Almost one year

We are 10 days away from hitting the one year marker and oh what a year it has been. While the year has zoomed by, in retrospect so much has happened. We have traveled a lot visiting home in California and Minnesota twice, attended a wedding in Seattle, camped with some great friends, hosted our families and friends, relaxed on a beach in North Carolina, made new friends right on our street and experienced a lot of firsts with Layla.

As we close in on one year Layla is now walking full-fledged, waves bye, claps her hands, says dad, dada, a hard-to-understand thank you, and this morning while reading a book she went for quack. No mom yet, nope.

Enjoying the woodchips at the park. Not sure why she is sticking her tongue out? Balance, perhaps.

 And the look that melts my heart and makes me fall in love with her 10x more. Here she is with puppy her favorite Christmas gift by Uncle Mark.