Since the day Lilly was born people have been telling us how observant she is. Both pediatricians told us on separate occasions that she was the most alert newborn they had ever seen, and pretty much every time I leave the house someone stops to tell me how observant she is. It doesn’t seem like a typical thing to tell someone about their baby (they also tell me how cute she is, and, while I know it’s 100% true, I also know that IS a typical thing to say about a baby!). Today at Target three separate people approached us and remarked at how she was taking everything in. One woman stopped me as I was looking at paper towels and said Lilly must be really interested in her because she was being “watched like a hawk”. At the playground this afternoon a mom with an 18-month-old and a 4-day-old said basically the same thing. Lilly loves to watch the kids at the park – while they are running around playing as toddlers do, she’s watching every move they make.

One of the more funny things that happened recently was when Lilly was so intent on watching our waiter at the Hunt Club that she practically flipped herself over in her chair!

We’re not quite sure where this will take her in life and how it will change – only time will tell!!