The Butterfly Pavilion (and a few randoms of Maci)

This is in Amy's (an adult's) hand, to give you an idea of size:

First bath together

Macia

*added more pictures

Last Thursday Maci decide it was time to start pulling herself up to standing. This girl loves to be part of the action---always grabbing whatever is in reach, "talking" to those nearest to her, crawling or standing to get a better view, and always smiling.  Last night she was repeating Gabe's prompts of "Dadadadadada" which was fun for Gabe.  She eats anything we give her with no apparent preferences yet.  Lately she loves to twist her tongue.

Here are some older pictures I never got up on the blog:

SO BIG!

Grandpa Duffy

My Dad came out for a visit and these three had a great time together (Gabe and I had fun, too).  Ellis was calling his "Grampy" a lot.  We'll see if it sticks :)

Flashback

I realized the other day that I never finished posting from our trip to Keystone.  So here are the rest of the highlights from that trip:

The family festival in Dillon:

Ellis reading to us at the condo:

Our second mountain hike, though this one was much more the girls' speed (and temperature :)

There was a beautiful view from the "top"

This is in the Keystone ski village one day:

Our last day in Keystone we took Ellis to ride a pony for the first time.  The helmets were plenty large...

The introduction.

 Meet Stormy:

Petting one of the big horses after mastering the pony thing.

After the pony, driving home from Keystone...

Approximately two minutes later:

Great vacation!

The zoo and the new do'

My Dad is in town and yesterday we all went to the zoo.  It was perfect weather and we made it through the entire zoo.

The first time Ellis has enjoyed the carousel, finally!

Remember this same spot right before I had Maci?

Petting a real lion hide:

For those not aware, last week Ellis decided to help out by giving herself a haircut...we decided to finish the job by having a professional step in.  Ellis cut all around the sides as well as her bangs.  So, pixie cut it is.  She got to pick out a movie to watch during the cut and she made sure to not smile once the entire time.  When it was over she immediately said, "Can I have my lolly-popsickle now?" (translation: sucker).  We agreed it will be best in the future to let only grown-ups cut her hair.

And Maci :)