Happy Birthday Liliana!!!

Yesterday was Liliana's first birthday! We can't believe that she has been with us for one year now. She has brought so much joy and laughter to our home. She amazes us everyday and has quite the sense of humor. This is what our Liliana is up to at 12 Months:

* She is still a little peanut! Yesterday she weighed 16 pounds, 6 ounces. She is in the 50th percentile for height and head circumference, but is below the 3rd for weight. The doctor does not seem too concerned with her weight, but we are hoping she will gain a little more after starting whole milk.

* We are not sure why she is so small because this girl eats a ton! Some of her favorites are blueberries, sweet potatoes, yogurt, cheese, and oatmeal. She eats most foods we give her. She still is not crazy about banana, but she will eat banana flavored things.

* She is a walker! She still prefers to crawl, but every now and then she will walk to her destination instead of crawl.

* She has become very vocal. She loves to babble and even scream (we need to work on that one). She now says daddy, dog, mama, ball, and hi.

* At 12 months Lily is now sleeping 12 hours a night. She is usually in bed around 7 and is up around 7. Yay!

With the exception of her 12 month well baby visit, she had a wonderful and busy day! We started off the morning taking a few photos of her in her last picky sticky. Then we headed to the doctor for her appointment. She was in such a good mood during the appointment up until she had to get her shots and a blood test. After her appointment she slurped down a peach-banana smoothie and Christina took her to the mall. Lily got a few things from Gymboree (which we usually don't buy since it's so expensive) with a coupon we got in the mail the other day. After a brief shopping trip we met up with our friend Beth in Old Town. Lily loved her birthday lunch out with the girls. She gobbled up a big bowl of Parmesan pasta and a fruit salad. She even sat in the booth like a big girl since the restaurant did not have any high chairs available. Varun came home from work a little early and we took Liliana out for dinner at Zquila followed by a trip to Babies R Us to pick up her birthday toy! When we got home Lily got to open some gifts she got in the mail and she listened to her new hallmark story book Grandma and Grandpa Kapust sent her for her birthday.

She had fun playing with her balloon while we got ready for dinner.



Varun picked out this tunnel/tent set for Lily's birthday. It is huge! This is just a part of it set up in the living room. We'll move it to the playroom after her party tomorrow.