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took these right before we left for scandanavia, so this is lil at 6 months. our little one is finally starting to really do some growing and some kicking. she’s actually pretty active, just like her mommy. here, lillis jr is whispering something in bear’s ear that seems to be pretty interesting to him.

this is what lillis would look like if it were the 50’s.

now back to full color…..

this is obviously not lillis, but just some dude that lillis saw in the park. she’s always insistent that she be allowed to take one or two pics of me in exchange for all the pics i take of her. bear stuck his tongue out at the camera, b/c he thought that would make for a silly picture.

my beautiful princess

here lillis is looking down at her belly and thinking how excited we are to meet our little blessing.

neither one of us can wait, but we probably both think that we’ll be lucky if we’re “ready” three months from now. at some point i have to get the translation guide for what all the “cries” mean, and also i need to learn how to change a diaper, and never sleep, and worry. : )

we shot out to breckenridge for a quick weekend trip with lil’s family. 2.5 days was kind of short, but we got to do lots of fun stuff, and Lil finally got to see the little nephew (Graeme) who she had been dying to see (and Facebook stalking) for 6 months.

Jonathon had been a rafting guide with Noah’s Ark out there, and took us out on his river. It was a blast, although the water was freezing. I learned that lesson pretty well about 2 seconds after this picture. : )

lots of pretty flowers outside our house. the house was just above the topmost lodge on the mountain there. there were beautiful views all around. bright sun, lots of flowers, but snowcapped mountains standing behind. just gorgeous.

here is lil with graeme (in his chariot) and nola. we were out for a morning walk

one of the aforementioned gorgeous views.

and another. this is the house that was next door to us (at sunset)

graeme and i are both very handsome, we both have awesome shades, and both of our favorite parts about biking Vail Pass was that we started at the top and so i think i pedalled about 12 times during the 13 mile bike ride.

here are lil and i right before we set out

and here’s the whole group a few miles in.

ok, some pictures of the subject of lil’s adoration.

this was his first time having solid foods. he did not find it to be a pleasant experience

luckily, with nola’s help, they found an easy method of cleaning him : )

here are lil and her dad

and here are my two girls after a short hike to a waterfall

this is lil’s whole family just before we pulled out of breck

and one of me and the princess.

having only been to breck in the winter before, i was very impressed with summer there. just gorgeous, and the town is really neat and has so much going on. it wouldn’t be a bad place to spend a month : ) there’s a bunch more pics here if you care. thanks!

I loved the way the light filtered through the live oaks. Really cool.

Just amazing. Also, the ground was dense with sawgrass palms (except for the pathways and the campsites) which made for really private campsites. Oh, also worth mentioning we had showers (cold) and toilets, so roughing it wasn’t quite as “rough” as it could have been.

So, apparently I double as a jungle gym. Interesting, maybe it’s actually “Jungle Jim” and Jungle Jim was a guy that kids used to grab a hold of and swing on. I’ll google that later

Here we are on the beach at sunset that first night, bothering crabs.

Sunrise the next morning was gorgeous…..Lillis missed it.

You might think this was Lillis sleeping in. Nope, this is Lillis after she woke up, ate eggs and bacon, then lay back down for a nap at 10AM. She is really really good at relaxing when we’re out in nature. I’m glad.

We schlepped the kayak out to the campsite and I was able to catch a few waves. Not pictured is the body surfing. Lillis was a champion, and not just because she has giant feet for the wave to push against. She has text book body surfing form. I’m not even kidding. I was totally stinking it up until she worked with me some. Now I can body surf in public without shame. What a gal.

Oh, yeah, so there are wild horses all over this island. That’s pretty cool when you’re out on the beach and this guy comes up with some straw between his teeth like uncle Goober.

There were also a couple of young colts on the island. I thought that was pretty cool to see the little wobbly-legged horses roaming around following their mothers.

And a small team photo.

And the compulsory headstand

And another beautiful sunrise on our last day there.

We had a really really great time. It’s a beautiful, peaceful place, and we can’t wait to make it back there again!

oh, and here’s a link to the rest of the pics. enjoy!