Last weekend Lily participated in the Huggies Diaper Dash at the Babies R Us in Fort Collins. The Diaper Dash was a crawling race in which the winner would get a 3 month supply of Huggies diapers. There were 5 races held in the morning and a championship race held at noon. After we signed Lily up for the event we were given a packet of rules for the race. The babies couldn't leave the race mat, stand up, or walk during the race or they would be disqualified. Parents were allowed to use snacks and toys at the finish line to get their child to race. So, Saturday morning before the race we practiced at home using some of Lily's snacks and toys. She did awesome at home, crawling as fast as she could to us. We thought Lily had a pretty good chance at winning! We ended up taking her Penn State Football (one of her favorite toys) and a Strawberry-Banana squeezable smoothie with us to Babies R Us for the race. When it was Lily's turn to race, she took off crawling fast leaving all of her competitors behind. She stopped crawling about 3 inches from the finish line and sat still on her hands and knees as she stared at the parents in front of her. We tried everything we could to get her attention so she could finish the last few inches of the race. Meanwhile, the other babies slowly began to catch up to her. Lily just sat. A little boy caught up to her and decided to sit with her. Both babies within inches of the finish line. After about 30 seconds, the little boy crawled ahead of Lily and crosssed the finish line. Although she didn't win, it was fun to see Lily out there with the other babies. We took her out for frozen yogurt at Spooners after the race. Here are some pictures of the race.
Getting Ready to Race!
She's Moving Fast!
Stopped as the other babies catch up!
On another note, Lily began to walk last week! She shocked us one night after dinner when she decided to walk from the recliner to the TV stand. Since then, it has been hard to get a good video of walking. This is the best one we have so far.
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