Will Stand For Chocolate

This past weekend Zola had a trial run for her first birthday this coming Saturday: she tasted chocolate for the first time. In honor of my birthday, Justin baked a chocolate roll (for those of you not fortunate enough to have eaten this, it's fresh whipped cream rolled up in a layer of dark, moist chocolate cake, and sprinkled with cocoa powder). As I sat on the floor with my boys eating cake, Zola nearly attacked me to get at my cake. She rose to a standing position without leaning on anything and batted at my plate. Once I gave in and shared my sweet dessert, Zola didn't leave my side until my slice of cake was devoured. Afterwards she was pretty giddy and awfully giggly too. It's official. She's definitely our daughter.