First post

It's long past time for me to start writing about my family and little one. The time passed since Lily's birth seems a blink, and yet it's nearly two years now. She walks, she talks, and I know that I'm going to regret not jotting down, even if it is just a few lines, the wonderful things that happen day-by-day as she grows.

In other words, this is a blog for me (and my children when they're older), and will likely mostly be of interest, well, to me.

Today's events:

We awoke, got ourselves together, and immediately took off down to Enumclaw to visit with my friend Leanna, who recently had a little girl. I asked Lily as we headed south, "Are you excited to see the baby?" to which she squealed, "Baby! Baby!" She's well-aware of what a baby is, and is dutiful in pointing them out whenever she sees them. Her first recognition of babies was when she'd see them in car seats. We'd go to the store, she'd see a seat, and yell, "Baby!" It was one of her first words.

We visited with Leanna for about an hour, during which time Lily had a ton of fun playing with their dog, Mud. Lily's enthusiasm for dogs has me thinking on adopting one, and after I'm done with today's post, I'll probably start exploring the Seattle Humane Society website for possible candidates for adoption. Still on the fence, though. We shall see.

The only other thing of note that happened today is that Lily is figuring out how to get us to let her stay up past her bedtime. She's been screaming, "DA-DA!" at the top of her lungs to get Kevin to get her up, and then saying she was "nuggy" (chicken nuggets) or "wice" (rice). Since she never seems to eat enough, we're inclined to assume she's still hungry, which it turns out, she is not. She doesn't eat what is put in front of her, and wants down to run around the living room. Lovely! I can't believe how quickly these kids can reason out strategies to achieve their intended goal. She's not even 2.

Well, that's it for today. I have an e-reminder to post daily, so we'll see how tedious this ends up reading.