You've got to crawl before you can...

Leila's birthday has inspired her to new developmental milestones:



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Now playing: Greg Brown - Walkin' Daddy
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She's a Watermelon?

L had her 1 year checkup and weighs in at 17 lbs 1oz and is now a whopping 28 3/4 inches (that's 50% for height!).

So far she is having the wonderful ones and has been in good spirits. She is not quite walking on her own, but will now walk while holding our hands.

Here is our Birthday Princess:

First Birthday Party

Leila's first birthday party was quite the shindig, with family, friends, and a bunch of our neighbors all showing up to celebrate the occasion. She's now got a full week to enjoy all the new toys while waiting to turn 1 (she was born on 9/8/07, remember... the party was scheduled for this weekend because her dad just started teaching). Here are some snaps of the birthday girl, enjoying a good faceful of cake and other party stuff:









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Now playing: They Might Be Giants - It's Not My Birthday
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These are a few of my favorite things...

New friends...


and puppies...


and swimming while naked...


Mommy...


and daddy...


and getting cupcake'd...


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Now playing: Sound of Music - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
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A busy weekend

Leila and her parents had a very busy weekend. On Saturday, we all went to the Renaissance Faire in Sterling, NY, where Leila decided that Olde Worlde food was definitely her thing, after eating a good bit of turkey leg along with half an apple turnover:



After that, we went to see a joust



and introduced her to the legendary Don Juan and Miguel, though we suspect some of the more risque jokes during the show may have gone over her head:



On Sunday, it was off to Perinton Park around the corner from us to see Ruby Shooz play some oldies in the park:



Quite the weekend!

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Now playing: The Byrds - Renaissance Fair
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One good tooth deserves another

In the past week, Leila has doubled her dentistry, and now has all a person could want for Christmas, we suppose.

Here she is showing them off crazy-style:

Less crazy-style:




And now for her close-up:


Plus, hanging out on July 4:




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Now playing: The Chipmunks - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
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Cruisin'

It's not quite "one small step for a baby, one giant leap for something" level progress, but boy are we glad we decided to get something to keep the electronics out of reach...



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