"They Grow so Fast..."

If we had a nickle for every time we have heard these familiar words in Lila's short eleven weeks her piggy bank would runneth over.  In these early months of Lila's life we have grown to appreciate the sentiment and come to realize that the birth of a child evokes such powerful emotion- taking parents of grown children back to those first days when both they and their babies were filled with wide-eyed wonder.  We are in those wonder days- where we just stare into Lila's beautiful blue eyes, as each day they become more clear and stay open a little bit longer.  So we thank you- our friends, colleagues, the waitress at the diner, the fans at the football game, the commuters on the train - the parents who look at Lila then with palpable emortion turn to their own still small children and say, "you used to be that tiny," thank you for reminding us to take that pause and to savor every minute and baby smile- even during those blurry-eyed late night feedings. And to our precious Lila, we promise to cherish every second of you and to pause and soak up those simplest of moments, for it does go so very fast.