Big Stuff!

On the road to Lila's first birthday there have been many milestones! Each seemingly harder than the next, but I do believe this has really been one of the toughest transitions for me. The BIG KID car seat! Wow, I can hardly believe that it is time to put her in these new car seats that seem SO huge! Mike spent Saturday morning installing the new seats in our cars and I was the first to take Lila on a cruise in the new seats. Even more exciting that having more room to wiggle is that she is facing forward...it is like a whole new world is laid out before her, she loves it!

Waiting to try out the new seat!

All aboard!

We headed to Taylor's house for the afternoon! Lila had a great time hanging out with her Auntie Tay and Alfie! She gets a kick out of little dogs because they are just her size. We have to remind her to be gentle, she likes to put her fingers in their hair and pull. At one point she had Alfie by the face and was pulling him closer to her...thank goodness Alfie is mellow! Soft touches Lila! Taylor took some great pictures of Lila! Lila humored her by posing while she snapped away -- she has never been one to shy away from a camera!

When we got home we started making dinner while we watched two big sporting events for Iowa college athletics. The University of Northern Iowa basketball team is in the NCAA tournament as a ninth seed, they won their first game against UNLV which had them matched up against number one seed Kansas last night. Woah, what a game! Kansas was the first on the board, but after that UNI lead the whole game! It was a close call, but they finished it 69-67...Go Panthers! Lila has Panther pride in her purple and gold -- thanks Jorden! We also watched as Matt McDonough clinched a national wrestling title while wrestling for the University of Iowa. Matt is the brother of a good friend of mine from high school! Way to go! It was a victorious night for Iowa sports!

Go Panthers!