Hello everyone! Thank you for your reviews and your suggestions. I'm glad that many of you still like my story :)

Unfortunately I won't able to use your suggestions as far as Kili is concerned since this wouldn't work with what I have in mind for the future plot. But I understand that you want some interaction with Erebor. So, I hope you still like my story and that you'll continue reading. I promise that Fili, Kili and Thorin will meet soon.
Originally I wanted to make some happy chapters because the story will become a bit darker and quite sad when Thorin finds out that Fili is still alive. But I understand that this might have been a bit too boring. So I hope that this chapter will make it a bit more interesting.

Dear firefoxxe! Since I can't PM you I'd like to reply here. I like your idea but I won't use it in the way you suggested it. But it gave me an idea and I truly hope you like this alternation of your idea.

Summer passed far too quickly for everyone's liking. Dis, Dwalin and Dwalis would have to leave soon and so they decided to spent one last day with their friends from Hobbiton. It was a warm and sunny day and so Fili's family, Daisy and Bilbo met for a picnic near the Water. For the last few days Primula had often played with the children. So they invited her, too.

They sat down on a few blankets and enjoyed each other's company as well as the sunshine and good food.

Primula sat in the grass with the twins and Dwalis and played with them. They crawled around but Primula, who was very proud to be their babysitter, made sure that they didn't crawl to close to the river. She remembered how scared Mister Fili was when Poppy fell into the river and didn't want him to be sad again.

The girls played with a soft ball and their wooden toys but Vili had crawled a bit further away.

Poppy and Fili watched him curiously to make sure that he didn't wander to far off. It looked like he wanted to reach a flower. He wasn't able to see it but it was pretty clear to everyone that his other senses were more developed than normal. He loved to touch everything and he could smell and hear much better than others. He also was the first who had started to speak and now he could say more words than his sister or Dwalis.

Finally Vili reached the flower and sat down next to it. He touched it with his fingers and giggled. "Mama! Flower."

Poppy smiled at the others and went to him. She sat down and kissed his head. "Yes, my dear. That's the flower Mama is named after."

Vili giggled again and put his hands on his mother's round belly. "Baby! Flower."

Poppy stroked his curls and smiled. "Do you want the baby to have a flower name?"

The little boy shrieked in delight and hugged his mother tight.

The hobbit smiled at her husband and then noticed a ladybeetle in the grass. She put it on her son's palm. Vili smiled when it moved over his arm and finally exclaimed "Beetle".

Poppy stayed with Vili a while longer until they all sat together to eat.

The next morning Dis, Dwalin and Dwalis had to leave. They promised to send letters as often as possible and even Dwalin had a few tears in his eyes when he hugged his step-son's family goodbye. Poppy gave them a basket with Dwalis' favourite stuffed animal and lots of cookies for Dwalin.
Fili, Poppy, Lili, Vili and accompanied them to the boarders of Hobbiton and waited and waved until they couldn't see them anymore.

For a few minutes Lili was very upset to have lost her playfellow but then Vili grabbed her hand and soon she smiled again.

The following months passed rather quickly and quietly. In early winter Poppy gave birth to another little girl with blue eyes and light brown hair. She and Fili were hoping to have many more children and had decided to give their daughters typical hobbit names and their sons dwarvish names. So they names her Tulip.

Vili and Lili adored their little sister. They wanted to play and cuddle with her but were very careful not to hurt her. Poppy had been worried that the twins might be jealous since she had to spend a lot of time with Tulip and especially for the first few weeks after her birth Daisy or Bilbo often came over to watch the twins. But they didn't mind playing with their father or uncle Bilbo.

A few weeks after their first birthday the twins started to walk and in early spring they ran around their smial and garden.

At first Vili had a few problems and hit his head because he ran against a chair or door. But with the help of his father he figured out that it was a good idea to hold his hands in front of his face. Like that he didn't hurt himself too much anymore.

Even though the three children looked mostly like dwarves especially Vili behaved mostly like a hobbit. He loved to help his mother in the garden with the flowers and vegetables. He often tried to catch beetles or listened to the birds whereas Lili like to play with stones and was fascinated by the metal and gems her father used in the forge.

For the following months the family was outdoors most of the day. Most of the time Tulip lay on a blanket under a tree and played with her stuffed animals and siblings and often also with Primula.

Poppy worked in the garden or watched and played with her children.

Vili loved to run around to follow all the noises he could her. Sometimes he rolled down a small hill but he never hurt himself and Poppy didn't mind washing him and changing his clothes a few times each day as long as he was happy. The one thing she was a bit scared of was the Frog Pond. It wasn't deep and even Poppy could stand in it and save her children. But what if she didn't notice him falling in it immediately?

Lili always followed him since they were as inseparable as on the day they were born. They often ran around holding hands. It was obvious to everyone, even those who didn't have much contact with them, that they would share a close bond for the rest of their lives.

Fili tried to join his family as often as possible despite all the work he had to do. Luckily many hobbits had asked for his woods toys once more and he was able to carve them in the garden. Sometimes he felt like something bad watched them but he quickly abandoned the thought. They were in the peaceful Shire and no one here would harm them.

In early summer Fili had to travel to Bree again. He didn't want to leave Poppy alone with the three children but she assured him that everything would be fine. Vili and Lili could walk distances as far as the market at the Green Dragon without too many problems and she could carry Tulip in the sling. Bilbo and Daisy would help her, too.

Fili was gone for three weeks now. Poppy missed him and hoped that he would return soon. It was another lovely summer day and Poppy, Vili and Lili worked in the little community garden near the Frog Pond. Tulip stayed with Camelia and her youngest daughter who was just one month older than the little dwobbit.

Lili and Vili were digging out a few carrots while Poppy picked a few raspberries. She was just a few metres away and watched them play in the dirt. Then she turned around to find the biggest and sweetest raspberries since the twins loved those the most. A few seconds later she heard Lili cry and scream "Mama! Mama! Vili away!"

She turned around an ran towards her children immediately. She looked everywhere but Vili had disappeared.