Colorado Elk Hunting Trip

On the hunt...for Big Elk. This is the 2nd year that Ronald has ventured out to Colorado to hunt Elk. This year Ronald and John were joined by Carlos and Julian for a 10 day hunt at San Juan National Forest (Sig Creek) in Colorado. On the 1st day, Ronald shot an elk ...unfortunately it was no where to be found. Most of the days were spent hiking, hunting and eating really good food provided by their very own professional cook, Julian.

By the 4th day, Ronald had experienced intolarable altitude sickness. John took Ronald to the Durango Medical Clinic where Ronald was diagnosed with pulmonary edema and advised not to return to camp. Ronald is very stubborn especially if it is going to interfere with hunting. Thankfully, the doctors would not release Ronald until he got a hotel room in town for 1 night.

The following day the doctor released Ronald to go back to camp with a tank of oxygen. After all the disappointment and set backs, Carlos found Ronald's elk - this made Ronald very happy.

They all returned home safely and Ronald has fully recovered from the pulmonary edema. The elk horns are hanging in the garage and Isabel has an elk teeth necklace (the front teeth on an elk are made of ivory).

Baby Steps: Lillie is 7 months old!

Wt: ~17 lbs Ht: 28 in

Enjoys gnawing on her toes

Lillie the morning of the cold front

Eating Habits: Loves to eat/gnaw on a little "Korean delight" - rice crackers. Oh, not to mention she has to have her afternoon popsicle with Isabel -she practically sucks the life out of it.

New Discoveries: She is now very steady at sitting by herself. No crawling yet, but she sure can slither across the livingroom floor all the way to the kitchen. Just this morning the fireplace has grabbed her attention-I guess it is time to re-baby proof the house.

Health: Now that Isabel is in pre-school, she brings home lots of cooties/germs. Lillie got her first cold -a congested cough and lots of boogies. She is feeling a lot better, but the cold is still lingering on. Nurse Nana has learned to suction her nose very well. :) Oh, her 1st little tooth on the bottom has start to peek through.

Personality: Every morning Lillie does these attention-getting squeals, they almost sound like Ronald's elk caller-I think its her way of waking up everyone in the house. She is almost impossible to put a diaper on or change her clothes because she wiggles around so much.

2nd Week of Pre-school

So...we are now in the second week of school and it has started to smooth out a little. She is still having seperation anxiety in the morning, but she is no longer crying at naptime. She is really attached to her teacher Ms. Liz. Yesterday, she was suppose to go to dance class (Tippi Toes) but she would not let go of Ms. Liz so she had to miss out. She wakes up every morning saying that she DOES NOT want to go to school, but the hard part is getting her there. Once she is there she does really well. Hopefully, next week will be a little better.