hauling 25 extra pounds up a hill must lead to a hot bod, right?

kathy got us a new bike seat for our bike and we are thrilled with it. lily loves to say "new bike! new bike!" over and over as she pats my back and we ride!

our little bookworm...

a lot of distance separates denver from c'ville. i think that ash has recently been feeling that distance as she has asked me to post a new video of lily on our blog. so, in honor of you ash, i post this ridiculously long video of lily...

as i have previously stated, lily LOVES to read. her favorite activity is to go to her room with some of our living room chair cushions and make a seat for me and a seat for her as she drags out all of her books. and recently, she has been really into this book called "ish" that ash gave her last year. it is almost like a security blanket as she has been dragging it around the house all week. she doesn't even want me to read it, she just wants to peruse the pages on her own. she pretty much thinks she is so big now...



and ps. a huge belated bday wish to whit - just a day late! hooray for you!

relaxing labor day weekend!

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ~Thomas Jefferson


smiths!


b and lily enjoying the water table!


stefanie and colin


dinner downtown


cute matchers!


the boys!


a walk up to monticello

museum fun...

kathy arrived into town yesterday and brandon, colin and stefanie all got her today to hang for the weekend. it is so good to see family and be together.
yesterday, kathy and lily and i went to the c'ville children's museum and met up with our amazing friend katy and her two kids. they all loved it...


lily getting love from katy


david has just started walking!


our little bee inspector, ainsley!


kathy and david


lily in the construction zone!

lily sends you well wishes, sammy...

for the last three weeks, lily has been obsessed with the book "alice the fairy" that my sister ashley sent her for her half birthday. we have religiously read it a minimum of three times a day and she has actually memorized lines to it. i have tried to slip in a different book at bedtime, but alas, she is too quick for me. i can be no more than a page into the said book and she is reaching for her basket saying "a-ice, a-ice" over and over.
now, we talk about our siblings all the time with lily and she brings them all up daily. but, she would have had no way of knowing that today whit, duke, and sam were all moving to IU.
however, it was as if she knew...
before her afternoon nap today, alice took a backseat to the book "let's go hoosiers" that brandon gave her before she was born. we've read this book many a time, but it has never been dubbed "the" book of the day or week or month... until today. suddenly, she couldn't get enough of aimee aryal's tribute to IU. it's a story of two "little hoosiers" that find themselves walking all over campus and everyone cheers them along by saying, "let's go hoosiers!" as they make their way to every landmark on campus.
well, we've already read it a handful of times this afternoon and it has found its place in lily's heart. and tonight as i put lily in her crib and told her i loved her, she replied "let's go hoosiers!"
that ones for you, sammy!
best wishes to you, brandon, whit, duke and sam as you head down to bloomington!!
love,
lily