Well, it has been 1 year as of today and what a year. LiLi has gone from a 10 month old infant who could just sit with support to a 22 month old toddler who decided today to make one of those developmental leaps that toddlers seem to make in their sleep. She seems to be more confident in her skills and is trying new things. Today she practiced walking up the stairs only holding one of my hands and then by the end of the day decided to walk up our front steps all by herself. She also spoke a definitive sentence today. We had gone to Starbucks and she was practicing climbing into the big girl chair by herself and wanted no help. After doing this with a little bit of a struggle a couple of times, she did it quite easily and then turned to me and said “I do, Mommy!” She was quite proud of herself.
As a tribute to the last year, I am going to do a retrospective of pictures. Some may be repeats and some are ones we never got around to posting because we were not posting very often.
Gotcha Day Jan 29, 2007
Last Day in China Feb 2007
First home Feb 2007
New friends Feb 2007
Meeting Cousin LiLa Feb 2007
Reading with Gram March 2007
Open House/Birthday March 2007
Becoming a Red Sox fan April 2007
Easter Day 2007 with Nana
May 2007 playing
Meeting Aunt Anne May 2007
Meeting cousin Emily May 2007
Having fun with Aunt Sara Lee June 2007
Enjoying Gram June 2007
Hanging with cousin Lila June 2007
Fourth of July 2007 with Nana
Going to Montana with Poppie August 2007
Visit to Montana August 2007
Visit to Montana August 2007
Visit to Montana August 2007
Visit to Montana August 2007
Rapper baby Sept 2007
At the beach with Daddy Sept 2007
Halloween 2007
Reading with Uncle Jay and Aunt Brett Nov 2007
With Luke Christmas Eve 2007
Christmas Day 2007
Enjoying the sun with Daddy and Maggie Jan 2008
Playgroup Jan 2008
Future boss of something Jan 2008
Ok, I know it is a lot of pictures but it was quite a year.