that she's getting old enough for us to take her places. Sunday Eric and I went shooting while Lila stayed with the babysitter who she actually talked to (a first) after being bribed with candy.

Lila spent the rest of the weekend entertaining a dog we were watching for a friend. It was love at first sight. Mostly because Jet (or "the black one" to Lila) loved playing fetch more than air and didn't care how far she threw it. Jake has gotten a little tired of fetching 3ft throws over the years.



Lila was so inspired by Jet's enthusiasm that she decided to try playing fetch. While I wouldn't let her pick it up with her mouth (ew) she did crawl on her hands and knees to get whatever I threw. Yep - that's my little girl.

Love Warm Winters

We have really been loving the nice weather we've had these past few weeks and this weekend we really took advantage. Saturday we ran to Red Lodge to see the animals at the Beartooth Nature Center. Lila was pretty young the first time we went so it was fun to see her get in to seeing all the animals.

They had a little education room where they had a few tanks with turtles.
Lila loved the bear and kept "roaring" at it.

She also enjoyed playing in the snow since Billings hasn't had any for a while.


Today we all took Jake to the dog park. Lila ran around like crazy and must have fallen about every 5 minutes, but she just loved every minute of it.

Her favorite part was the large rocks for her to climb on. We finally had to haul her out of there because Jake and I got tired after about an hour.

Christmas in the canyon