Lila's First Christmas

Lila's first Christmas was a success.

She was smiling and laughing all day long.

A new favorite word...

Peek-a-boo

Thanksgiving

The Hicks and Brown families have had many things to be thankful for this year - especially the last eleven months with Lila. Holidays are always special but Lila seems to make them more fun! We spent Thanksgiving at her Great Grandma Mary's house in Ridgecrest. Lila Mary is named after her Great Grandma. They were both really happy to spend those two weeks together.

Catching up with Nana...

Grandma sharing her water with Lila...

Reading "Brown Bear" for the 100th time...

Lila and her GREAT GREAT Grandpa Irvie...

We ate for an hour... Happy Thanksgiving!

How to entertain a baby at the dinner table...

Lila helped Uncle Paul with the Thanksgiving dishes...

Lila and Poppa

Reading "Brown Bear" again...

Lila's First Halloween

... and momma made her wear a duck suit!

Fireside in Arnold

Four Teeth

She Does Crawl!

Hey Stranger

Lila & Stuey

Introducing Stuey

Lila has a new pal to play with. We adopted Stuey a few weeks ago. He's just over two months old so Lila is no longer the baby in the house...

All Rise!

So, a few days ago I heard a very loud BAM! BAM! coming from Lila's room. I thought she was napping but it turns out she was wide awake. Time to drop the mattress!

Goats

We went to the Oakland Zoo last week with Stella and Maggie. Lila saw lots of animals but actually touched a few goats and took a picture with the elephants. Good times.

Flagstaff, AZ

We visited Flagstaff two weeks ago to attend Tim & Julie's wedding. Lila loved hanging out in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard!

Lila and her Poppa

Lila, Dolly and Grandma

Lila & Lou

Three Generations

The Berzerkley Effect

Grandma bought Lila a tied-dyed dress since that's what everyone wears in that hippie town down the road. It has been a huge hit.

Lila Bean & StellaBinella

We went to visit Maggie and Stella last week. Here are a few pictures of the two little gals kicking a few toys around. Stella is just a few months older than Lila and she's very close to walking!

Nan & Poppa

The Grandparents Brown came to visit last weekend. It was our second weekend in the new house so we were thankful someone could entertain Lila for a while.

Not sure about the flame chef pants, Poppa.

My Grandma Rocks!

Practicing our crawl.

Prunes & Oatmeal

Despite the desire to put anything she sees in her mouth, Lila still seems unimpressed with a spoon holding food.