LiLi and Lila in Montana

Here are some pictures of Lila and LiLi from Montana. They really got to spend some quality time together on the trip and not only did Lila come to adore her cousin, but she also got her first taste of big-sisterhood. Now she's all about being a big sister, and a big cousin to LiLi.


Matching t-shirts!



Bath time.


Lila likes to help Aunt Catherine get LiLi ready for bed.


It helped that LiLi took her first steps in Montana, something that Lila - thanks to our encouragement - takes full credit for teaching her. LiLi also started to call Lila by her name, alternating between a genuinely authentic "Lila" and the easier to pronounce "Ya-ya".






LiLi has become legendary among parents who have met her for both her prodigious apetite and her willingness to eat whatever is put in front of her. Lila doesn't like to be outdone, and she is a decently adventurous eater, but LiLi really set a pace that would impress Anthony Bourdain. Lila struggled to keep up.




Here is the trout (was it trout? I think so) that we ate one night, heads and all (we had some great local meat and fish grilled out on our porch many of the nights we were there). Lila ordinarily would have probably passed this option over, but she not only tried it, I think she actually ate more of it than LiLi. We did have to cover up the eyes before she would consider it, though.