@Candace Parker writes, “Here’s a pic of Lailaa at the Zoo. She loved the mommy and baby Gorillas!”

While she admits that becoming a mother has made her a better basketball player, WNBA star Candace says that it has been a challenge to juggle motherhood with her burgeoning career.

VIDEO: Dikembe and Candace’s PSA for Measles Initiative

Lailaa Williams (center), the daughter of Los Angeles Sparks player Candace Parker (right), kissed Lisa Leslie after the WNBA game against the Indiana Fever at the Staples Center on August 9th.

One-year-old Lailaa Nicole Williams spent some quality time with her dad at a park this week. Lailaa was like any typical one-year-old at a park: “she [was] all over everything,” says her dad.

WNBA player Candace Parker celebrated her win with daughter Lailaa in the final Russian Women’s basketball Superleague series between UMMC Ekaterinburg and Spartak Vidnoe Moscow on April 27, 2010.